1998 – Page 29

It wasn’t even close. Dominican home-run king Sammy Sosa won the National League’s "Most Valuable Player" (MVP) award yesterday in a landslide victory. He received 30 out of 32 first-place votes and 438 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. His rival in the famous home-run rivalry of this year’s Major League …

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Santo Domingo residents know she’s visiting by the more than usually bottlenecks caused by security measures near the areas she is visiting. She arrived last night at 11:12 pm and was received by the wife of Vice President Jaime David Fernández, Dr. Lizzy Campos de Fernández (President Leonel Fernández is single), and by Minister of …

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The Secretary General of the Organization of American States Cesar Gaviria and the president of the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue, Peter Haki arrive today to participate in a meeting where their joint project, the Inter-American Network of Legislative Leaders will be launched on Saturday in Boca Chica. The OAS-IAD project is designed to promote dialogue, exchange …

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In the Wednesday evening edition of the newspaper "El Nacional", Sports Editor Leo Corporán, citing "credible sources," caused an uproar in Santo Domingo by claiming that the Fernández government was about to abandon its bid to host the 2003 Pan American Games. The report was repeated on Thursday by all the morning dailies, complete with …

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A front page news story in the Listín Diario carries a report from the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (ASONAHORES) that six new hotels will open by the end the year, adding 2,581 guest rooms to the country’s tourism capacity. This should bring the DR’s total capacity to 41,608, an increase of 9% over …

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Amidst a week of newspaper reports and op-eds regarding the social program of familial violence, President Fernández created yesterday a new high-level commission to tackle the issue. The President issued Decree 423-98, creating the Commission for the Prevention and Fight Against Intra-family Violence. The new commission is charged with studying the dimensions of the problem …

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The Dominican Republic yesterday suspended trade negotiations with the Caribbean Common Market (CARICOM) because the latter wishes to exclude too many products from tariff cuts. Industry and Commerce Deputy Minister Luisa Fernández explained that CARICOM came to the negotiations on November 17-18 in Port of Spain, Trinidad seeking to place nearly 900 products on its …

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The National District’s government has signed an agreement with Cuba to bring in Cuban advisors to help elaborate a recycling program for Santo Domingo. The Cubans will begin with a study of how the District currently collects, treats and disposes of household and industrial wastes. Cuba has offered to provide equipment and experts to create …

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Engineer Manual Serrano, Director of the Plan Quisqueya Verde (Green Quisqueya Plan) reforestation program, reports that the program has managed to plant 120,000 new trees in its first 15 months of operation. The PQV was launched in recognition of the environmental dangers posed by the past deforestation in the DR, which had reduced soil fertility …

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Celso Marranzini, industrialist and importer, was confirmed as president of the Consejo Nacional de la Empresa Privada, the organization of business organizations. Several new board members were elected, adding new vitality to the conservative group. The board is now made up by: Celso Marranzini, Frank Rainieri (tourism), Elena Viyella (agribusiness, Alberto Yunén, Luis Manuel Pellerano …

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