1999 – Page 81

Manny Ramírez, playing for the Cleveland Indians, batted three home runs in the game against the Oakland Athletics. Sammy Sosa batted his 52nd home run, slipping ahead of Mark McGwire in the Major League home run race, version 1999. Vladimir Guerrero, Montreal Expos, batted a home run and hit to extend his batting streak to …

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Plaza Lama is advertising plantains for RD$0.25 cents each. This is much much less than the peak RD$8.00 per plantain of the post Hurricane Georges days. It also shows the country’s planting capacity as well as its lack of planning. What is likely to happen? In eight months time, plantains will cost upwards of RD$3.00-RD$4.00 …

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Newspaper headlines this morning tell of a meeting of President Leonel Fernández with military chiefs and the Commissioner for the Reform of Public Enterprise (CREP). They met to support the CREP in its endeavor to end the occupation of the state sugar council (CEA) lands by opportunists. The land invasions were a major obstacle to …

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In an interview with El Siglo, President Leonel Fernández said that on his agenda for his last year of government (in the DR the Constitution bans him from running in a consecutive election) is the completion of the capitalization of the state enterprises, the remodeling and construction of new hospitals, and the completion of the …

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El Siglo carries today a report on several megaprojects under construction in the capital city of Santo Domingo. On the list: Malecón Center. Commercial and residential project on the Malecón. Three 30-floor towers. Sea fronting apartments are to go for more than US$300,000 each. Plaza Acrópolis-Citibank Tower. Av. Winston Churchill. Future headquarters of Citibank, office …

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The Abel González medical group is offering a "birth in" experience for mothers-to-be at its new Centro de Medicina Avanzada Doctor Abel González. The modern medical center is equipped with the most modern medical technology. It is the only hospital to feature "birth in" rooms, where the patient can give birth in the privacy of …

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The Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo announced 13,000 students enrolled at the state university will be denied registration in the new semester. The 13,000 students have had an accumulated average grade of less than 60 points during the past three semesters. The measure seeks to reduce the financial burden on the UASD, a tuition-less university …

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District Attorney Francisco Domínguez Brito says that all government corruption cases should be judged. He says that when cases are not completed, people loose faith in the system. He explained the general public is familiar with the corruption cases because they have made headlines, but that they are not followed up. He said that as …

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With the Turkey earthquake the leading international news story, local newspapers have focused on the possibilities of the DR suffering a similar experience. Seismic specialists alert that everyone should check out if their building was built meeting seismic regulations. Director of the Dominican Seismologic Institute, Juan Payero said that several buildings in the DR are …

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A close watch should be kept on tropical storm formations off the coast of Africa. Tropical Storm Emily is on a course that could affect the Caribbean. Mid August through the end of September is the peak time for hurricanes in the DR. Since hurricanes generate off the northern African coast, there is a good …

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