2009 – Page 101

Journalist Odalis Mejia reports in Hoy today how important drug or money laundering cases seem to vanish in the interest of the authorities to resolve them. “The investigations are advancing,” seems to be the catch words that the authorities use when asked for an update on these cases. She points out that from July to …

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The Dominican authorities are investigating all possible ties and relationships in the case of the US$4.6 million that was found in a parked SUV at an apartment complex in Santo Domingo’s La Esperilla sector. The assets and money belonging to the Puerto Rican fugitive Jose D. Figueroa Agosto, sentenced to 209 years in jail on …

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28 watches, including a Patek Philippe watch, confiscated in the apartment of Sobeida Feliz Morel search on the same day that US$4.6 million was found in a parking lot SUV are worth more than the cash, according to a report in Hoy. The vehicle is in the name of former deputy Ramon Arcangel Santana Ramirez, …

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Macadamia nuts have a high commercial and nutritional value, and there is a growing demand for them. They also provide credible ecological and economic alternatives for agriculture. The brand name La Loma (“the hill”) has become well known in the region for being the principal macadamia producer. The brand belongs to Los Montones SA, headed …

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Grupo Niche, Omega and Eddy Herrera with a 7pm Saturday, 12 September performance live at the Parking area of the Mirador del Este Park off the Av. Faro a Colon. Free. For more on upcoming events, see http://www.dr1.com/calendar  

The foreign ministers of Russia and the DR, Sergei Lavrov and Carlos Morales Troncoso have signed agreements on air traffic, elimination of visas for government officials and diplomats, and for strengthening ties in the areas of tourism, culture, transportation and energy in Moscow yesterday. As reported in El Caribe, preparations are under way for the …

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The municipal authorities have started removing political propaganda and posters scattered illegally around Santo Domingo North. The swoop began on Hermanas Mirabal Avenue where they took down a poster of PRSC candidate Eddy Alcantara. Villa Mella, one of Santo Domingo’s most populated sectors, has been plagued with this visual pollution, even months before political campaigning …

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has agreed to lend the DR US$500 million to supplement the DR’s national budget. IDB representative in the DR Manuel Labrado said the loan would be issued with the signing of the forthcoming Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Although government revenues are RD$10 billion less than budgeted …

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Puerto Plata Deputy Alfonso Crisostomo is standing by what he insists is his right to hire whoever he pleases at the taxpayers expense. “So that everyone knows: My father is on the payroll and no one is taking that old man off it. Not Valentin [the president of the Chamber of Deputis], not anyone,” he …

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Diario Libre editor Ines Aizpun comments today on Puerto Plata deputy Alfonso Crisostomo’s opinion that the freedom of information act should be modified. Crisostomo made the comment after it became known that close relatives were on his payroll. Aizpun explains to the deputy that the act is being used to bring decency to public administration. …

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