2010 – Page 199

A Puerto Rican suspected of having smuggled cocaine was arrested at Las Americas International Airport on Saturday upon his arrival from Venezuela. Dominican Antonio Carmona, who was meeting him at the airport, was also arrested. Carmona is said to be his driver and bodyguard for operations in the DR. According to the DNCD, Luis Vasquez …

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Ramon Burgos Guzman (alias Robertito) kidnapped himself to get his relatives to pay RD$1 million in ransom. He planned to use the money for paying debts, said Police spokesman General Nelson Rosario. The police reported that the 32-year old businessman from Nagua had told his relatives by phone that his kidnappers had kept him on …

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Assistant prosecutor Lucia Florentino, now under investigation for 4 missing kilos of cocaine is known to have been an accomplice in other irregularities. She is under investigation together with Police Lieutenant Colonel Francisco R. Vargas Urena, formerly chief of the Central Division of the DNCD and head of operations of the same DNCD division, Air …

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Rear Admiral Ramon Gustavo Betances Hernandez, inspector general of the Navy, and No. 2 in the Navy, was shot in the leg by a group of attackers while visiting his mother’s grave at the Cristo Redentor Cemetery yesterday. He also suffered a concussion as a result of the attack. The assailants approached him to offer …

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National Meteorological Office (ONAMET) director Gloria Ceballos says that the rains that have been drenching most parts of the country in recent days are set to continue. A surface trough extends from the Central Atlantic through the Mona Passage to a weak 1014MB low along the coast of Hispaniola near 18N70W. Likewise an upper ridge …

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A funeral ceremony with a stadium full of mourners took place at the Estadio Cibao in Santiago on Sunday. Thousands of Aguilas Cibaenas fans were at the stadium to bid their final farewell to charismatic and very entertaining baseball player Jose Lima. Listin reports that “at 3pm, not standing on the box, but lying in …

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20 grand masters from the DR and abroad will be competing in the International Grand Chess Tournament International AES Foundation Cup at the Hotel Santo Domingo starting 2 June. President of the Dominican Chess Federation, Pedro Dominguez Brito said that 13 grand masters are coming from Russia, the US, Cuba, Macedonia, Puerto Rico, Mexico and …

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The National Festival of Theater, organized by the Ministry of Culture, opens 7 June with the participation of 24 theater groups, 14 directors and 23 plays. The festival is directed by Karina Noble. It will last through 30 June at main halls in Santo Domingo and Santiago. A warm-up will take place 2, 3 and …

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The future of the Dominican-Haitian border is the main theme of a conference that started yesterday with the participation of representatives of several international organizations and international experts. The event is being led by the OAS ambassador in the Dominican Republic Anibal Quinones, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) representative Manuel Labrado and Pedro Esteva from the …

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The option for doctors with more than one job to work in a single hospital on a six-hour shift and collect the equivalent of the two shifts at different hospitals is causing some concern for the professionals who have not received any guidance or counseling about this change. Their worries range from wondering if the …

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