2007 – Page 82

Peravia province authorities are protesting the intentions of Bani city officers to lease more than 55,000 meters of land of the Bani dunes to a mixed Dominican and foreign capital company for a hotel development, as reported in the Listin Diario. Senator Wilton Guerrero said that the authorities should preserve the national patrimony and he …

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Yesterday’s apology released by Bishop Diomedes Espinal for the massacre of more than 15,000 Haitians at the border in 1937 has sparked a debate among historians. Historians Hugo Tolentino Dipp and Franklyn Franco, speaking in Hoy, consider the apology a great gesture. Dipp said that it raises the stature of Dominicans when a Dominican institution …

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The remains uncovered at the Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Moca will be sent to the University of Indiana, in the US and Leiden, in Holland, for DNA, Carbon 14 and pathological studies. Diario Libre writes the studies will be done with the cooperation of the Dominican Museum of Man. Rafhael Panhuysen, a …

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Officials from the International Police (Interpol) are assisting Dominican officials in capturing a Colombian national who is believed to be responsible for the murder of Angel Christopher Martinez, then head of the Aero navigability Department at Civil Aviation in 2006. Though the suspect’s name wasn’t immediately released, Acosta explained in Diario Libre that the suspect …

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The bodies of three Dominican women were found on the northern shores of Puerto Rico by authorities from that country. Reports indicate that foul play was not involved and that the women could have died from dehydration. The women were trying to illegally enter Puerto Rico and had made the treacherous ride across the Mona …

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A threat by Yankee owner George Steinbrenner wasn’t enough to save the New York Yankee’s season. The Bombers faced elimination on Monday night and with a loss almost certain guaranteed that Joe Torre would not be back as manager, and so the end of an era. The Yankees lost to the Cleveland Indians last night …

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The DR is poised to have one of the world’s third largest baseball facilities with the eventual completion of Baseball City in 2008. Baseball City will house 6 MLB baseball teams (Diamondbacks, Cubs, Twins, Reds, White Sox and a team TBA). It is being built on a 400-acre plot of land located on the 26th …

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The Dominican Tae kwon do youth delegation brought home 5 medals in the Pan-American Tae kwon do tournament held in Daytona. Dayse Monte De Oca, in the 68 kilo weight class, won gold in the tournament. Dominican Edgar Sanchez won a silver and Elkys Robles, Luis Monta and Orquidea Herrera won bronze.