2005 – Page 260

Fresh from their victory in Sunday night’s game against the Tigres del Licey, Dominican baseball champions Aguilas Cibaenas begin their bid for Caribbean Series title in Mazatlan, Mexico this evening. Victory in this tournament would mean a 16th title for the Dominican Republic, and a fifth for the Aguilas themselves. Tonight’s game is against the …

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Last night the skies above Santiago de los Caballeros lit up with fireworks celebrating the 18th Dominican Winter League Championship for the Aguilas Cibaenas, following their victory over the Tigres del Licey, 7-1 and won the final series four games to three. On Friday, it looked like the series would end in Santiago as the …

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Haiti, where 95% of its natural vegetation has been destroyed, represents a real potential danger for the Dominican Republic, according to the Prime Minister, Gerard Latortue. As reported in Hoy, Latortue made these statements in Santo Domingo, as he tries to strengthen ties between the two countries sharing the island of Hispaniola. As international programs …

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No-one can fail to notice Santo Domingo’s traffic troubles. Part of the problem is that there are only 500 AMET officers to control the comings and goings of as many as three million people. According to Hoy, Santo Domingo’s 19,000 intersections need many, many more traffic cops. In fact, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET) only …

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The Dominican Republic Central Bank has published four pages of its official Letter of Intent, addressed to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF board meets today to consider the content of the missive. While the text is much too large to include here, the basic points are macro-economic measures for the mid-term; financial and economic …

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Customs agents together with the National Drug Control office (DNCD) stopped one Dominican and one Dutch national trying to bring in a total of US$564,280 into the country in two separate incidents. This case brings the total of money seized to over a million dollars in four different occasions in just under a week. The …

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The Dominican ambassador to the European Community, Federico Cuello, told reporters that the nation was looking to enter the European sugar market. The strategy, as outlined by the ambassador, is to complete the unfulfilled ACP group (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries) quotas. Cuello called the move potentially “interesting” for the Dominican sugar sector, since it …

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Not everything in the garbage can is garbage. Metal, plastics, paper, cloth and other stuff is recyclable and therefore worth money to the entrepreneur. The increased demand for metal in the Far East, particularly China, has created a whole new business for scrap metal recycling. In 2002-2003 paper waste worth RD$130 million was exported. Yet …

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President Leonel Fernandez promised that the IMF agreement would not mean further sacrifices for the Dominican people. Speaking to reporters at the Hotel Larimar in Barahona, the President said that the IMF agreement would not affect people’s purchasing power, quality of life or welfare. The chief executive told his audience that the signing of the …

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Citizens’ group “Participacion Ciudadana” has exposed the fact that there are more than 1,100 government projects needing completion. The group asked that the government start finishing them in accordance with national priorities. A large proportion of these projects are the construction or repair of schools and hospitals, which impacts on the quality of life of …

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