1998 – Page 76

The official dollar rate for this week is RD$15.32, the Central Bank announced. The dollar-peso rate is down from RD$15.34 last week. The dollar has been stable for over a month, with the street exchange values very similar to those offered by banking and exchange houses.

The United States general consul who was killed in the explosion at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya had served in the Dominican Republic. Julian Bartley, consul general in Nairobi and his son, Jay, a 20-year old student at U.S. International University in Nairobi who had been working with his father during the summer. Bartley …

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The Sydney Morning Herald reports that fugitive Australian businessman Christopher Skase, who reportedly has secured a Dominican passport for himself and three family members, has decided to ignore an order for him to leave Spain by the end of this week and is preparing a new plan to exploit loopholes in Spanish immigration laws. Skase …

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Dominican Sammy Sosa batted his 45th and 46th home runs yesterday in the game in which the Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants 8-5. During the game, Dominican Henry Rodríguez also batted a home run. Sosa tied St. Louis Cardinals Mark McGwire, previously the Major League’s leading slugger. Sosa hit a fifth-inning pitch over …

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Luis Felipe López, 24th draft of the San Antonio Spurs, later traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association, is traveling around the Dominican Republic during his vacation weeks back home to share his basketball skills with future Dominican basketball stars. He is giving clinics at courts in his hometown, Santiago, in Santo …

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The president of the Chamber of Deputies Hector Rafael Peguero Méndez saids that he suggested a third candidate, Hugo Tolentino Dipp as a solution to the political crisis within the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano regarding who will preside the Chamber of Deputies when the new four-year term of the deputies opens on 16 August. Peguero Méndez …

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President Leonel Fernández said yesterday in a press conference that he will not intervene in the internal politics of Cuba nor become a mediator for the advent of democracy in Cuba. He responded to a press question as to whether he would accept to mediate between the US and Cuba in pro of increased democracy. …

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The talk of the day are the speculations on who will be the new members of the cabinet of President Leonel Fernández at the second year mark. The President is expected to make changes. The rumors are that the President will appoint more long time members of the government party, the Partido de la Liberación …

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Former President Joaquín Balaguer does not favor the reforming of the Constitution to include the possibility of calling a referendum to decide key issues. On the other hand, President Leonel Fernández, in a meeting with the political committee of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, said his party will promote, as of 16 August, the …

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The Miami Herald reported that Cuban exiles had planned to kill Fidel Castro during his visit to the Dominican Republic (20-25 August). Reportedly, an informant tipped off the FBI. The newspaper does not name its law enforcement sources. It states that the Cuban exiles were preparing to house and transport the "hit team" to the …

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