1999 – Page 239

The Escogido Lions won last night the sixth game of the Final Series, in the process tying the Licey Tigers with three games won apiece. The 4-1 Escogido victory at Santo Domingo’s Quisqueya Stadium is widely attributed to strong pitching by Nelson Cruz and the home runs slammed in the first two innings by Freddy …

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When residents in the DR, returning from enjoying the long Virgen de la Altagracia-Duarte Day holiday week, tuned on the evening news last night they witnessed the latest episode in the confrontation amongst political parties. The fight over who will control the Dominican Municipal League. Those tuning in saw how Senator Ram?n Alburquerque, totally oblivious …

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Hermetic silence is maintained as to the health condition of former President Joaqu?n Balaguer, 93. Hoy newspaper reported sources saying the nonagenarian had been operated for aneurysms in one of his legs by Dr. Michael De Bakey on Sunday. But El Siglo newspaper on Monday, says this is not true. The List?n reported, he had …

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President elect of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez is expected to visit Santo Domingo on 28 January. The meeting will follow Chavez’s visit to Washington, D.C.. Chavez was in the DR in 1998 when he was a presidential candidate. During his visit here, he was hosted by Dr. Onofre Rojas, director of the Presidential Commission for the …

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The Dominican Republic International Olympic Committee representative, Napole?n Roque Mu?oz was the only one to get a passing note in the report on International Olympic Committee members as part of continuing investigations into the recent scandal whereby IOC members traded their support for Quebec’s Olympic bid for cash. The Dominican Republic’s IOC member, Mu?oz was …

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"For far more than baseball, Sammy Sosa, you are a hero of two countries," said US President Bill Clinton, during his State of the Union speech last week, the President’s annual address to a joint session of Congress. In his talk, he paid tribute to the Dominican Chicago Cubs outfielder who hit 66 home runs …

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Deborah Gregory, the Dominican girl who won the hearts of Dominicans who donated more than one million pesos so she could be operated and have a chance at surviving leukemia, died yesterday two months and 13 days after receiving a bone transplant at the intensive care unit of Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. She would …

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The DR will host the First Forum on Commerce and Investment between US and the Caribbean. Delegations from Barbados, Curacao, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad are visiting to promote their participation. The event is promoted by Adoexpo, Cedopex and OPI-RD. The event will be held from 16-18 March in Santo Domingo.

More than 40 scientists gathered in Puerto Plata last week for the Penrose Conference. They confirmed that the DR is located on a major seismic fault capable of producing strong earthquakes that principally would affect the Cibao valley, from the peninsula of Samana to Haitian territory, including northwest provinces. The experts carried out field investigations …

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The Licey Tigers and the Escogido Lions meet tonight in another battle, one that has the blessing of most Dominicans. In the sixth game of the final series, Manny Aybar will confront Nelson Cruz who seeks to tie the series for the Escogido. A full house is expected at the Quisqueya ball park for the …

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