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Nuria Piera, the popular television investigative journalist, confirmed that she will be leaving Channel 9 as of 6 January. She will move her programs to Channel 13, as the El Siglo had reported on 4 December. Manolo Quiroz, of Channel 9 provided the information. He said that Piera resigned yesterday at noon. He also announced …

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Edesur reports that a study carried out in the meter certification laboratory of AES Distribuidora del Este shows that their meters are correct. Residents in Condominio Naco had complained that since the installation of new meters by Edesur their power bills had increased considerably. Edesur alleges that the old meters were not accurately measuring the …

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Businessman Francis Malla has resigned the post of treasurer of the Organizing Committee of the Pan American Games. Sources say he does not want to be part of the controversy of whether the games should be held or not in the DR. News stories also confirm that another leading businessman, Jose León Ascencio has also …

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The Police said it arrested a 16 year old boy for the rape and later strangling a 4 year old girl, Angelica María Cordero Azcona. The Police says the boy confessed to the rape and murder and that the case is closed. The teenager lived on the third floor of the same building where the …

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The Centro de Investigación Económica de las Antillas (CENANTILLAS), a local think tank, foresees the DR will need to sign a stand by agreement with the International Monetary Fund in 2001. According to the organization, that operates under the umbrella of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, the economy will suffer a 20% deceleration …

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Pedro Martínez, Moisés Alou, Neifi Pérez, Rafael Furcal, José Rijo, Vladimir Guerrero, Wilton Guerrero, Luis Castillo, José Offerman, Octavio Dotel, Bartolo Colón, José Lima, D’Angelo Jiménez, Ronnie Belliard and other former or present Major League baseball players have been participating in ball clinics that seek to motivate teenagers to stay away from drugs. They are …

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President Hipólito Mejía received an honorary degree from the North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Others receiving the distinction were Mr. Ray Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Interface Flooring Systems, Inc.; Dr. F. Albert Cotton, Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University; Dr. Peter C. Doherty, Department of Immunology, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital; …

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Speaking to students in Raleigh, North Carolina, President Hipólito Mejía (diplomatic talk is not his strength), said that the US can no longer give lessons to the DR in electoral matters. The US government has sent observer teams to the DR to watch over the elections. This time around, the US suffered through much of …

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President Hipólito Mejía announced that in four more months the DR will be exporting its fruits and vegetables to the Caribbean as part of a general market opening offensive. This offensive will also boost exports to Europe and the US, he said. He said the country seeks to become a major exporter of organic products …

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The governor of the Central Bank says that the net reserves in US currency of the Bank have increased from US$197.3 million in August to US$300 million. Reserves had dropped due to the increasing cost of petroleum imports. The differential between the cost of petroleum and the price of fuel locally is used to pay …

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