2008 – Page 90

Between January and July 2008 34.51% of the DR’s 1,440 registered deaths were the result of violent incidents. According to statistics released by Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda, of all violent deaths 66% were victims of gun wounds. Last year 38% of deaths were attributed to criminal activity, compared to 65.5% this year. According …

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Prosecutor General Radhames Jimenez Pena has challenged Peravia Senator Wilton Guerrero, who criticized him for negligence in his position in the case of drug dealing operations in Bani. Jimenez Pena said that he didn’t act regarding the Bani prosecutor when receiving claims of wrongdoings from Guerrero at the start of Fernandez’s first term because that …

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A group of active generals are among the beneficiaries of the distribution of state property on the outskirts of Santiago. Local environmentalists are challenging the use of the property for constructing a residential development. Recently, Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez withdrew authorization to use park property for residential developments, despite the fact that the director …

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The son of Jose Benitez, Elvis, was taken into custody after arriving at Las Americas International Airport (AILA) in Santo Domingo. The Benitez brothers are accused of defrauding the US government of over US$100 million in a Medicare scam and laundering the money in the DR. They spent millions on buying Dominican properties, with the …

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Police are reporting that thieves broke into the BHD bank in the Quisqueya sector of Santo Domingo and made away with RD$3.5 million. The thieves are thought to have broken into to the bank at 10pm, tying up security guard Manolo Quevedo Montero and leaving at 4am. According to initial reports, the thieves disabled the …

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The Centro Cultural Leon in Santiago announces it will host workshops on bolero, a leading Latin American musical genre. For the III International Congress on Music, Identity and Culture in the Caribbean (MICIII), experts will focus on bolero and its cultural implications. The event has the support of the Institute for Caribbean Studies (INEC). Experts …

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Having only played one year in the NBA Atlanta Hawks, center Al Horford was surprised and honored at being named as one of the top 20 centers in the NBA. The 6’10 Horford is playing in a new position, as he was used to playing power forward while in college, yet demonstrated great skill and …

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NBA basketball star Francisco Garcia is staying in Sacramento for another five years and will be a rich man when it’s all said and done. The Dominican-born player has signed a five-year, US$29.8 million extension with the Sacramento Kings. The contract guarantees four years, with a fifth year team option, that looks to be partially …

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It was all celebration in the Dodgers clubhouse as the reality sunk in. The Dodgers is heading to the postseason by eliminating The Arizona Diamondbacks. “We ought to save a little,” said one player. “There’s a few more rounds to go,” said Dominican Manny Ramirez, the man who made the difference since he was recruited …

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In an address to the United Nations 63rd General Assembly, President Leonel Fernandez rallied for the world’s richest countries to provide the same emergency funding to achieve the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at slashing global poverty, hunger and other social ills as they have provided for bailing out failed financial institutions. “What …

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