1999 – Page 80

Sammy Sosa hit his 53rd home run to continue to lead the Major League home run race. Mark McGwire has batted 51 home runs. Both are scheduled to play today. Vladimir Guerrero hit his 32nd home run, to extend his hitting streak to 31 days consecutive days batting hit.

Dominican Julio Cesar Green, the Interim WBA Middleweight Champion will challenge William Joppy for the third time in Washington. Green (25-3, 17 KOs), from the Bronx, N.Y., by way of Santo Domingo, is the mandatory challenger for Joppy by virtue of his ninth-round stoppage over former top-ranked contender Darren Obah on Feb. 20, 1999, at …

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Children studying at public schools will receive all their textbooks free of charge. The Ministry of Education begins this year a RD$45 million program that will benefit public school children all around the country. Earlier, the Ministry spent RD$100 million on the textbook program. This is the first time, first grade to senior grade public …

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President Leonel Fernandez will travel Sunday, 29 August to Bogotá, Colombia. This will be the second time a Dominican statesman visits Colombia. Hoy newspaper reports that he will sign bilateral agreements in the areas of farming, technical-professional training, cultural affairs, migration, electoral advice, agroindustrial management, education and health. He will be in Bogotá through 31 …

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Minister of Finances Daniel Toribio was temporarily appointed director of Customs. The incumbent, Miguel Cocco is hospitalized in Miami recovering from a kidney problem.

The government authorized the import of 1,500,000 units of frozen chicken to confront the decline in production at poultry farms caused by the heat wave affecting the DR. The heat wave has resulted in an 18% increase in the mortality of chickens. As a result, the price of chicken in markets has increased to RD$16.00 …

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President of Supreme Court of Justice, Dr. Jorge Subero Isa confirmed that all Dominican beaches are public. He said that no citizen can be banned from visiting a beach. The land access to the beach can be restricted, though. Dominican law states that the 60 meter front fringe of Dominican beaches is public. Recently, two …

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The government sent in troops to the Ozama and Rio Haina sugar mills to dislodge opportunists who had taken over small to large portions of land belonging to the State Sugar Council (CEA). Antonio Isa Conde, president of the Commission for the Reform of Public Enterprises (CREP) said that the military and the National Police …

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President Leonel Fernández told El Siglo that the installation of computer labs in public schools is the achievement he most values as President. He said the computer labs introduce low income Dominicans to computers, enabling them too, like students at private schools, to integrate into the modern world. He says the next step is to …

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Residents and travelers to the Caribbean should continue to monitor Tropical Storm Emily. Forecasters expect Emily could become a minimum hurricane, but that its development could be negatively influenced because of the close proximity of Hurricane Cindy. Neither Hurricane Dennis nor Hurricane Cindy pose any threat to the Caribbean. Mid August to the end of …

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