Dolores Vicioso – Page 8214

Through presidential decree 155-96 issued on 14 May, President Joaquin Balaguer made important changes in the National Police and the Armed Forces. Major General Ivan Hernandez Oleaga was named Minister of the Armed Forces in place of Admiral Ivan Vargas Cespedes of the Navy. Gen. Hernan Disla González was named Chief of the Army, but …

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The Controller of the Republic, Victor Grimaldi, has maintained his claim that massive fraud and embezzlement of funds was committed in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in the scheme to provide poor families living on national park grounds with stoves. Mr. Grimaldi told Hoy newspaper that out of 15,609 stoves and accompanying accessories given …

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The director of the National Parks Department, Army Captain Radhames Lora Salcedo, has called on owners of antennas used for radio and television transmissions to remove them from the Isabel de Torres hilltop in Puerto Plata because of the dangerous mud slides that have been occurring during the last few months. According to Capt. Lora …

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A group of nine Cuban citizens were arrested on 15 May at Las Americas International Airport as they tried to fly to Puerto Rico with false documents purchased in the Dominican Republic. This is the third such group of Cubans discovered in the last three days. Those arrested on the 15th told authorities that they …

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Two of the alleged perpetrators of the spectacular bank robbery at the Banco Popular on Avenida Maximo Gomez, near Nicolas de Ovando, have been captured by the police and were presented to the news media on 8 May. On 2 May, four individuals, two of which are still sought by the police, convinced the maid …

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The confessed killers of Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar, the 12-year-old boy who was founded stabbed to death on 4 May, have been transferred from the Palace of Justice in Santo Domingo to the Najayo jail in San Cristobal. Mario Jose Redondo Llenas (cousin of the victim) and Juan Moline Rodriguez, both 19, were not taken …

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President Joaquin Balaguer, while running the government from Santiago during his efforts to further the presidential campaign of Jacinto Peynado, announced four important changes in his cabinet. Caonabo Javier Castillo has replaced Carlos Morales Troncoso as Foreign Minister, while Juan Aristides Taveras Guzman has taken over as Minister of Labor in place of Rafael Alburquerque. …

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The Dominican poet, Pedro Mir, has received the Gabriela Mistral Medal from the Chilean government for “his contribution to universal literature”. The award was given to Mr. Mir in a ceremony held at the Chilean Embassy in Santo Domingo by the ambassador, Mr Hugo Miranda. It was held on the 50th anniversary of the famous …

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