2007 – Page 264

The police have the two accused killers of a student, in yet another case of murder for a cellphone. Catholic Church officials handed over Victor Manuel Tavarez (El Pollo) to the authorities in Esperanza, Valverde. Tavarez and brother-in-law Fernando Devora Batista were formally accused of the murder of student Juan Manuel Mercado Castillo in order …

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Minister of the Interior and of the Police, Franklin Almeyda, told reporters in Puerto Plata that he favored a “loosening” of the curfew laws that set limits on the hours that alcoholic beverages can be served in the Dominican Republic. He was referring specifically to the tourist area of Sosua and Cabarete. Almeyda reminded reporters …

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From 1-31 March onlookers can enjoy a collection of photographs recognizing Dominican women at the Parque Independencia. The photographs by Nicole Sanchez, in a Giovanna Bonnelly production, surround the park’s fence and include images of Dede Mirabal, Julia Alvarez, Elsa Nunez, and Xiomara Fortuna among many others. The exhibition is titled: “100 Photographs, 100 Good …

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President Leonel Fernandez is launching the National Competitiveness Plan aimed at helping the country improve its competition in an increasingly globalized economy. Andres Van der Horst Alvarez, director of the National Competitiveness Council, made the announcement and said that the DR, compared to other DR-CAFTA nations, has the most complete plan to help develop competitiveness. …

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Listin Diario writes that by the end of this year or within the first three months of 2008 at least two US supermarket chains will open stores in the Dominican Republic. The announcement was made by Eddy Martinez, head of the Center for Exports and Investment (CEI-RD). Martinez did not name the supermarket chains for …

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A telecommunications agreement was signed between Dominican Telecommunications Institute (INDOTEL) and the National Telecommunications Council of Haiti (CONATEL) yesterday. Jose Rafael Vargas, head of INDOTEL, and Montaigne Marcelin, director general of CONATEL, signed the agreement on behalf of both countries. The agreement will create mechanisms that will help develop telecommunications in the DR and Haiti …

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Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda has announced that the DR, together with 14 other Caribbean countries, is preparing a common judicial framework for fighting terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering. Almeyda made his comments during the Ministers’ Conference against Terrorism and Crime, which is being held at Santo Domingo’s Hotel InterContinental V Centenario and …

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After nearly four hours of deliberation, Judge Franklin E. Concepcion Acosta delivered his sentence against union leaders Juan Hubieres, Antonio Marte, Alfredo Pulinario Linares (Cambita) and Ramon Perez Figuereo early this morning, pronouncing them responsible for last week’s bus bombing in which seven people were injured, including a pregnant woman. The judge ordered bail be …

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Geologist Osiris de Leon says that the best thing that the Office for the Reorganization of Transit (OPRET) could do right now would be to stop the metro construction work on Aristides Fiallo Cabral Street until the proper geotechnical studies are completed. De Leon says that there has been a problem at these work sites …

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Quoted in Diario Libre, State-Run Electricity Companies (CDEEE) head Radhames Segura explained that the Trust Company of the West (TCW) is alleging violations of four contracts with energy distributor EdeEste in order to support their lawsuit, but says that he has found no basis for their claim. Segura says that the TCW lawsuit is in …

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