2009 – Page 330

Haitian Ambassador to the DR Fritz Cineas is not happy about the mass repatriation of an estimated 500 Haitian nationals. The repatriation took place yesterday after the Haitians took shelter in a church in the border town of Dajabon. Priest Regino Martinez had opened the doors to the church to the Haitians who despite not …

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The Interior and Police Ministry has given citizens an extension on the renovation of their gun permits. This will allow an estimated 84,828 people to renew their licenses, which at the moment are expired. Once the licenses have expired they will be suspended and canceled and those owing the guns will lose the right to …

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Insurance premiums will increase 15% in the first month of 2009, including coverage for hurricane, fire and earthquake insurance. There could also be a second rate hike by mid 2009. Insurance Superintendent Euclides Gutierrez says the Dominican insurance market has maintained consistency but said that pressures from the international financial crisis have had an effect …

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Listin Diario is reporting that the drug trafficking cartel believed to have been led by former military captain Quirino Ernesto Paulino (Quirino) is still in full swing. The newspaper quotes an anonymous source as saying that after sifting through court documents from as far back as 2005 the names of two men in particular emerge …

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El Dia newspaper reports that Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, who has struck a deal with US and DR judiciary, will get to keep RD$500 million of his assets estimated at RD$1.1 billion. The state received US$14.5 million. Quirino is standing trial in New York for cocaine trafficking. Eighteen of his relatives are expected to travel …

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The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) has fired an inspector and suspended another at the Cibao International Airport in Santiago, for their role in the 15 December disappearance of a plane that left the airport illegally. Dionisio Parra Segura, inspector of air navigability at the airport was fired for not doing his job and Virgilio …

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Following the recent discovery of connections between disappeared pilot Adriano Jose Basilio Jimenez Henriquez and former military captain Quirino Paulino Castillo, who is standing trial in New York for a major cocaine trafficking operation, officials have begun seizing the pilot’s assets. Diario Libre reports that the Santiago District Attorney’s office confiscated a plane belonging to …

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Former Presidential candidate and former District Attorney for the National District, Guillermo Moreno is unleashing some harsh criticism of President Leonel Fernandez. Quoted in El Caribe, Moreno said the Fernandez has become a “not credible and trustworthy” leader. In reference to a summit being organized by the nation’s political parties Moreno said that these meetings …

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Three more men have been reported dead after “shootouts” with members of the National Police in La Altagracia province. The latest incident occurred at the Coco Loco-Friusa crossing in the Bavaro area. This comes on the heels of another incident where two other alleged criminals who were shot in the Veron-Bavaro-Punta Cana tourist area. The …

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Dominican-born Omar Minaya, General Manager of the New York Mets has been appointed to the Presidential Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Minaya was appointed to the position by President George Bush. This was one of Bush’s last acts as acting US President. The council is an advisory committee of volunteers and is made up …

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