1996 – Page 35

A group of interested persons have designed a plan for the recovery of the state owned airline, Compañía Dominicana de Aviación (CDA). Alfredo Paredes, Pedro Cabrera, Salvador Franco Caamaño and César Caracas said that if the plan is supported by the government, CDA could be back in operation in ten months. Although CDA has a …

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Jose Rafael Llenas Menicucci and Ileana Aybar de Llenas, the father and mother of the murdered 12-year-old Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar, held a press conference on Monday, 5 August, in which they attempted to clarify certain versions of the case in the news media and asked the next government of Leonel Fernandez to order the …

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Judge Alexis Henriquez Nuñez, who has been conducting the follow-up investigation into the Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar murder case after the arrest of the two confessed killers, has pledged to continue his questioning of key witnesses, in the wake of a press conference held last week by the parents of the slain boy. The investigation …

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Santo Domingo’s mayor, Rafael Subervi Bonilla, met with President Joaquin Balaguer, and they are reported as having discussed the now chronic problem of refuse collection in the capital. According to the newspaper Listin Diario, the possibility of terminating the contract with the Attwoods Dominicana company for refuse collection was discussed at length, although nothing concrete …

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Students on the campus of the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) protested against a recent presidential decree regulating standards for higher education, by dumping rubbish in the street, blocking a regular public transport route and throwing stones at anti-riot police. The incidents, which took place on 5 and 6 August, forced the closing of …

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Gregorio Antonio Lider, a correspondent for Radio Mil Informando, was found murdered and his body burned in La Romana on 6 August. At first, the president of the Colegio Dominicano de Periodistas, Mercedes Castillo, speculated that the crime might have been an act of revenge because of an unspecified news report he might have carried …

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Francisco Jose Franco Martinez (Franklyn Franco), who has been held in the prison at Najayo, San Cristobal, for more than seven months despite the fact that his release has been ordered on four occasions, including one from the Supreme Court, ended his seven-day hunger strike, after the Santo Domingo Court of Appeals scheduled a hearing …

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The new Coliseo de Boxeo will be officially opened on 11 August, with the main event being a fight between Domingo Guillen of the D.R. and Edgar Cardenas of Mexico for the World Boxing Organization’s North American title for the l05-108 lb. weight class. Also on the bill will be Angel Beltre, who will defend …

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During the first seven months of 1996, 3,219 illegal Dominican emigrants were deported back to the D.R. from Puerto Rico, in addition to those who have been caught in makeshift “yola” boats in the Mona Canal trying to make the illegal voyage to the neigboring island. According to El Nacional newspaper, those who were discovered …

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The president of the Asociación de Caficultores de Villa Trina, Esteban Martinez, said that the price of coffee has gone from US$124 to US$104, a 25% decrease. This has affected the production of coffee in the country because planters have abandoned the market in view of the small return on their investment.