2005 – Page 72

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, Dominican designer Oscar de la Renta and Theodore Keel, as well as Punta Cana Group led by hotelier Frank Rainieri, are being sued for RD$500 million in damages by attorneys Hernandez and Hernandez who claim they have been unable to make use of land they obtained in payment of professional honorarium …

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A DPA cable reports that many German criminals seek refuge in the Dominican Republic with the intention of evading justice in their own country, according to information which is to appear in Saturday’s issue of “Der Spiegel” weekly magazine. An anonymous high-level German diplomat quoted by the German magazine states that “in no other place …

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Anti-narcotics and airport security personnel have arrested a group of French citizens who were trying to smuggle 13.320 kilos of cocaine to Paris on Corsair flight SS-915 on Monday evening at the Airport of La Romana. A report in El Caribe states that the detainees are Aghiles Jelou, 20, Sonia Moulai, 24, Rafah Hamdaqui, 26, …

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University of Manchester paleontologist David Penney has been able to establish the age of a prehistoric spider trapped and preserved in amber for twenty million years, according to a cable by EFE press agency. Penney found the fossil – which measures 4 x 2cm – during a visit to the Amber Museum in the DR. …

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Starting tomorrow, on the first day of October every year, the DR will commemorate the National Day of the Elderly. This was informed by Vice President Rafael Alburquerque who will celebrate a ceremony today in the Presidential Palace to announce the plans to be developed by the National Council of the Elderly, a recently-formed state …

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Msgr. Agripino Nunez Collado denied yesterday that a crisis has arisen between the Catholic Church and the government following statements made by the Bishop of La Vega, Msgr. Antonio Camilo, and he regretted that the case is being treated as a political issue. He assured that Msgr. Camilo is one of the most dedicated bishops …

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Government spokesman Roberto Rodriguez Marchena is asking lawmakers not to damage the tax reform bill but rather to improve it taking into account the requests of the Catholic Church and the general population. Diario Libre reports that he assured that the government needs resources to improve education and health services, and that the way to …

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The list of people arrested in the official passport fraud case gets longer every day. Last night, 22 had been detained, among them ten city council members, five civil registry officials, and seven impostors, drivers and ringleaders. Diario Libre reports that former Technical Undersecretary of the Dominican Municipal League, Amaury Guzman, three civil officials and …

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A commission of Russian energy specialists will meet with Dominican technicians next November to evaluate the possibility of developing an energy project in the DR which would include both petroleum and gas systems. According to Diario Libre, the information was provided by the Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Sergei Kilasyak, who held a press …

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A son of the Dominican Consul in Puerto Rico, Eladio Espinal Villafana, has been arrested together with two other men with a load of 37 kilos of cocaine and heroin, with an estimated value of UD$10 million. The consul himself confirmed the arrest of his son Edison Espinal Garao, together with Juan Manuel Vazquez and …

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