1998 – Page 4

The "Unidos para t?" concert that brought together Latin music stars Juan Lu?s Guerra & 4-40, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Jon Secada, Chich? Peralta, Carlos Vives, Carlos Ponce, and Jos? Antonio Molina will be shown tonight on Channel 4, Televisi?n Dominicana. The show will be telecast at 9 pm. The concert was a benefit for hospitals …

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The tourist attraction of the city over the next weekend will be a drive along the 27 de Febrero Expressway and down under to take the M?ximo G?mez, Tiradentes, Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill tunnels. Above, the government has built the Boulevard of the Bougainvilleas, a park where spectacular king size sculptures have been planted …

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The governor of the Central Bank Hector Valdez Albizu said that the DR international reserves will show an increase of US$100 million at year’s end. He said the bank has available US$350 million in international reserves and US$630 in gross reserves. The reserves are above the International Monetary Fund estimates for 1998 performance. Valdez Albizu …

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Freddy Garc?a, of the Escogido Lions baseball team, broke the home run record by a Dominican record yesterday in the Estadio Quisqueya of Santo Domingo. He hit the home run in the 4-1 win of the Escogido over the Gigantes del Nordeste. The record was held by Domingo Mart?nez, who set it playing with the …

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This and next week’s Dominican Winter Baseball League games are:8 pm. Monday, 28 December Leones del Escogido vs. Tigres del Licey in Santo Domingo Aguilas Cibae?as vs. Gigantes del Nordeste in San Francisco de Macor?s8 pm. Tuesday, 29 December Aguilas Cibae?as vs. Escogido Lions in Santo Domingo Tigres del Licey vs. Gigantes del Nordeste in …

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The Dominican Republic One Daily News Service takes a break tomorrow, 25 December, Christmas Day. The service will resume on Monday, 28 December. The DR1 Daily News is published on week days, with weekend news compiled for the Monday issue. The news does not publish on Dominican holidays.

The Ministry of Agriculture signed an agreement with two German government cooperation agencies (GTZ and DED) to finance a project for the conservation and handling of the upper end of the Yaque del Norte river basin. The project will cost RD$80 million (10 million Deutsch Marks). The funds were donated by the Deutsch Reconstruction Bank …

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1998 was a good year for tourism, with an increase of foreign visitors of 8.6%. Minister of Tourism Felix Jim?nez said that the increase in visitors came primarily from the growth of traditional markets and the develoment of new source markets such as the Latin America market. He said growth was not greater because of …

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The Police is on the trail of a Ram?n de Jes?s Victoria Molina, who has been identified as the assassin who killed Lourdes Mayerlin Crisp?n Rosario in TGI Friday restaurant on 12 December. The Police alerted that the suspect is heavily armed. Police spokesman showed a picture of Victoria on TV. The shot that killed …

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Attorney General Mariano Germ?n Mej?a said that his office will send to justice the Direcci?n Nacional de Control de Drogas officer who beat Luis Manuel Matos Feliz, one of the accused of a major cocaine contraband confiscated in Barahona. The lawyer of one of the accused showed a video where the drug control officer beat …

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