2008 – Page 106

Martin Sterling, son of senator for Barahona Noe Sterling Vasquez is under investigation for his possible participation in the massacre of seven suspected drug dealers in Paya, Bani, Peravia province. The Police located his number as one of numbers for recent calls found on the cell phones of the massacred during the police probe. As …

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The rich farmlands of San Jose de Ocoa seem to be of the most affected by Yaque del Sur River flooding due to intense rains that accompanied Hurricane Ike. While Ike did not strike the DR, it did bring intense rains that dumped too much water on already saturated land. The Senate approved yesterday a …

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Sources in Barahona said that RD$10 million in warehoused bauxite ready for export was lost due to the intense rains that fell in the area. The bauxite was at the port ready for export. The port structure itself suffered damages of RD$25 million, and Urides Dotel, spokesman for the Sierra Bauxita Company that extracts and …

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President Leonel Fernandez yesterday appointed merengue legend Johnny Ventura to be ambassador for cultural affairs, assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The appointment comes at a time when Ventura is in the news for his signing of a city hall guarantee for the RD$400 million loan used for the purchase of 432 minibuses for …

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The director of prisons, Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez said that in four or five days convicted financial advisor Luis Alvarez Renta is expected back at Najayo Jail where he is serving a 10-year sentence for his involvement in the Baninter bank fraud case. He was hospitalized at Corazones Unidos. Perez Sanchez said the psychiatrist …

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What’s going through the head of Pedro Peralta, mayor of Villa Altagracia? News reports indicate that he has dumped city garbage anywhere he pleases, and when stopped from doing that, he dumped it right on the Duarte Highway, impeding traffic on Monday and Tuesday. Then he dumped it on the private property of the Consorcio …

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Dominicana Moda 2008 will be back this coming 13-18 October at the Hotel Embajador. Socrates McKinney, director of the event, highlights that along with the fashion exhibitions, this year 25 companies will show their wares, including designs, clothing and accessories. Twenty-three fashion exhibits are planned for the six day event that will be televised by …

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The Customs Department (DGA) will begin to use a radioactive waste detector at the Multimodal Caucedo port in Boca Chica as of this month. Officials say that it is part of new security plan for national ports. The detectors will work around the clock and will help detect radioactive materials. DGA official Heriberto Minaya explained …

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On occasion of the inaugural of the second term of President Leonel Fernandez, The Economist carried an advertorial produced by the staff of Press Tribune of London. The feature highlights the Dominican Republic as “A Caribbean Economic Success Story.” It carries interviews with then Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez, Juan Hernandez Batista of the Tax Department, …

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National District mayor Roberto Salcedo says that all the trees, trash and waste in Santo Domingo would be cleaned up within the next 24 hours. Salcedo said that recent weather conditions have made things worse, but compacting trucks would be out today cleaning up the city. Also, Salcedo confirmed the rule for no parking on …

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