Aguilas lead in Winter Baseball
The Aguilas Cibaeñas (9-4) lead the Dominican Winter Professional Baseball League, followed one game behind by the Licey Tigers (8-5), the Escogido Lions (7-7) and the Gigantes (3-11).
Judo Pan Ams to open in Santo Domingo this month
The Dominican Republic will be host to the XXIIth Panamerican Judo Championships 27-29 November. Santo Domingo will welcome the best judo athletes from Puerto Rico, Canada, the US, Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Barbados, Curacao, Aruba and Paraguay. The DR is top …
DR One daily news update will not publish on Monday
The Dominican Republic One daily news update will not be published on Monday, 9 November. The most important weekend news will be compiled for the Tuesday, 10 November edition. Friday, 6 November commemorates Constitution Day. The holiday, though, is celebrated on Monday. This is a long weekend, and expect hundreds of Dominicans to take to …
Political dialogue reaches a deadlock
The political parties participating in the dialogue sponsored by the high hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church is at a standstill. After five hours of conversations, Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez said that the talks would be suspended until next week. A date for the next meeting was not announced, nevertheless. The PRSC insists …
Peynado to seek PRSC presidential nomination
Jacinto Peynado told El Siglo that he would compete with President Joaquín Balaguer for the presidential candidacy for the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano for the year 2000 elections. Peynado believes that the party should run on its own strengths and not ally with the PLD as the leader of the party, Dr. Joaquín Balaguer did …
Orlando Martínez case resent for 7 December
Judge Katia Miguelina Jiménez postponed the hearings in the case of assassinated journalist Orlando Martínez for 7 December. The case is seen as historic and transcendental as it brings to court several of the key military hierarchy of the Balaguer era. The judge postponed the case in order to give time for the court-appointed physician …
Hillary Clinton visit DR
International press reports indicate that First Lady of the United States, Hillary Clinton will travel to Central America this month, making a side trip to the Dominican Republic and Haiti. She will travel accompanied by the wife of U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Tipper Gore. She is scheduled to visit Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and …
Seven companies interested in investing in state flour mills
Seven companies presented their credentials to participate in the privatization process of the 50% of the shares of Molinos Dominicanos and Molinos del Norte, two state-owned flour mills. The new company will be known as Molinos del Ozama. Participating in the tender are: Seaboard Corporation, Continental Grain, ADM Milling Co., Pan American Grain, Conagra Inc., …
Taiwan signs cooperation agreements with DR
Taiwan and the DR signed three agreements: technical-industrial cooperation, protection-promotion of investments and donation of 5,000 computers. The computers will be installed in Dominican public schools and government offices. The agreements were signed by Taiwan ambassador Kuo Kang and Dominican Minister of Foreign Affairs Eduardo Latorre.
Bernie Williams visits to help Sammy Sosa's town
Bernie Williams, the New York Yankees famed player, visited Santo Domingo yesterday. Bernie Williams could soon become the best paid player in Major Leagues baseball. A native of Puerto Rico, he traveled to Santo Domingo to donate US$100,000 to the reconstruction of the Hospital Theodore Carl George, the principal public hospital in San Pedro de …