2010 – Page 224

Interpol agents in the Dominican Republic have arrested an Italian accused of drug trafficking. The Police confiscated assets estimated to be worth RD$100 million from Genise Antonio Rosario. Police spokesman Nelson Rosario said that the Italian, who used a Dominican ID, was arrested in Santo Domingo when driving a Land Cruiser on the Malecon. He …

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A Dominican-Egyptian archaeology team searching for the tombs of Cleopatra and Mark Antony has unearthed a 2,000-year old well-preserved headless Ptolemaic statue at Taposiris Magna, a temple 50kms west of Alexandria, Egypt’s Ministry of Culture reported on Tuesday. Dominican Kathleen Martinez is working closely with Egyptian antiquities chief Zahi Hawass. The researchers are working on …

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The Youth Symphony Orchestra, directed by Professor Darwin Aquino, the Elila Mena music school children’s choir and pop group Marteovenus are booked for performances at the Santo Domingo International Book Fair from 5 to 9pm today. They will perform at the Teatro Arena Luis Dias venue at the Plaza de la Cultura fairground. The performances …

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The Ministry of Education announces it is inviting Dominican nationals to apply for scholarships at the Centro de Estudios Financieros, Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, Universidad de Nebrija, Universitat Empresa de les Illes Balears, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya and Instituto Empresa in Spain. Most of the scholarships provide full tuition and a living stipend. Applicants …

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Around a million people will be vaccinated against the A H1N1 flu next June, according to Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez. The campaign will begin with the people at highest risk – pregnant women and children – as well as health workers and military personnel. Rojas Gomez said that the initiative, which is being …

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The two leading contenders for senator for the National District (Santo Domingo) have long track records in politics. Listin Diario tells its readers that 53-year old Reinaldo Pared Perez, running for re-election for the ruling PLD party, has been in Congress since 1996. He was a deputy from 1996 to 2002, and has served as …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) says it plans to issue a first bulletin on the results of the 16 May election at 9pm. The JCE also announced that private media are banned from issuing or transmitting news, information, messages, and other communications that could interfere with the role of the JCE and affect the normal …

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The Administrative Chamber of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) revealed that none of the candidates for congressional or municipal posts is under arraignment or indictment, according to an investigation by the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) and the Attorney General of the Republic. Magistrate Jose Angel Aquino reported that the results of the investigation are …

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Writing in Hoy newspaper, political analyst Juan Bolivar Diaz says that 27 of 32 senators are seeking re-election in the 16 May congressional and municipal election. He says that an unprecedented number of legislators are seeking to continue in office, and he explains why. Diaz says that in the past, the legislators needed to win …

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Of the 178 deputies, 131 are running for re-election. Others are seeking jobs elsewhere, like Julio Cesar Valentin who is now running for the post of senator for Santiago and Agnes Berenice Contreras, formerly of the PRSC, and now candidate for the PRD for senator in Elias Pina. That is 74% of deputies seeking re-election, …

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