2001 – Page 224

Gilberto Antonio Paula Rosario (El Coquero o El Rubio) will be meanwhile accused of the murder of Canadian Robert Ethier on 24 December. Paula is suspect of having murdered former Minister of the Armed Forces Juan Rene Beauchamps Javier two days later in Abreu, in the province of María Trinidad Sánchez on the North Coast. …

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Jealousy crimes are not unusual in the DR, but the yesterday murder of a teacher, Adelaida Perez and the principal, Porfirio Jerez Vega, of the school where she worked was one of the worst many can remember. The murders occurred at the school where the two victims worked and were witnessed by students. Reportedly, the …

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The president of the Banco Nacional de la Vivienda said that that organization will assist builders with a loan for RD$400 million to build the athletes’ village for the 2003 Santo Domingo Pan Am Games. The cost of the village is estimated at more than RD$1,000 million. Chiqui Troncoso, of the BNV, said, "The National …

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Holiday Circus administrators are concerned for the well-being of a two-month baby tiger cub that was stolen from its mother, Sumatra. Sumatra is in Santo Domingo for performances as part of the Circo Holiday of the Hermanos Suarez. The mother, who has another baby cub, is very anxious and cries the loss of her second …

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The governor of the Columbus Lighthouse announces it is sponsoring a course on the history of opera. Opera expert Antonio Braga, who is professor of History of Music at an Italian university, will give the course. The course will focus on works by Cimarosa, Verdi and Bellini. It starts on 12 January and will end …

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President Hipólito Mejía met yesterday for 45 minutes with the board of directors of the Centro Dominicano de Promoción de Exportaciones (Cedopex) at the export board’s headquarters in Plaza de la Independencia. Several private producers were present at the meeting, where Rolando Galván and Minister of Agriculture Eligio Jaquez spoke about the possibilities of finding …

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The five passengers and pilot of the HI-363SP six-seater property of Grupo Punta Cana crashed yesterday into a parking lot at Calle Duvergé No. 1, Villa Marina, about a mile away from the Herrera International Airport. The airplane had taken off at around 7 in the morning on its way to the Punta Cana International …

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After Hoy newspaper denounced the abandon of the Altar de la Patria, the monument where the founders of the Dominican Republic are buried, the Ministry of Armed Forces ordered the repair and clean up of the park area and the monument was begun yesterday.

The rector of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Miguel Rosado will be transferred from the UCE Medical Center to the Cedars Medical Center in Miami, Florida. Over the weekend he presented severe dehydration as a result of a food intoxication that his physicians say could have lead to coronary complications. His relatives have preferred …

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