2007 – Page 64

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Valentin Reynoso Hidalgo as auxiliary bishop in the Santiago diocese. Reynoso is the parish priest at the Our Lady of the Altagracia at the same archdiocese. The priest was born in Nagua on 16 December 1942. He studied at San Tomas de Aquino seminary and the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre …

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The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) has apprehended two young Canadians for transporting three kilos of cocaine. The Canadians were apprehended as were four other “mules” who were on their way to the Spanish capital, Madrid. Hoy reports that the mules were carrying the drugs in their stomachs and have since had the packages removed …

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Convicted drug dealer Rolando Florian Feliz has stopped trying to obtain a conditional release from jail and has removed the application that his lawyers had submitted at the Supreme Court. Florian was taken to the Court of Appeals in San Cristobal under heavy security to sign the release petition. Florian’s previous applications for conditional release …

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92 Mexican workers who were stuck in the DR after being refused entry to the Turks & Caicos have finally made it home. Francisco Hernandez Samano, head of the Mexican Embassy’s commercial sector said that the Mexican government had chartered a Nova Air flight that left for Mexico at 9am yesterday. Thus ended the ordeal …

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Wednesday is turning out to be a big day for Dominicans in Major League Baseball. Tomorrow Dominican sluggers David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez will begin their quest for their second World Series title. The duo will lead a Red Sox team that overcame a 3-1 series deficit against the Cleveland Indians in the American League …

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A stationary front hovering over the Mona Passage will continue to cause rainfall over the country for the next 48 hours. The National Meteorological Office is forecasting light and periodic rains with heavy wind bursts from time to time, as well as thunder and lightning.  

President Leonel Fernandez is holding a meeting with his energy team this morning to analyze the proposed Energy Contingency Plan drawn up by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The plan includes fuel saving suggestions, changes in working hours, better traffic light coordination and a possible modification of the Hydrocarbon Law. The latter is one …

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The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has authorized price increases of RD$8.60 and RD$7.90 for a gallon of premium and regular gasoline last Friday night. Diesel went up a whopping RD$7.30 a gallon and propane gas (LPG) went up RD$0.56 per gallon. Dominican fuel prices are indexed to the price of West Texas Intermediate, which …

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The spokesman for the Association of Industries of Herrera, Jesus Moreno told reporters that the Dominican Republic industrial sector needs more than “quick fixes” or patches in order to survive in the new world order. While Moreno praised the Energy Contingency Plan to be announced by the government, he also expressed concern about finding the …

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Two new telecommunications companies, ETGETEL and OneMax are now operating in the Dominican Republic. Etgetel will specialize in television, telephone and Internet broadband service in the poorer parts of the country, and is expected to start up next month. The announcement was made in Los Botados, in Yamasa, north of Santo Domingo, in Monte Plata …

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