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Cibao International Airport to open 30 November

El Siglo reports the Cibao International Airport will start operations on 30 November with a flight from the United States. The name of the airline was not announced by airport spokesman Carlos Sully Fondeur. But Sully did say that American Airlines is already setting up its offices at the RD$500 million privately-built airport. The Cibao …
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Police corporal arrested for murder of 18 year old

Hoy newspaper reports that District Attorney Maximo Aristy Caraballo has arrested police corporal Jose Perez Santana, alias Tyson, accused of the murder of 18-year-old Pedro Manuel Contreras in Villa Francisca. The corporal is under arrest at the Police headquarters after the brutal killing made headlines when his mother denounced the case on TV. Brunilda Contreras …