2010 – Page 241

Don Angel Miolan, considered by many as the father of the tourism industry in the Dominican Republic, died on Friday, 16 April. He was 97 years old. He was one of the founders of the PRD political party, along with Juan Bosch, and one of its most respected advocates. President Leonel Fernandez described Angel Miolan …

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Arturo Rodriguez Fernandez was found dead in his apartment on Friday. He is suspected to have died of a heart attack. He was known for being a writer, storyteller, playwright and lawyer, but best of all for his talents as a movie promoter and film critic. Until his sudden death, he served as director of …

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On the World Day of Farmers Struggles, a group of displaced farmers marched into Cotui in solidarity with 600 families displaced when the government awarded the mining concession to Barrick Gold/ Pueblo Viejo Dominican Corporation. The group was organized as Articulacion Nacional Campesina (ANC), a farmers’ coalition. The farmers were located in Las Lagunas de …

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Last Friday police officers shot and killed two men who were allegedly planning to rob the Banco Popular in Boca Chica. The Police say that the men were members of a six-person gang, four of whom were wearing police uniforms, including one with captain’s insignia. The others managed to escape. The dead men were identified …

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A fire gutted the second and third floor of the Gente store on El Conde pedestrian shopping street in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City on Saturday. The fire began in the appliances department around 10:50am, as reported in El Caribe. 50 firefighters worked to put out the fire well into the afternoon. Employees and shoppers were …

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Hoy newspaper reports on another animal theme park. Animal theme parks are making headlines, after Santo Domingo Mayor Roberto Salcedo built what is being nicknamed “Zooberto” on an empty lot at the very visible John F Kennedy and Proceres avenues intersection. The report says that Lorenzo Duran built his exhibit at a 300 square meter …

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According to a report in El Caribe, three Dominican women were killed when a wave capsized the small boat in which they were traveling with a group of tourists, including four Russians and one Italian, after visiting Saona Island, in the National Park of the East. The women were named as Antonia Perez de Aza, …

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23-year old Eva Carolina Arias Vinas, representing Espaillat, was chosen to represent the Dominican Republic at this year’s Miss Universe pageant. Miss Dominican Republic 2010 took the national crown at a contest held at the Salon La Fiesta of the Hotel Jaragua. 35 contestants vied for the title. Eva Carolina Arias Vinas, who was born …

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Dominican Ubaldo Jimenez became the first to throw a no-hitter for the Colorado Rockies in 18 years, a 4-0 victory over the Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta. He threw 128 pitches and finished with seven strikeouts and six walks. “Before the ninth, I was like, ‘What can I do? I’m going to ask God …

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The legendary Mexican mariachi group Vargas de Tecalitlan will play at the opening artistic show for the Thursday, 22 April show at the National Theater’s main hall. Their performance is one in a series of guest artists coming for this year’s Santo Domingo International Book Fair that is dedicated to Mexico. Mexico is bringing some …

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