1998 – Page 59

The Chamber of Deputies had to suspend its work session for second consecutive day due to differences between PRD party members. Bad words, insults and even a challenge to a duel marked yesterday’s session of the state’s best paid employees. The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Hector Rafael Peguero Méndez suspended the session until …

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The Consejo Nacional de la Empresa Privada, the nation’s leading business association, issued a communiqué where it appeals to the good sense of Dominican politicians to move on and let the nation deal with the more important issues. The CONEP said that the permanent state of political conflicts the parties subject the country to is …

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National attention continued to focus on the trial of three then 18-year olds, Mario José Redondo Llenas, Juan Manuel Moliné Rodríguez, and Martin and Luis Angel Palmas, the son and husband of the former Argentinean ambassador in the country, Teresa Meccía de Palmas. 12-year old Rafael José Llenas Aybar, brutally murdered and stabbed in the …

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More than three million inhabitants live in Santo Domingo’s 200 barrios occupying 300 square kilometers. The city is forecast to have nearly five million inhabitants by year 2010. By then, the DR will have a population of over 13 million people.

Dominican outfielder Vladimir Guerrero signed a US$28 million, five-year contract extension with the Montreal Expos. Guerrero, 22, will get $1 million in 1999, $3.5 million in 2000, $6 million in 2001, $8 million in 2002 and $9.5 million in 2003. Guerrero’s contract is the highest ever for a player with less than two years of …

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Sammy Sosa batted his 56th home run in 140 games this season and is now only six home runs away from breaking Roger Maris’s record of 61 home runs. He is trailing Mark McGwire who batted his 58th and 59th home runs against the Marlins of Florida yesterday. Sports writers are forecasting that McGwire will …

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The Ministry of Public Works said it will dry out the Núñez de Cáceres lagoon, adjacent to El Millón, Las Praderas, Los Prados and Los Praditos neighborhood. The material being used to fill out the lagoon was dug out when the tunnels of the 27 de Febrero Expressway were being built. According to a spokesman …

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The Ministry of Public Works announced the expansion from four to 10 lanes of the Las Americas Highway, in the stretch from Duarte Bridge to Juan Carlos Bridge. This will require a RD$250 million investment that will be financed by the World Bank. An overpass will be built over the 27 de Febrero Avenue, parallel …

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The President passed Law 352-98 for the Protection of Aging Persons. The law calls for the creation of a National Council of the Aging Person, that will work closing with the Ministry of Public Health, and the social work department of the Dominican Institute of Social Security. Elderly persons will be given an ID card, …

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Former President Joaquín Balaguer celebrated his 92nd birthday yesterday. He spent the day receiving the visit of family members, that of his many god children, followers, congressmen and others. His followers placed posters on the walls of his house proclaiming his candidacy to the presidency for 2000 to 2004.