2007 – Page 95

Investigators from Santo Domingo, from the Ministry of the Environment and the UASD University environmental commission, are studying the evidence along the shoreline at Las Garitas Beach where thousands of small and a few large fish were found dead or dying over the last few days. According to Hoy newspaper, some believe that poison was …

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Seven people who were caught as they waited for a plane to drop some drugs were sent to Najayo Prison to await trial. Five Colombians and two Dominicans were sent to the prison by magistrate Franny Manuel Castillo. The seven were seized by DNCD agents at kilometer 26 of the Yamasa Highway as they were …

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The Chamber of Deputies has finally approved 919 land sales, some of which had been pending for decades. The lots were each less than 1,000 square meters in area, as the larger portions were removed from the bill. The deputies accepted the favorable report issued by deputy Radhames Gonzalez, the president of the permanent committee …

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The police and the Technical Office for Land Transport (OTTT) will join forces to clamp down on drivers who use their vehicles to commit crimes. Apparently there has been a series of robberies committed by people passing themselves off as official drivers of the various “concho” routes. As a result, the OTTT and the police …

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The prosecutor for Santo Domingo managed to get a magistrate to send Roberto Perez Reyes to Najayo Prison under the accusation of bringing in over half a million dollars hidden inside his vehicle and some furniture last Saturday. The Assistant Prosecutor, Rita Maria Duran, got the magistrate to issue the preventive custody ruling after establishing …

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The leading Dominican Photography Festival is ongoing from 4 September through 6 October with exhibitions at several venues primarily in Santo Domingo and Santiago. Highlight of the week is a Press Photography Exhibition at several venues. These include: Casa de Teatro. 19 and 26 September at 7:30pm. Biblioteca Pedro Mir (UASD), 20 September at 7 …

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President Leonel Fernandez began his two-week US tour with a stopover in Miami where he backed a new program to prepare multimedia journalists to cover Dominican communities outside the main cities. President Fernandez announced an inter-institutional agreement with the university to prepare journalists for the provinces through Community Technological Centers (CTC). Another program would offer …

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President Leonel Fernandez said that the US has diverted resources for patrolling Caribbean waters for drug trafficking to focus on the war in Iraq, as reported in Hoy. “I feel that the displacement of the fight against drugs to fight terrorism in the Middle East is behind the increase in drug trafficking in the region,” …

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The country’s pharmacy owners want to get rid of the Single Prescription Forms (Receta Unica) imposed by the recently launched Family Health Plan (SFS). According to the Pharmacy Union, the group has called on Vice President Rafael Alburquerque to abolish the Single Prescription and allow patients to purchase their medicines from any pharmacy. The Pharmacy …

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Angel Sosa, who made headlines for his pilgrimage on foot carrying a heavy cross to Santo Domingo in a bid for public works for his hometown, Dajabon, is at it again. This time the Police arrested him for disrupting traffic at the Plaza de la Bandera, where he began a hunger strike to protest for …

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