1998 – Page 202

Did you know that a former national basketball team player, Orlando Antigua, has been playing with the Harlem Globetrotters for over a year now. Orlando Antigua was born in La Vega but migrated to the United States as a child. He now tours the world with the popular group that recently played their 20,000th game …

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A record number of travelers entered the Dominican Republic through Las Americas International Airport in 1997. Passengers arriving by way of the Santo Domingo airport reached 1,206,877, 10% more than those arriving in 1996, or 113,457 more than last year. The governor of the airport, José Guillermo Sued, attributed the increase in the efforts of …

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The National Congress passed a telecommunications bill that all along was surrounded by strange circumstances. Twenty-five minutes was all the Chamber of Deputies needed to convert into law the telecommunications bill that had been studied in a rush by the Chamber of Deputies, sent to the Senate where it was modified, and then subject to …

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Johnny Ventura, a legend in the show business world of the D.R. and former congressman, was chosen candidate for vice mayor for the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano. Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez announced the decision at midnight of yesterday after the contending pre-candidates, Julio Maríñez, Eligio Jáquez and Miguel Vargas could not reach an agreement on …

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The Consejo Técnico Administrativo para la Proteccién Costero- Marina, the government commission in charge of the environmental protection of Dominican coasts, said that it evaluated the request for installation of a fuel terminal by Esso Standard Oil and Texaco Latin America in Puerto Plata and determined that preventive measures and controls could be implemented to …

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The Listin Diario dedicated a front page story to the case of Reformista congressman, Adriano Sánchez Roa, who was the general manager of the government agriculture bank, the Banco Agrícola. The newspaper reports that the Attorney General has not given course to three claims for irregularities in office that have been deposited. One of the …

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The Ministry of Education began a Jornada Nacional de Alfabetización which seeks to reduce to a minimum the number of persons who do not know how to read and write, eliminating illiteracy by the year 2000. Minister of Education Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona said that the effort will benefit over a million Dominicans. The …

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The Central Bank announced it would inject US$20 million into the foreign exchange market in moments when the spread between the bank rate and the street market rates has increased 60 points. The commercial bank rate is at RD$14, and the street market rate has reached RD$14.65.

Sixteen-year old Ricardo Arámboles (6 feet 4 inches tall, 195 lbs.) could become the baseball recruit to receive the highest bonus for joining U.S. professional baseball. Arámboles, a right-handed pitcher, leaves tomorrow for Florida to participate in the Major League draft. One of his coaches told the Listin Diario that he could sign for US$5 …

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The Licey Tigers didn’t give the Aguilas Cibaeñas a chance. The Licey defeated the 1996-1997 Dominican and Caribbean league champs 10-1 in a game held in the home stadium of the Aguilas in Santiago. The Licey Tigers continue to lead the playoffs, having won five consecutive games, with a record of 7-2, two games ahead …

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