1999 – Page 82

The Santo Domingo Superior Basketball Tournament is coming to an end. San Lázaro defeated Los Prados 121-88 yesterday to win the right to confront Mauricio Báez in the finals. The tournament is dedicated to President Leonel Fernández and is taking place at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center’s newly remodeled Sports Palace.

Vladimir Guerrero batted a hit for the Montreal Expos in the game his team defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-4. This is the 29th consecutive game he bats at least one hit in. Pedro Martínez (2.40) won his 18th game, this time against the Minnesota Twins, striking out 15. He has a record of 48 …

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The National Police will receive training from the New York Police and a leading Israeli security company. A team of Dominican officers will travel to New York City to study the organization of the New York Police, its training and recruitment of personnel systems. Carlos Féliz Gimbernard, president of the Consulting Group, the Miami-based company …

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Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations reiterated again the government position that large numbers of Haitians will continue to make the illegal crossing to the DR unless political stability and economic progress and distribution of wealth is achieved in Haiti. She said it is unfair to say the Dominican government does little to contain the flow …

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Ministry of Public Works has initiated construction of two new overpasses over John F. Kennedy. The overpass over Ortega y Gasset will cost RD$42 million, that over Tiradentes-Lope de Vega will cost RD$92 million. Both will be ready by February 2000, says the Ministry of Public Works. The Ministry inaugurated last month the first overpass …

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The Dominican Medical Association (AMD) and the Association of Private Clinics (ANDECLIP) began today the first of a planned series of 24-hour stoppages of work at private clinics throughout the country. This first strike is taking place in the eastern provinces. News reports say it can affect over 200,000 Dominicans that hold private insurance plans. …

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Seven persons, including the crew of the Nina II, made it by rowing to Tortuga Island in Haiti, after their ship caught on fire. The Nina II had been delivering fresh supplies to the Grand Turks Island north of Puerto Plata for 20 years. The cargo barge had left on Wednesday, 9 August and was …

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The Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía (CELADE), a dependency of the Comisión Economica para America Latina said that the life expectancy for Dominicans, from 1995-2000, is 71 years. Life expectancy for women is 72.4 years, and 67.8 years for men. Dominican authorities at the National Planning Office (ONAPLAN), estimate life expectancy is at 68.6 …

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The Consul General of the Dominican Republic in New York, Bienvenido Pérez says that no later than Wednesday, 25 August there will be substantial cuts in prices charged for consulate services. For instance, a two-year passport will be sold for US$81.50 down from US$131.50 at present. In addition to passports, several other documents will be …

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PRD presidential candidate Hipólito Medina said that he will hold President Leonel Fernández, former Secretary of the Presidency Danilo Medina and the president of the privatization commission, Antonio Isa Conde responsible for the irregularities in the capitalization process of the State Sugar Council (CEA). He said there have been irregularities in the dealings with the …

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