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The Aguilas Cibaeñas defeated the Estrellas Orientales 4-2 in their home stadium (Estadio Cibao) in Santiago last night, to again lead the Winter Baseball Championship. The Aguilas have won two games, and the Estrellas one. The series now moves back to San Pedro de Macorís (near Juan Dolio), home town of the Estrellas. The remaining …

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A 17-person Dominican government mission traveled to Haiti to discuss joint development projects along the Haiti-DR frontier on 24 and 25 January. The meetings are taking place at El Rancho Hotel in Petionville, Port au Prince. The Dominican delegation met with President Rene Preval for an hour. Projects that are being discussed that already have …

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The English-speaking Caribbean (Caricom) and the Dominican Republic are meeting for what is expected to be the last round of negotiations leading to the finalizing of the Caricom-DR free trade agreement. The 13th round is taking place in Santo Domingo (24-25 January 2000).

The Ministry of Public Works gave contractors in charge of building or repairing sports installations in the southeastern city of La Romana a 30 March deadline to complete works pending. These include the construction of an Olympic pool, track and field course, baseball and softball plays, tennis courts, and repairs to major sports installations in …

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The Listín Diario reports that a study carried out by the Federation of Dominican-Hispanic Chambers of Commerce shows that Dominicans living in the US sent home more than US$2,028 million last year in remittances. The study estimates that remittances were up 18% when compared to those sent to the DR in 1998. According to the …

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Adriana Howley de Martínez, 83-year old mother of assassinated journalist Orlando Martínez, was buried yesterday. She spent the last 25 years of her life pushing for justice in the case of her son, columnist of El Nacional newspaper and director of Ahora magazine. Shortly after the death of Orlando, another of her sons, Edmundo Martinez …

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The Civil Defense organizations reported 67 persons died and 79 were injured over the long holiday weekend. Of the cases of deaths and injuries, 90% were due to traffic accidents.

The Aguilas Cibaeñas defeated the Estrellas Orientales in the first game of the Winter Baseball Championship finals. The Aguilas 8-2 won the game, which took place at the Estadio Cibao of Santiago. Most sportscasters favor the Aguilas Cibaeñas, Caribbean Series Champions, to win the 2000 series. The last time the Aguilas-Estrellas met in a final …

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