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Two persons were shot on Saturday. The bullets were supposedly fired by security guards of PRD presidential candidate Hipólito Mejía. Mejía was critical of the shootout and called out for tolerance among political activists. The Police is investigating what happened. The dead are 44-year old Luis Terrero and 32-year old Rafael Peñalo. Campaign passions have …

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El Siglo reports that Interpol arrested Pedro Rafael Gonzalez Pantaleon in Amsterdam for deporting to the US to face a sentence for Medicare fraud. The newspaper says that González had been sent abroad on an unexplained government mission to Kuwait to where he was supposedly headed when he was arrested in Amsterdam. González was a …

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The Dominican government awaits the extradition from Aruba of Johan Hendry August Wilkemans, a Haitian porting a Belgian passport. News reports say that the local Drug Control Department was on the trail of Wilkemans after Haitian Jean Marck, alias Mario Antonio Duran, was arrested following a car chase in Santo Domingo. Jean Marck had on …

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Father Pierre Riquoit denounced that Dominican army men are involved in the recruiting of Haitian workers for Dominican farms. The farms that are in need of labor pay the army men. The Haitians pay the army members up to RD$800 for a chance to earn a living at a Dominican farm. But Father Pierre Riquoit …

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Fernando Capellan, president of the Dominican Association of Free Zones, advocated the President veto the law of Intellectual Property Industrial that was passed by Congress. The bill has divided business sectors. Fernando Capellan said that the President should have foremost the national interest above particular interests of certain business groups. He says that the law …

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After four years, the Santo Domingo book fair has become an obligatory visit for all families, at least in Santo Domingo. The objective of President Leonel Fernández of using the fair to promote the importance of reading seems to have clicked. Book vendors say that sales are at record highs this year. Everyone gets to …

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The North Coast region leads the National Sports Games are the weekend of sports competitions taking place in La Romana. Some 3,501 athletes are competing in the six-day long national sports games. The North leads with 60 medals, followed by Santo Domingo with 48, the East 26, the South 32, host city La Romana with …

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Wanda Rijo and Playter Reyes qualified to participate in the Sydney, Australia Olympic Games. They recently participated in the Panamerican Championship and weightlifting trials of the US. Wanda Rijo qualified in the 75-kilogram category, and Reyes in the 200-kilogram category. The trials were held 14-18 April in Shreveport, Louisiana. During the event, Wanda Rijo won …

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Luís Felipe Aquino, organizer of the Bolsa Turistica del Caribe, announced the travel trade show will take place at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel convention hall 3-6 May. The show in its fourth year is expected to attract 2,000 travel agents, hotels and allied businesses. This year there will be presentations on investing in tourism and …

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Colombia’s Shakira will be in town for a 6 May performance at the Fortaleza Ozama in the Colonial City. Shakira is coming with 21 musicians. Her show’s title, "Anfibio". Shakira has just released a new CD, "Shakira MTV Unplugged". Tickets $300. Tickets are for sale at Club de Lectores Listín (for Listín Diario subscribers), Pizza …

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