2007 – Page 78

Officials from the International Police (Interpol) are assisting Dominican officials in capturing a Colombian national who is believed to be responsible for the murder of Angel Christopher Martinez, then head of the Aero navigability Department at Civil Aviation in 2006. Though the suspect’s name wasn’t immediately released, Acosta explained in Diario Libre that the suspect …

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The bodies of three Dominican women were found on the northern shores of Puerto Rico by authorities from that country. Reports indicate that foul play was not involved and that the women could have died from dehydration. The women were trying to illegally enter Puerto Rico and had made the treacherous ride across the Mona …

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A threat by Yankee owner George Steinbrenner wasn’t enough to save the New York Yankee’s season. The Bombers faced elimination on Monday night and with a loss almost certain guaranteed that Joe Torre would not be back as manager, and so the end of an era. The Yankees lost to the Cleveland Indians last night …

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The DR is poised to have one of the world’s third largest baseball facilities with the eventual completion of Baseball City in 2008. Baseball City will house 6 MLB baseball teams (Diamondbacks, Cubs, Twins, Reds, White Sox and a team TBA). It is being built on a 400-acre plot of land located on the 26th …

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The Dominican Tae kwon do youth delegation brought home 5 medals in the Pan-American Tae kwon do tournament held in Daytona. Dayse Monte De Oca, in the 68 kilo weight class, won gold in the tournament. Dominican Edgar Sanchez won a silver and Elkys Robles, Luis Monta and Orquidea Herrera won bronze.  

Brazil’s Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva will visit the Dominican Republic next month in order to take part in an “International Meeting of the Left and Progressive Movements in Latin America” sponsored by Dominican President Leonel Fernandez, according to sources. Temistocles Montas, the PLD’s International Affairs spokesman, told El Caribe that the get-together would be …

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The Minister for Economy, Planning and Development, Temistocles Montas, has warned that the ever-increasing price of oil is a threat to the Dominican Republic’s economic development and long-term stability. He warned that setting a price limit on fuels would seriously erode government income. While acknowledging that the high cost of fuel was affecting the population, …

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Diario Libre editor Adriano Miguel Tejada asks some pertinent questions about the controversial Sun Land IOUs in today’s A.M. column. Tejada says that the nation has a lot of questions about the Sun Land deal and the only answers that have been provided are political, of the “he said, she said” variety. Tejada then puts …

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The much talked-about OISOE (the Office of Supervising Engineers of State Projects) is now undergoing a full audit by the Chamber of Accounts, the government’s accounting branch. The chief magistrate of the chamber, Andres Terrero told reporters that the audit has been under way for about a month. Terrero also pointed out that the audit …

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The Dominican government assigned RD$3.379 billion towards propane subsidies during the first eight months of this year. This is the RD$17.35 that the government subsidizes for each gallon of LPG used for “domestic use”, although more and more is used for fueling vehicles. According to Diario Libre, propane consumption for the first eight months totaled …

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