2001 – Page 67

Felix Sanchez was scheduled to compete today at 10 am at the World Championships in Athletics, in Edmonton, Canada. The Dominican who trains at UCLA in Los Angeles shares the world’s best time (47.97) in the 400 meter hurdles with Angelo Taylor of the US. Sanchez will compete in the second of six rounds programmed …

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A Penn, Schoen & Berland poll for El Siglo Newspaper says that only 41% of the 1,000 people polled in July are pleased with the performance of the government. This is a 26 point drop from the February results, when 67% said they were pleased with the government. The Mejia administration will be a year …

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Hoy newspaper has published the results of its own nationwide poll, carried out by Hamilton-Beattie & Staff on 24-30 July. 57% believe the government’s performance was bad in its first year (35% described it as bad, 22% very bad). Only 39% described the government’s performance as good (30% good, 9% excellent). 58% believe the country …

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The body of Second Lieutenant Oscar Lachapelle de los Santos was found at 8 am in a car in a park near the headquarters of the Military Aides Corps of the President of the Republic on Cesar Nicolas Penson Avenue. The body was said to be found in state of decomposition. There were no signs …

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The National Police say 22-year-old industrial engineering student Rafaelina Elizabeth Brito planned and carried out her own kidnapping. She was found in Bayahibe, the beach town near La Romana, where she had spent the night at Pension Ive. When her room was searched, the police say they found a notebook with a script for her …

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El Siglo newspaper says that Eduardo Selman, the former administrator of the Corporation of State Enterprises and former technical secretary to the Presidency during the Fernandez government, is interested in being the PLD party’s candidate for Senator for Santo Domingo in the 16 May 2002 election. Other hopefuls mentioned in the press are Francisco Dominguez …

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According to the president of the Dominican Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Dr. Alejandro Paradas, 50% of Dominican teenagers start having sex before their 15th birthday. This results in an increase in sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies and abortions. The director of the Dominican Institute of Social Security (IDSS) said that 40% of the maternity …

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Power distributor Edesur cut power to the Ministry of Sports and the Olympic Center on Friday, seeking to pressure the government to pay its bills. Edesur chose a bad moment, when delegates from the Pan American Sports Organization were in town. Deputy Minister of Sports David Brito said that the Ministry has agreed to make …

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President Hipolito Mejia announced he is seriously considering the proposal of a Norway group to build dams on the Yuna River. The RD$3,000 million project would provide potable water and power to communities in Monseñor Nouel province. Frank Moya Pons, who accompanied the President during his visit to Hatillo Dam this weekend, announced the area …

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