2006 – Page 4

When Margarita Maria Lorenzo Urena shot and killed her husband, Lt. Colonel Hector Salvador Duran Polanco and emasculated him, placing the severed parts in his mouth, she may well have been motivated by incest committed by the victim. According to Diario Libre, the woman declared under interrogation that Duran had sex with her daughter and …

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Three more people have been arrested in relation to the jewelry store robbery at Joyeria George in the Piantini area of Santo Domingo. The arrested men were named as Julio Cesar Diaz, Juan Manuel Diaz and Cesar Michel Diaz, and the police requested that the prisoners be remanded for trial. Assistant prosecutor Danny Silvestre asked …

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The regular series ended on Friday night with the Gigantes del Cibao, the Aguilas Cibaenas and the Tigres del Licey all tied in first place. The Azucareros managed to tie the Estrellas Orientales for the fourth play-off spot and had to play a special tie-breaker on Saturday night. On Friday, Escogido, already eliminated, beat the …

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DR1 will be taking a Christmas break and the news will not be updated on Friday, 22 December, Monday, 25 December or Tuesday, 26 December. A summary of headline news over the Christmas holiday will appear in the Wednesday, 27 December and Thursday, 28 December editions. Likewise, there will be no news updates on Friday, …

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President Leonel Fernandez says that the Dominican Republic receives US$3.5 billion in remittances each year and declared the 20th of December “Dominican Day” in honor of Dominicans living abroad. Fernandez pointed out that 85% of all business that the DR conducts is made with the United States and that with the state of Florida alone …

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President Leonel Fernandez continued to avoid discussion of his possible re-election while he was distributing Christmas boxes in San Cristobal yesterday to the tune of re-election merengues. The government has announced that they will be donating a total of 747,000 boxes nationwide. Fernandez personally handed out the gift boxes, which included basic food supplies, and …

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A US$50 million loan from the World Bank will finally be handed out to the DR either today or tomorrow, according to Technical Minister of the Presidency Temistocles Montas. The disbursal is part of a total US$150 million loan package from the World Bank. Montas said that the loan had been approved in May 2005, …

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A new bill that is a pre-requisite for Dominican airlines to fly to the United States was passed yesterday in Congress. The new Civil Aviation Bill replaces Law 505 on Civil Aviation that dated back to 1969. Its contents meet US Federal Aviation Agency and the International Organization for Civil Aviation requirements. The new law …

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The fiscal reform, which was passed by the Senate on Tuesday, now moves to the Chamber of Deputies for review in January. Though the PLD party controls the lower chamber of Congress, and the political committee of the PLD has instructed all its legislators to vote in favor of the reform or face sanctions, it …

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The Dominican National Brewery (CND) is still not satisfied with the government’s proposed ad valorem tax on alcohol. The government reduced its ad valorem tax on alcoholic beverages from 20% to 15%, but the CND is continuing to argue that alcoholic beverages should be taxed according to the level of alcohol. Teodoro Hidalgo, Corporate Affairs …

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