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Pedro Martínez (8-1) pitched his seventh straight double-digit strikeout game, yesterday and defeated the New York Yankees 6-3. This feat was last accomplished by Nolan Ryan of California in 1977. The victory was especially sweet as it was against Major League ERA leader David Cone (4-2), Martínez’s toughest contender so far for the Cy Young …

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San Cristóbal chauffeurs protested violently yesterday when Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) agents banned them from picking up passengers along the Prolongación Independencia, following the inauguration of a new AMET/OMSA bus route. Police agents were stationed along the key points of entry to avoid further protesting. The minibuses have been instructed to establish alternate West-East routes …

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Secretary of Interior and Police, Norge Botello said he has information that at least three PRD senators contributed money to finance the organizers of the two-day shutdown of businesses in support of their demands. They are demanding a 100% increase in wages, declines in food prices and fuel prices. He said that the strike does …

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The presidents of the National Council of Private Enterprise (CONEP), the leading business organization, and the Nacional Council of Unions (CNUS), the leading union organization, yesterday signed an agreement whereby they will work together to reach a consensus on a wage increase for this year. The agreement of the business and labor communities coincides with …

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President Leonel Fernández will inaugurate today the new building of the School of Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Relations. The building was first used last month for the closing event of the II Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Association of Caribbean States. It is located within the grounds of the …

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Enmanuel Esquea Guerrero, president of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, said that according to an audit on the list of voters registered to vote for the presidential candidate of that party, 9% show irregularities. This adds up to 135,000 mistakes on the voting list of the largest opposition party. The list is being questioned by former …

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Luis Rodríguez, No. 2 man at the Weather Department, said that forecasters expect the 1999 Atlantic Basin hurricane season to be more active than the one last year. Rodríguez said it is very likely that at least one hurricane of category 3 or 4 will sweep through the Caribbean from June to November. This year’s …

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The Grupo Viaggi del Ventaglio will be investing nearly US$70 million in the expansion of the Hotel Gran Dominicus in Bayahibe, in the Southeast Coast, half an hour from La Romana. The company also has plans for the construction of a 1,000 room resort in Pedernales, on the Southwest Coast of the DR. Jaime Lladó, …

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Fernando Rainieri, spokesman for Air Santo Domingo, told the Listín Diario that if the Herrera Airport is closed and traffic moved to Higuero, where a new airport is being built in the northeast of Santo Domingo, the domestic airline will cease operations. He said the Higuero Airport will be big enough for the operation of …

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Hoy newspaper reports that the organizers of the Manhattan-based Dominican Parade feel that some 1/2 million Dominicans will show up for this year’s parade, the 17th and last of the century. The parade is seen as a demonstration of the strength of the Dominican community in New York City. Just recently, it was announced by …

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