2001 – Page 70

Two top-notch world athletes, Juana Arrendel and Felix Sanchez, will represent the Dominican Republic at the 8th IAAF World Championships in Athletics that will open in Edmonton, Canada tomorrow. The event that gathers the world’s best in track and field will take place from 3 to 12, August. This will be Arrendel’s first competition after …

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Four Haitian soldiers have requested political asylum in the DR after confrontations among police troops in that country, according to a report by the Ministry of Armed Forces. The Haitian military say they are being persecuted as enemies of the Jean Bertrand Aristide government. The soldiers came to Santo Domingo from the border, where they …

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El Caribe newspaper criticizes the excesses of a sergeant in Samana. Sergeant Polanco, in charge of the Department of Theft in Samana, has taken upon himself the responsibility of cutting the hair of men and youths arrested for having long hair. El Caribe further accuses the sergeant of roughing up crime suspects. District Attorney of …

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Sixty-six deputies of the ruling Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) have requested that the PRD no longer support the aspirations of PRSC deputy, Rafaela Alburquerque, who hopes to be re-elected as president of the Chamber of Deputies in August. In a letter sent to President Mejia and Hatuey de Camps, president of the party, the PRD …

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Grocery stores and industrial users of refined sugar are suffering from the usual annual sugar scarcity, El Caribe reports. The newspaper says supermarkets that still have sugar are limiting consumers to five pounds each. El Caribe newspaper explains that the problem is caused by the limited refining capacity of Dominican sugar mills. Only one of …

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The free trade agreement signed with the Caribbean will not go into effect until the second week of September, according to the president of the Trinidad & Tobago Chamber of Commerce in the DR, Fernando Gonzalez Nicolas. He said that Jamaica and Barbados have postponed the dates for ratifying the agreement. Administrative rather than political …

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Former Minister of Finance Daniel Toribio has warned that at the pace Congress is approving loans, the foreign debt could increase by US$2.2 billion by the end of this year. As of December 2000, the foreign debt was US$3.67 billion. The new deal would increase this to US$5.87 billion. “This is not what is most …

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Local cement manufacturers have dropped their prices by 30% due to weakening demand. Aquilino Doñé Vargas, president of the Association of Hardware Stores, said that the decline in the cost of construction materials plus the six to eight point decline in interest rates is good news for the construction industry. He expects this to spur …

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Tony Biagiano of the International Water Ski Federation and instructors Lisa St. John (former US ski water champion) and Maria Luisa Botero (Latin American ski champion) will arrive on Friday, 3 August to give clinics on Saturday and Sunday at the Isabela Water Ski Club in Arroyo Hondo in the capital. The clinics seek to …

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The finance, technical and general work commissions of the Pan American Sports Organization are meeting in Santo Domingo 2-5 August to prepare for the 39th Assembly of the Pan American Sports Organization. The assembly of 42 representatives of regional Olympic committees will be held in Santo Domingo to analyse advances made towards the celebration of …

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