1999 – Page 236

President Leonel Fern?ndez rode as a passenger on Sunday in one of the 18 new busses with capacity for 180 persons that are circulating on the 27 de Febrero Avenue route, from 30 de Marzo to Avenida Luper?n. He boarded in front of the National Palace at 11:20 am traveling to the Plaza de la …

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The American Ballet Theater of New York will hold a benefit for the Instituto Oncol?gico Dr. Heriberto Pieter and the Residencia Geriatrica Dr. Carl Georg of San Pedro de Macoris at the National Theater. The benefit is scheduled for Thursday, 25 February at 8:30 pm. Eight dancers from the American Ballet Theater will be on …

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Casa de Teatro is opening an exhibition of works of art commemorative to Dominican carnival. Exhibiting are many well known Dominican painters, including C?ndido Bid?, Jorge Pineda, Antonio Guadalupe, Jos? Morillo, Ferm?n Ceballo, Paul Leonor, Limbert Vilorio, Polibio D?az, Pascal Macariello, Daniel de los Santos, Marcos Lora, Marino Hern?ndez, Domingo Batista, Jos? Mercader, Paul Giudicelli, …

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The Tigres del Licey, the Santo Domingo team that had finished the regular series in third place, won the right to represent the DR in the Caribbean Series on Friday evening, 29 January, to a full house of some 23,000 fans. The Series went to eight games, as the city rival teams Leones del Escogido …

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Just one day after his closest advisors had announced that Venezuelan President-elect Hugo Ch?vez would postpone his Thursday visit to the DR for health reasons, the controversial politician came anyway. He called Dominican President Leonel Fern?ndez from Washington, D.C. to give just five hours warning that he would visit Santo Domingo after all. Ch?vez, accompanied …

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Underlining his determination not to concede loss of the top job at the Dominican Municipal League (LMD), Julio Mar??ez Rosario (Dominican Revolutionary Party – PRD) yesterday set up a "provisional office" in the PRD-controlled municipal offices of the National District in order to continue acting as LMD Secretary-General (SG). Yesterday his rival for the post, …

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As the first step in a planned international campaign to denounce the Fern?ndez Administration for alleged violations of human rights during the LMD affair, Senator Jes?s V?squez Mart?nez yesterday deposited a formal complaint with the Organization of American States (OAS) along with a copy of the Senate resolution condemning the Administration for the military cordon …

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The Tourism Ministry (SECTUR) yesterday labeled as completely false the reports by Spanish media that thousands of Spaniards have canceled DR vacations in response to perceived violence in the struggle over the LMD. The Dominican Association of Hotels and Restaurants (ASONAHORES) likewise said telephone checks with the DR’s hotels and tour operators said bookings had …

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The judge overseeing the Orlando Mart?nez murder trial, Katia Miguelina Jim?nez Mart?nez, decided yesterday to adjourn the proceedings until February 10th. She made the decision in order to provide time for a doctor chosen by the Prosecutor to examine one of the defendants, retired General Salvador Lluberes Mont?s ("Chinino") and determine if there is merit …

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The judge in charge of the investigation into the 1994 disappearance (and presumed murder) of Professor Narciso Gonz?lez ("Narcisazo") yesterday ordered the arrest of a second Dominican Air Force (FAD) officer. Judge Eduardo S?nchez Ort?z ordered Lt. Colonel Manuel C. P?rez V?lquez jailed on suspicion of complicity in kidnapping Narcisazo. In 1994 P?rez V?lquez was …

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