1996 – Page 59

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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The news media, particularly with paid advertisements in newspapers, were the site of a war of words between the public relations departments of the Compania Dominicana de Telefonos (CODETEL) and its main competitor, TRICOM. The two companies have an “interconnection agreement” which allows TRICOM and its users to utilize cables owned by CODETEL. On 7 …

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Dr. Florencio Lorenzo Silva, director of the national tax collection department, Impuesto Sobre la Renta, died of lung cancer in Bogota, Colombia at the age of 69 on Tuesday, 7 May. Dr. Silva had had a long battle with the disease, although it was not well publicized. Dr. Silva was a public employee over a …

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According to the general administrator of the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad (CDE), Amilcar Romero, the state-owned electricity company has been generating 50,000 kilowatts more than the national demand. With the inclusion of the power stations Los Mina III and Los Mina IV in the grid, the CDE’s output has reached 1,100,000 kilowatts per day against …

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In response to criticism by citizens and members of the news media, the city council of Santo Domingo has decided to suspend the erecting of traffic lights on busy corners during the day, and will now carry out the work at night. Such night work, with the help of powerful reflector lights recently purchased by …

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The mayor of Santo Domingo, Dr. Rafael Subervi Bonilla, has announced a project to be undertaken by the city council and the government of Japan to refill La Duquesa refuse dump. The dump has been the source of at least two fires in the last year and a half, and the toxic gases concentrated on …

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A special commission composed of representatives of the Instituto Dominicano de Seguro Social (IDSS), the Asociación Medica Dominicana (AMD), and the AMD’s IDSS medical group (AMDIDSS) will try to come to an agreement to end the over six-month-old strike of AMD doctors in IDSS hospitals. The AMD general strike, which ended in the Ministry of …

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