1996 – Page 58

President Joaquín Balaguer, in response to the accumulation of refuse on numerous streets in Santo Domingo, has ordered the Army and the Navy to help the Attwoods Dominicana Company, which was contracted by the city council to collect such rubbish to clean-up the capital. The operation began on 22 May and has continued through to …

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The Attorney General of the National District, Dr. Zoila Martinez de Medina, asked president Joaquín Balaguer to replace her on Tuesday, 28 May because she was “sick and exhausted” from the pressures of the job. Dr. Martinez de Medina had been District Attorney for seven months, and was working on the Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar …

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The Dominican Republic has the third lowest inflation rate in Latin America, according to a France Presse wire published last week. Only Argentina and Panama registered, according to their official authorities, lower inflation that the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic posted an inflation rate of 6.8% from March 1995 to March 1996. Argentina had an …

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The director of the department of urban transit, Deligne Ascención, has announced that some traffic lights at busy intersections in the capital will be synchronized with others to improve the flow of traffic. Two of the first intersections to be affected will be at the corner of 27 de Febrero and Lincoln avenues, and also …

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The autopsy performed on Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar, who was found stabbed to death on 4 May, and whose murder has found prominent attention with the news media and the public because of its shocking nature, has revealed that the boy was stabbed 34 times and that “habitual anal penetration” had been detected. The medical-legal …

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Major General Luis Perez Bello, head of the military escort of President Joaquin Balaguer, was seen back with the president on 9 May after a mysterious two week absence from official appearances made by Dr. Balaguer. Gen. Perez Bello had been practically relieved of his duties, although not officially, on 24 April when he ordered …

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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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