2009 – Page 278

The soap opera that has come to define the career of slugger Manny Ramirez entered Act IV yesterday as it was announced that he has decided to rejoin the LA Dodgers and sign a two-year US$45 million contract. Manny will continue to be Manny, but for how long? There has been an outraged reaction to …

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Slugger Alex Rodriguez might have to bow out of the World Baseball Class (WBC) after all. Doctors found what might be a cyst on Rodriguez’s hip. Rodriguez will now fly to Colorado to have the hip checked out. Rodriguez, nevertheless, played in the DR’s opening exhibition game against the Florida Marlins.

There is great news coming out of Jupiter, Florida, the site of the Dominican Republic’s World Baseball Classic training site. Yesterday, during an exhibition game against MLB’s Florida Marlins, the Dominican squad put up 19 hits and pounced on the Marlins for a 10-1 victory. Hanley Ramirez and Jose Reyes both shone in the Red, …

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The Davis Cup Americas Zone II matches are under way at the Santo Domingo Tennis Club (La Bocha Courts) in Santo Domingo. The Dominican national tennis team matches Guatemala in the First Round of the Davis Cup, 6-8 March. Victor Estrella, Johnson Garcia, Henry Estrella and Luis Delgado make up the 2009 team under captain …

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The Santo Domingo Music Festival opens at the National Theater today with a performance by Canadian Ben Heppner, internationally recognized as the world’s finest dramatic tenor. He is acclaimed in music capitals around the world for his beautiful voice, intelligent musicianship and sparkling dramatic sense. The Santo Domingo Classical Music Festival is being held from …

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First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez gave the first presentation at the Human Trafficking at the Crossroads Conference: Private-Public Partnership to Fight Human Trafficking that took place in Manama, Bahrain 1-3 March. The First Lady presented her office’s program to install community information and communication technology educational centers nationwide as part of a strategy to …

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The Director General of the Department of Taxes (DGII) has announced that tax relief measures adopted barely a year ago to help the farm sector after the devastation caused by tropical storms Noel and Olga would be continued throughout 2009. General Regulation 02-09 on Taxes allows the farm sector to be exempt from payment of …

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The Santo Domingo East aqueduct, a project that has experienced fits and starts and stumbles for ten years, is closing in on the start of operations, and is processing water at 75% of capacity, according to the Aqueduct and Sewer Corporation of Santo Domingo (CAASD). Conceived to treat four cubic meters a second, some 90 …

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In his 27 February state of the nation address on Friday, President Leonel Fernandez told his audience: “Listen well – we will not allow drug trafficking in the Dominican Republic.” He accepted there was widespread public concern about military and police involvement in drug trafficking and crime, including the participation of Navy officers in the …

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President Leonel Fernandez made even more changes to the Dominican Air Force and the Army after warning in his speech to Congress that he would not hesitate to clean up the “social disgraces” from the Armed Forces and the National Police. The President made 13 new designations in the Air Force and the Army and …

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