2007 – Page 288

Puerto Rican politician Antonio Silva is pushing the idea of taxing remittances that Dominicans in Puerto Rico send to their relatives in the DR. This could discourage Dominicans from using transfer services to send their remittances. Saul Perez from the Dominican Human Rights Committee pointed out that if Silva’s proposal becomes reality Dominicans will revert …

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Wanted fugitive Luis Alfredo Nunez, aka Alfredito La Cabra, was caught by the National Police yesterday. Nunez is accused of the murders of Francisco Guzman and Alexis Santana Tineo in 2005. Nunez is also accused of shooting 11 people between 2005 and 2007.

National Police Chief Bernardo Santana Paez has announced that 650 members of the National Police have been removed from their posts because they had committed crimes. He said that some police officers were involved in such crimes as murder, drug taking, extortion and other crimes. Santana says that all officers are being watched, regardless of …

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The five children who made the trip from Santo Domingo to La Otra Banda in Higuey explained that they made their trip as a promise to the Virgin of Altagracia. The children however refused to explain the nature of their promise because according to them, promises can’t be told. Siblings Christian, Edward and Franchely Guzman …

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About 55,000 children between the ages of 2 and 10 will receive treatment for parasites and will be given vitamins through a joint program run by the Public Health Ministry and funded by BRA Dominicana (Batey Relief Alliance). The program has a RD$9 million budget and will be mainly focused in the provinces of Santo …

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The Museum of Modern Art is launching an exhibition of Dominican Pop Art from 1960-2000. Some 20 works, including paintings, sculpture and graphic arts will be on display from February 28. Danilo de los Santos and Laura Gil are the exhibition curators. Participating artists include Giovanni Ferrua, Antonio Toribio, Dario Suro, Frank Almanzar, Carlos Sangiovanni …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) judges are still divided over the issue of the incentives that were created by former JCE members, but which were denounced as illegal and unconstitutional by recently appointed judge Aura Celeste Fernandez. According to Diario Libre, at least five of the current board members are reticent to relinquish their incentives. At …

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The Office for the Reorganization of Transport (OPRET) has announced that traffic from Maximo Gomez Avenue will be diverted towards Ortega y Gasset Avenue as soon as the bridge that joins Los Reyes Catolicos with the New Market (Mercado Nuevo) is finished. This bridge was taken out of service due to the Metro construction, but …

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Writer and journalist Diogenes Cespedes was awarded the National Literature Prize last night. The Ministry of Culture and the Corripio Foundation sponsored the prize, which included a check for RD$500,000. Much of Cespedes’s works are devoted to literary criticism. In his acceptance speech, Cespedes suggested that the ministry and the foundation should limit the prize …

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The Dominican-American National Roundtable, the leading advocacy group for the empowerment of Dominicans in the US and Puerto Rico, announced that it has appointed Victor F. Capellan as its new president, effective 19 February 2007. Capellan succeeds Cid Wilson, who declined to seek re-election so he could focus on civic obligations in New Jersey, and …

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