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Minister of Sports Cesar Cedeño signed an agreement with the Cuban government for the hiring of 23 new coaches. This is a follow up to a previous agreement by which 23 coaches worked in the DR for two years. Despite requests by the local sports federations, the Cuban government chose not to renew the contracts …

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President Hipólito Mejía traveled to New York on seat 28A of economy section yesterday. President Mejía banned first class travel by government officers. He traveled economy to set the example. Interestingly, President Mejía, prior to occupying the Presidency was a regular first class passenger, enjoying privileges of his American Advantage card due to his travels …

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The Central Bank authorized a devaluation of the peso of 35 points. The official rate for dollars is now RD$16.40 to the dollar. President of the American Chamber of Commerce, banker Andres Aybar said that the devaluation will affect import prices because customs taxes and the exchange surcharged are pegged to the official rate. He …

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Major League players Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodríguez and Pedro Martínez have accepted to participate in a prevention campaign carried out by the Direccion Nacional de Control de Drogas, the local drug control department, starting in November. Major General Manuel Antonio Lachapelle Suero is coordinating the effort. "We are committed to avoid that our society fall …

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The Rector of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Miguel Rosado announced that the state university’s sports complex will be ready no later than 27 February of next year. He said the construction of the complex has the support of the President of the Republic and Minister of Sports Cesar Cedeño. He said they signed …

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The conflicting interests revolving around the garbage collecting business in Santo Domingo have gotten to such a point that President Hipólito Mejía appointed a commission head by the Minister of the Armed Forces. Minister of the Armed Forces Lieutenant Jose Miguel Soto Jiménez joins Secretary of the Presidency Sergio Grullón (brother in law of the …

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Hundreds of Red Cross volunteers barricaded the Santo Domingo headquarters of the organization to protest the Mejía administration’s appointment of a transition board. Decree 673-00 on 31 August dissolved the present board presided by Clever Read Cabral and appointed a board that in three months time should call an extraordinary assembly of volunteers to choose …

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El Siglo newspaper reports that Wilson Manuel Rodriguez Jimenez, the supposed assailant who died at gun shot by victim Octavio Beras, had been arrested by the Police only three days before the tragedy. He was arrested and sent to justice for disarming a police agent, on one occasion, and supposedly stealing jewelry from a woman, …

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