2005 – Page 38

Totaling over a ton in the lat 17 days, the Director General for Drug Control (DNCD) has seized 442 kilos of cocaine in the parking lot of the CIRSA Casino Hispanola in Santo Domingo. The drugs were found in a green Ford Windstar that was parked in the lot, and two Colombians and two Dominicans …

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The National Police Internal Affairs department has carried out drug testing on a random selection of 90 of the more than 200 police officers currently serving in the Capotillo barrio. All 90 tested negative for any drug use. The director of Internal Affairs, Daysi Liriano said that all but one of the agents were selected …

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The Third Penal Chamber of the Court of Appeals for the National District revoked the dismissal of charges issued by the Fourth Court of Instruction that favored Police chief Jaime Marte Martinez’ driver and another police officer, Jose De Oleo. Both men are accused of unlawful use of stolen property. The Appeals Court, presided over …

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In San Jose de los Llanos, a rural municipality in the southeastern province of San Pedro, protest organizers have reported what they claim are heavily armed foreign military personnel protecting Father Christopher Hartley. The protest organizers warn that the presence of foreign military officers could complicate the situation in the area, since the Haitians defended …

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In the run-up to the May 2006 congressional and municipal elections, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) is posed to provide Dominican identification and voter registration cards to 300,000 people that do not currently have them. These cards, called “cedulas”, are a universal necessity in the Dominican Republic. Chief election magistrate Luis Arias told El Caribe …

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The last year has seen many of the more common building supplies go down in price. Cost reductions of as much as 150% have been noticed in some items, such as re-bar, which fell from a high of RD$2500 per hundredweight to the current price of RD$1000. A cubic meter of sand for mixing stucco …

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After failing to win either of this year’s Rookie of the Year awards, the announcement that Dominican right-hander Bartolo Colon has been awarded the American League Cy Young Award has met with universal applause. Every newspaper in the Dominican Republic carries the story in large headlines. Colon, who was injured during the AL playoffs and …

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President Leonel Fernandez arrived in the Colombian capital Bogota last night, and is about to embark on a busy agenda that includes the signing of an energy agreement. Fernandez is scheduled to meet with President Alvaro Uribe to sign a joint statement in the house of government. Fernandez wants to emulate Colombia’s alternative energy programs …

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The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice has approved the extradition of former lieutenant colonel Lidio Arturo Nin Terrero and driver Tirso Cuevas Nin, requested by the United States in connection with the Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo case, according to a report in Listin Diario. Nin Terrero and Cuevas Nin were on the …

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The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) is due to issue a sentence in the forthcoming days that will decide upon the procedure for foreign nationals to obtain Dominican citizenship, after interpreting the Constitution, international treaties and the Migration Law. According to a report in El Caribe, the high court must rule on two unconstitutionality cases …

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