2009 – Page 102

Police officials are examining clues following a robbery at the home of TV journalist Alicia Ortega and her husband Fernando Hasbun. Hoy reports that thieves called the journalist’s maid when Ortega was out, with a bogus story that Ortega had been involved in a car accident and that her 11-year old daughter was injured. The …

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Although his request for a census of Colombians living in the DR was viewed as an insulting generalization about the Colombian people, presidential drug advisor Marino “Vincho” Castillo continues to favor such a survey. Migration director Sigfrido Pared Perez responded by saying that there is a need for a census to determine how many foreigners …

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Writing in his page-2 column in Hoy, journalist Federico Henriquez Gratereaux states that the SUV found with the US$4.6 million inside is not something too extraordinary. He says that a journalist friend in the know told him that in the country there are importers of stolen vehicles, which use these as freight containers to hide …

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Peravia senator Wilton Guerrero says he sees the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the fight against drugs in the DR this time around. Guerrero was commenting on the latest high-profile drug case to hit the headlines, in which US$4.6 million were found in bags in an SUV. Guerrero says …

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The case of fugitive drug trafficker Jose D. Figueroa, a.k.a Cristian Almonte, might force the Central Electoral Board to review the process for late birth registrations. Figueroa is wanted by the authorities in Puerto Rico. Facing a 209-year sentence in a Puerto Rican jail, the accused drug trafficker was able to escape from the Rio …

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As reported in Diario Libre, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Federal Bureau for Investigations (FBI) had alerted the DNCD to the presence of Figueroa several months ago. Reportedly, he is a key figure working for a Colombian drug cartel that moved tons of drugs and millions in cash. Diario Libre reports that …

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Writing about Albert Pujols has been an exercise in finding appropriate adjectives, which, at this point in the season, most sports writers are running out of. The man they call “El Hombre” is now making a case for best extraterrestrial to ever play in the Majors. On Wednesday Pujols had 45 homeruns on the season, …

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Ok, so maybe CC Sabathia isn’t overpaid and maybe the Yankees aren’t necessarily hated, but with less than 30 games left in the season, the best record in baseball, a 9-game lead in the standings and the highest payroll in baseball, you can’t blame members of Red Sox Nation for exacting some type of revenge, …

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The Dominican women’s team has defeated Peru in the opening game of the Women’s Final Four Copa Chinalco in Lima. The DR will play Brazil, the US and Peruvian teams. In the second match of the opening day, 14th-ranked Dominican Republic defeated host Peru 25-14, 25-22, 25-13. Despite playing at home and with the support …

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Hard Rock Cafe is hosting all those that will be participating at the International Beach Clean Up Day with an event on Thursday, 10 September at 9pm. Come with your beach attire to party. Free admission. To participate, see http://www.vidaazul.org Also see http://www.dr1.com/calendar for more upcoming events nationwide.