2010 – Page 237

Presidential advisor on drugs and president of the Ethics Committee, lawyer Marino Vinicio Castillo says that it is up to the Ministry of Armed Forces to take action against their own members if they are found to be at fault. Castillo was responding to the accusation by Peravia Senator Wilton Guerrero, who claimed earlier this …

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Two Dominican fugitives from justice, suspected of having committed several murders as part of Los Sicarios gang, have been repatriated from Mexico. The men, who were caught trying to cross the border into the US, are identified as Yoel Bautista Vaseuzez (Pilito), accused of 19 murders, and fellow gang member Sergio Humberto Mota (Vanroi), who …

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The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) has denied that a helicopter that was assigned to the drugs agency downed a small plan suspected of carrying a drug consignment. The incident was described as the first recorded confrontation between drug traffickers and the Deproser, the joint task force assigned to the DNCD. The small plane is …

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After Bolivian President Evo Morales said that hormones in chicken production caused homosexuality, the Dominican media picked up on the story in talk shows this morning. The story made headlines in the local press when Jose Lopez, spokesman for the Association of Chicken Farms in the North (Asopollon) told Spanish news agency EFE that the …

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Presidente Beer is building on the following Dominicans developed for the Latin American Idol reality show. Dominicans sent paid mini-messages to the tune of RD$90 million so Dominican Martha Heredia could win. Now the Festival Presidente of Latin Music 2010 wants to give a Dominican on the home ground the opportunity of becoming the “star …

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The Ministry of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Culture have set up a joint exhibition on “Defense and Shipwrecks, the Sea as Hope and Abyss” at the Ozama Fort on Las Damas Street in the Colonial City. The exhibition seeks to explain cultural and historical moments that impacted our coasts and display important …

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The Dominican government is insisting that the decision to postpone the signing of the Refidomsa sale agreement with Venezuela was made by President Leonel Fernandez, and not by the Venezuelan authorities. Las week it was reported that President Leonel Fernandez would be signing the agreement of the sale of 49% of the shares of the …

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A small plane carrying a drug consignment was shot down yesterday five miles off of Saona Island by an army helicopter assigned to the National Drug Control Department of (DNCD). According to reports, the helicopter was fired at from the aircraft after the helicopter crew ordered the small plane to land at a specific spot. …

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The Senator for Bani, Wilton Guerrero, known for his outspoken declarations against the alleged infiltration of drug trafficking in government, has described the DNCD (National Drug Control Department) as “a cave full of rats, toads and snakes serving the drug traffickers”. He called for the publication of the names of the colonels and other officers …

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The executive vice-president of the State Electricity Companies (CDEEE), Celso Marranzini, revealed yesterday that the authorities had discovered an electricity fraud that was costing the CDEEE millions each month. The electricity theft in Santo Domingo East was estimated at RD$4,000,000 a month. Even the municipal council was involved, along with several houses, an LPG station, …

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