Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Claudia Chez Abreu [es] writes about the upcoming Twitter.do meet-up. They still haven't decided on a date, but they are working on a spreadsheet to estimate number of participants who would show up and the best date for the event. The plan is to go bowling, so if you are a twitterer in Dominican Republic [...]
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Santo Domingo.– The cases of pregnancy among Haitian women are
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Santo Domingo.– Most travel-industry folks concur that Cuba and the Dominican Republic are
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Santo Domingo.– Renowned Dominican singer and songwriter
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Santo Domingo.– Even though it´s still unclear what uniform Manny Ramirez will wear next spring, one team he said he has already decided to play for is the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic. Ramirez was originally scheduled to play for the Dominican team in the first World Baseball Classic in 2006, but as it turned out, reporting late to spring training with the Red Sox necessitated...
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
New York.– In the fifteenth century, spice merchants were looking for an easier route to Asia. They traveled south past Africa, around the Cape of Good Hope, and continued eastward. Christopher Columbus convinced Queen Isabella of Spain that it would be easier to sail directly west and find the rich treasures of India and Asia. A new route would be found, he said, and possible new lands for Spain....
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Santo Domingo.– The crew of US Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo repatriated 146 Dominican migrants to La Romana, Friday morning, following an at-sea interdiction by Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG) agencies Wednesday.Coast Guard law enforcement personnel detained 11 Dominicans of the 157 migrants aboard the interdicted "yola," for attempting to enter illegally into the United States or a U.S....
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Santo Domingo.– The reinaugural of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, headed this week by President Leonel Fernandez, becomes a new milestone for the ruling party and the Dominican culture. With an investment of RD$700 million, the refurbishing and modernization of the historical monument rescued the dignity of fine arts in the Dominican Republic, which Felix Bautista, director of the State Works Office...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
More than a quarter-century after establishing a connection with the city of Gaeta, in central Italy, and Coimbra, in central Portugal, Cambridge officials have formed 15 more sister-city relationships in countries ranging from the Dominican Republic and El Salvador to Portugal and Japan.
True Yankee Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Long signed a three-year agreement worth approximately $1 million before the campaign, and he has already planned offseason trips to work with both Alex Rodriguez in Miami and Robinson Cano in the Dominican Republic. Cashman said that the Yankees have scheduled their pro scouting meetings to begin Sunday and run into early next week. The [...]
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Santo Domingo.– Czech Airlines will offer
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Port-au-Prince.– The World Bank today
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Santo Domingo.– New York Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos will be
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Lima.– Peruvian President Alan Garcia accepted Friday the
Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
BA's International Signing's Wrapup Baseball America posted their wrapup of NL East teams' international signings (subscription required). They listed each of these Braves players who signed for more than six figures: LHP Carlos Perez, Dominican Republic, 16; OF Fredy Gamboa, Columbia, 16; RHP Ernesto Silva, Panama, 16; OF Hector Garcia, Columbia, OF, 16; RHP Wei Cheng Huang, Taiwan, 18; SS Fernando...
