1998 – Page 208

Readers, please note that the DR One daily will not publish on 5 January, Three Kings Day, a national holiday. Important news over this period will be compiled for the Tuesday, 6 January report.

The government will build a housing project exclusively for Dominican expatriates. The 1,000 unit development will go up in the proximity of the Quinto Centenario Race Track, along the Autopista de las Americas. It calls for a US$50 million investment that will be shared by the government and the private sector. The announcement was made …

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Greenpeace alerted the Dominican Republic as to the "floating Chernobyl" that will pass through the Mona Channel, that separates Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. The Pacific Sandpiper is loaded with nuclear wastes, and will depart from the Port of Cherbourg, France on its way to Japan. It will also pass through the Panama Canal.

The Tigres del Licey and the Leones del Escogido appear to be the most likely winners of the round robin of the Dominican Winter Baseball League tournament that begins today at 7:30 pm with games in Santo Domingo and Santiago. The league champions, Aguilas Cibaeñas and the Estrellas Orientales, are the other two contenders. The …

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Hoy newspaper reported that Miguel Cocco, director of the Department of Customs, and Danilo Medina, Secretary of the Presidency and political strategist of the PLD, met for an hour yesterday at 4 pm with former President Joaquin Balaguer at the latter’s home on Avenida Máximo Gómez. Also present was Guaroa Liranzo, an influential person during …

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Everyone is congratulating the National Police on the reduced number of tragedies this Christmas and the New Year. Hoy newspaper reported there had been only three deaths and about 300 injured. The victims were Maria Teresa Gonzalez, 54 years, run over by a motorcycle; Johnny Montero, 26 years, stabbed in a fight; and policeman Jose …

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Julio Mariñez, the apparent winner of the PRD primaries for mayor of Santo Domingo, has said he will not pursue his victory, and instead will leave the final decision in the hands of the PRD leader, Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez. "We will do whatever he says," is now the new line of the Mariñez …

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A man who played lotto every week and last week won a RD$5.9 million prize continues about his life as usual. Adolfo Antonio Gonzalez, 44 year old, continues working with his wife and three sons in his auto repair shop, Adolfo, in the Ciruelito area north of Santiago. He said he hasn’t touched the money …

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Central Bank governor, Hector Valdez Albizu, said that net international reserves of the Central Bank at year’s end were US$247 million, an increase of 71% compared to 1996. Gross international reserves were US$555 million, compared to US$512 in 1996. He said that the Bank is up to date in its foreign debt payment and other …

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What Dominicans most want for the New Year is an improvement in the electricity situation, according to a Hoy newspaper poll. Dominicans would like the government to do everything possible to reduce considerably the electricity deficit and blackouts.