2010 – Page 196

A study conducted in several of the nation’s public secondary schools showed that 6% of students have reported some sort of sexual harassment. These statistics are handled by the Ministry of Education’s Guidance and Psychology Department. Psychologist Cristina Molina said that the data is part of a study carried out by the ministry in conjunction …

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The widow of university professor Narciso Gonzalez (Narcisazo) is in total disagreement with the theory put forward by journalist Oscar Lopez Reyes in his book: “Crimes against the Press: Attacks and Censorship DR 1844-2007” that Narcisazo committed suicide. Altagracia Ramirez said that if this were the case, then the author needed to say where her …

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Violence has taken 41 lives in the last two weeks, but it so happens that only half of the crimes are made public, because the police statistics, although noted are not counted. According to El Caribe, the reason is never explained but it is reflected in the inventory of deaths that the National Police publish …

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The District Attorney of the National District filed charges yesterday in the case of Jose David Figueroa Agosto, Sobeida Felix Morel and another 8 persons accused of violating Law 50-88 on Drugs and Controlled Substances and money laundering funds from drug trafficking. District Attorney Alejandro Moscoso Segarra said that it would be up to the …

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“High-ranking” sources have told Listin Diario reporters that they have arrested two men said to be the leaders of the gang of contract killers who murdered former Police Colonel Jose Amado Gonzalez Gonzalez, Omar Ramirez and Ruben Soto Hayet between December 2009 and May 2010. The murders appeared to be a “settling of accounts” somehow …

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Puerto Rican defense lawyers claiming to represent Puerto Rican fugitive Jose Figueroa Agosto are asking the Dominican authorities to return goods confiscated on the grounds that Figueroa Agosto was involved in drug trafficking in the DR, reports El Caribe. The newspaper quotes Law 72-02 on laundering of assets product of illicit trafficking in drugs in …

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The announcement of the ban on the sale of La Flecha has caught Dominicans by surprise. The Chinese medicinal oil was a big seller and known for its effectiveness at curing nasal congestion, headache, toothache, mosquito bites – you name it. Locally, many suspect it was a ploy by the competition of the product. But …

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She is up there with fellow Dominican model Arlenis Sosa and fashion designer Oscar de la Renta at the top of the world of fashion. Model Rose Cordero is mentioned as the “first solo black model since 2002 to appear on the cover of Vogue Paris”, and also stars in 10 inside pages of the …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) and the Emergency Operations Center (COE) have reviewed the alert levels and kept the alerts for 8 of the nation’s provinces. This is because of the continuing rains due to a low-pressure trough over the eastern part of the island. A green alert is in place for Sanchez Ramirez (Cotui), …

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Spanish songwriter and singer Javier Alvarez will be giving a concert in the majestic setting of the Ruins of San Francisco in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City. Alvarez won the award for best contemporary pop album in the Premios de la Musica 2010 and the Premio Ondas as the rookie artist of the year in 1995. …

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