2009 – Page 9

An 8-year old girl who was kidnapped in Santo Domingo and later dropped off at the El Seibo public hospital in the east, is the daughter of a former chief of security of ex-Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide and also a security officer in the first government of President Rene Preval. Carolina Barbara Moises, who …

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The mayor of a small town near Navarrete has been caught with marijuana and is suspected of being the leader of a drug trafficking ring. According to a report in El Caribe, 70-year old Victor Ramon Garcia was arrested along with 16 other people in connection with the case. The mayor was caught with three …

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A Canadian expat, last seen on the DR’s North Coast, has been missing for a week now, with authorities providing no tangible leads to his whereabouts. D’Arcy Wright, 46, is a resident of Sosua, and according to friends and relatives, he simply vanished a week ago. Reports indicate the only sign of him in the …

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The Atlanta Hawks are one of the best teams in the NBA. Didn’t think you’d be saying that phrase any time soon? Well, basketball fans can thank the stellar play of Al Horford, who has become the anchor of what is one of the best and brightest teams in the league. The team has the …

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Christmas came early for Escogido fans, as the team has, at least for this season, returned to the glory days that came to define the team. During the first part of the season the Leones’ improbable stand atop the standings was looked at as a mere fluke, but with less than a month left in …

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President Leonel Fernandez formally received credentials from the new ambassadors of Canada, Panama and the United Kingdom at the Presidential Palace yesterday. The President was accompanied by Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso. This is Todd Kuiack of Canada’s first ambassadorial post. He is a graduate in Physical Geography from York University (1992). He joined …

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Progress comes with a price, but the residents of Gualey don’t think the price they are getting is fair. The government has asked 200 families in the Gualey slum sector of Santo Domingo near the Sanchez Bridge to relocate, because the lands will be used for the construction of the second line of the Santo …

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The president of the Chamber of Commerce of Santiago is urging the government to complete the Avenida Circunvalacion Norte, the bypass that will enable travelers to the north to avoid driving through the city center. Oliverio Espaillat called for the government to be fairer in its investments in Santiago. He says that the 24km bypass …

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In an interview with Chevere Nights producer Milagros German, the Dominican Republic’s first Latin American Idol, Martha Heredia admitted that she had fallen in love with Colombian participant Osvaldo Conde during the reality show in Argentina. Previously an unknown amateur singer from Santiago, Heredia was given a heroine’s welcome for her perseverance and success in …

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Of the 608,000 jobs created over the last 8 years, close to 80% have been generated by the country’s informal business sector. These figures from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) reveal a worrisome trend for the Dominican economy. While the nation’s GDP was multiplied by 2.55 in this period, the number of jobs only …

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