1998 – Page 206

The Aguilas Cibaeñas are having a ball. The 1996-1997 Dominican and Caribbean league champions have won all their games and continue to lead the playoffs, with a 4-0 record. Yesterday, playing in their home park in Santiago, the Aguilas defeated the Leones del Escogido, 4-2. U.S. Major League baseball veterans, Luis Polonia and Félix Fermín, …

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Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez has proclaimed himself as a candidate for mayor of Santo Domingo for the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano. The principal politician of the leading opposition party chose to run for mayor as a solution to the crisis affecting the PRD after he did not accept the results of the primary that were …

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Today’s Listín Diario headlines that deputy Aníbal Páez, one of the most influential officers in the past Balaguer government, owes RD$7 million to Inespre, the Instituto Nacional de Estabilización de Precios, now under focus in the press for supposed corruption of previous managements. The Listín has carried the story of how past authorities allowed the …

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Over 1,000 pre-candidates to congressional and municipal posts have registered with the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano. Carlos Morales Troncoso, member of the Committee of Three upon whom former President Balaguer delegated the management of the party, postponed until 12 January the deadline for the registration of candidates in the primary. Originally, former President Balaguer had …

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The drug control division of the government said that in 1997 it confiscated 58.5 kilos of cocaine, arresting 16 persons in operations. Also confiscated were 6 kilos of heroine, with 17 arrests, two grams of marijuana with two arrests and 1.9 grams of crack, with one person arrested. The director of the Direccion Nacional de …

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President Leonel Fernandez announced the government will invest RD$300 million to reconstruct or build new judicial courts throughout the country. Euclides Sánchez, director of the Oficina de Ingenieros Supervisores de Obras del Estado, the government department that supervises government construction, said that most courts are in poor condition, given the lack of maintenance throughout the …

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The National Police had to close down the Máximo Gómez Avenue from 27 de Febrero de José Contreras avenues, to allow for the long lines of persons who queued up to receive toys on Three Kings Day, 6 January. The PRSC said that some RD$7 million were invested in the purchase of the 40,000 units …

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Codetel confirmed it has increased the price of a residential telephone installation from RD$2,400 to RD$4,000. The increment is effective 2 January 1998. Codetel has been increasing the cost of different services after the government rejected an overall increase in the cost of residential telephone services.

The Aguilas Cibaeñas defeated the Licey Tigers, 4-2, in the continuation of the playoffs of the Dominican Winter Baseball League. Catcher and manager of the team, Tony Peña, was responsible for the double that led to the victory in the seventh inning of the game. The Aguilas now lead 3-3, followed by the Escogido and …

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The latest government scandal affects the Instituto de Estabilización de Precios (Inespre), a government institution that is expected to disappear with the opening of Dominican markets. Property of the institution was reportedly leased to private businesses for ridiculous amounts during the Balaguer government. The Listin Diario has been carrying the story. The beneficiaries of the …

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