2000 – Page 185

A fire that broke out Saturday afternoon at the Victoria Jail caused 11 deaths and 41 inmates to be seriously burned. Of these, four are in the intensive care unit of the Luis Eduardo Aybar Hospital Burn Center, the main burn unit of the Dominican Republic. Of the eleven dead, only ten had been identified …

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Relatives of assassinated journalist Orlando Martínez, murdered 17 March 1975, and requested that the Junta Central Electoral, the court in charge of organizing the 2000 presidential election, reject the candidacy of former President Joaquín Balaguer. Balaguer is running for president on the PRSC ticket. The JCE is in the process of approving the candidacies presented …

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Santiago cardiologist Salomón Jorge donated RD$1 million to create a fund to promote cinematography in the DR. The fund would be in the name of his son, Jean Louis Jorge. Jean Louis Jorge was recently murdered in his Gazcue apartment in Santo Domingo. The police say they have no concrete leads, and do not discard …

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For months the Dominican Olympic directors and the Ministry of Public Works have told Dominicans that the Santo Domingo Pan Am Games’ village would not cost Dominican taxpayers a penny. The village would be a private real estate development. This was taken as fact. Nevertheless, several developments have spurred more questions than answers in recent …

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The director of the National Planning Office says that the government has cut its expenses in half by reducing its advertising, fuel and administrative expenditures as part of a an austerity plan to compensate for the increase in fuel prices. Rafael Camilo, director of ONAPLAN, said that the increase in fuel prices has wiped out …

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Minister of Agriculture Amilcar Romero will have to resign his post once the Junta Central Electoral accepts his candidacy for the vice presidency on the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana ticket. Dominican electoral law establishes the incompatibility of a government post with running for vice president or president. While he is suspended from the post, …

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The Customs Department announced the uncovering of contraband of 23 luxury vehicles stolen in the US and that entered the DR by way of the frontier with Haiti. The vehicles were discovered in a joint operation with the National Army. They entered the DR with false documents. The The contraband includes jeeps, pick-ups and luxury …

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Fares Salloum, senior vice president for international operations of GTE, announced the relocation of Codetel president Carlos Espinal to Argentina. In Argentina, Espinal will direct a cellular operations unit of GTE, CTI. Compañía de Telefonos del Interior (CTI), a GTE-led consortium, provides cellular services in the north and south interior regions of Argentina – areas …

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Tricom, the second largest telecommunications company operating in the DR, opened its New York City operations last week. Sammy Sosa cut the symbolic ribbon inaugurating the new office that is located at 1533 St. Nicholas Avenue, between 186 and 187 streets. It will be open from 9 am to 8 pm Monday to Friday, and …

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The District Attorney of Monte Cristi, Elvis Muñoz Sosa sent Pedro Ortega (alias Hitler) to justice accused of being involved in the organization of illegal boat trips. Ortega is the chauffeur of Monte Cristi senator Bernardo Hernán (UD-Monte Cristi). The Monte Cristi DA said that Hernán backed his chauffeur in the lucrative business of promoting …

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