2003 – Page 307

David Oritz hit a three-run homer in yesterday’s game of the Caribbean Series, leaving the Dominican Republic victorious over Mexico with a score of 11 to 4. With two outs in the top of the third inning, Luis Polonia managed a single and American League’s MVP Miguel Tejada walked to first. Ortiz followed with a …

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President Hipolito Mejia decorated former US President George Bush with the Order of Duarte, Sanchez y Mella in the rank of Great Gold Cross. President Mejia met with the former US statesman at the home of Venezuelan media mongul Gustavo Cisneros at Casa de Campo. During the ceremony, Mejia reminded Bush that the US plays …

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President Hipolito Mejia was in San Pedro yesterday to formally initiate the construction of the San Pedro de Macoris-La Romana highway expansion. The government has entrusted the Spanish-Dominican engineering firm Concesionaria Dominicana de Autopistas y Carreteras with the 30-year concession contract. The company will double the size of the present 31.5-kilometer long highway and rebuild …

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President Hipolito Mejia warned radio journalist Julio Martinez Pozo that he must appear before the justice system regarding his accusation of alleged irregularities concerning the arrival of an armored SUV. President Mejia said that he was well aware of what was being published in the media about alleged corruption in his government and that "no …

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The Dominican Government has offered Cogentrix of San Pedro de Macoris a partial payment plan that includes a payment of US$24 million within three months as a step towards renegotiating the existing contract. At the same time, the government requested that Cogentrix start up one of its units to produce 100 megawatts under the terms …

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Yesterday’s DR1 News reported on the story carried in El Caribe, which told of the extraction of beach sand in the areas of Gaspar Hernandez. According to a local source, the extraction has been going on for years. El Caribe today again focused on the threat to the ecology of the area. The newspaper reveals …

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Leccida Rodriguez, the owner of a small pharmacy, has been through a three-year ordeal with the power distributor Edesur, not unlike those suffered by many Dominicans. According to a report in El Caribe, the woman recounts that three years ago, a brigade from Edesur paid her a visit and said they were removing her meter …

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Hoy newspaper reports that the president of the Federacion Nacional de Transporte La Nueva Opcion (Fenatrano) delivered a RD$3.7-million certified check to the Municipality of Santo Domingo yesterday. This amount had been deducted from the municipality’s account with the Banco de Reservas for arrears in the payment of the Fenatrano debt related to the 432 …

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A story by Jose Maria Reyes in last evening’s Ultima Hora tells of a historic rise in the price of propane cooking gas over the past few years. From August of 2000 until February of 2003 the price increases have ranged from 49 percent to as much as 313 percent. According to the page-nine article, …

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The headline of Hoy newspaper is implicitly clear: Dollar out of control. According to the paper, after a three-day absence on the market, dollars reappeared yesterday and promptly broke the psychological barrier of RD$25 to US$1. Nevertheless, most exchange houses said that they didn?t have any dollars to sell. Most agents the Hoy reporters talked …

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