2009News

Mannygate

The saga of Dominican slugger Manny Ramirez is dragging on for longer than most fans and journalists would care for. The slugger, once famous only for his hitting, has now gained the distinction of being a “prima donna” in light of his forced exit from Boston last season and now for his free agency antics. …
2009News

Caribbean Series

Did the Dominican team leave its offense at Immigration? It seemed so during the better part of the DR’s Game 1 loss against Venezuela and once again during last night’s game against Puerto Rico. The Dominican team struggled mightily against a weaker Puerto Rican team, until Fernando Martinez made himself into the hero of the …
2009News

DR and US Co. go solar

The Dominican government and Sunovia Energy Technologies from the United States have signed an agreement to install the first solar energy plant in the country, according to a company press release. In a press release, Carl Smith, the executive director of Sunovia Energy Technologies said that Dominican President Leonel Fernandez has shown a “tremendous passion …
2009News

Reverse thinking

The coalition known as the Citizens Forum says that the focus of the summit that has the world economic crisis as its central theme, is tackling the national problems from the wrong direction. Magino Corporan, the secretary general of the entity that is made up of 14 social and community-based organizations, maintains that the country’s …