2004News

Goodbye to Jacinto Peynado

Former Vice-President Jacinto Peynado was buried yesterday at the Cristo Redentor Cemetery. At the Presidential Palace, President Leonel Fernandez and Vice-President Rafael Alburquerque stood guard. Also present at the Presidential Palace were figures such as composer Juan Luis Guerra and Baseball Hall of Farmer Juan Marichal. At the Cristo Redentor Cemetery the deceased politician was accorded military honors prior to his burial. El Caribe?s report on the ceremony notes that the leading figures of the PRSC party were not in attendance at the funeral. Peynado is survived by his widow, Margarita Alvarez, and his children Jacinto, Angela, Manuel and Laura.