2010 – Page 243

The director of the General Department of Weights and Measures (Digenor), Julio Santana, has expressed concern about the way in which the Pro-Consumidor consumer protection agency has been rejecting the recently established regulations for dealing with LPG distributors found cheating customers. In fact, Santana said that Pro-Consumidor – a government agency – has “slandered’ him …

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The Court for Permanent Attention of the Judicial District of Santiago issued an order last night for eight months preventive custody against pilot Kenneth Cordero Whyms and co-pilot Marvin Dennis Cabral. The two were arrested on Tuesday together with five other people when they tried to leave the country illegally in a Piper aircraft from …

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The president of the Association of Commercial Airlines in the DR (Alarcom), Bolivar Batista has told Diario Libre that the lack of government controls have made it possible for “pirate private flights” to compete with legally operating commercial airlines. He said that whoever makes flights that transport passengers for pay has not been authorized to …

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Police investigators have detained three men for questioning in connection with the early morning robbery at the Nacional Supermarket on Nunez de Caceres Avenue in Santo Domingo last month. The Police are looking for Evangelista Fortuna Cabrera (Luichi), who is suspected of being one of the people who actually carried out the robbery. The Police …

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National Drug Control Department (DNCD) has sent its former chief in Montecristi back to the city for arraignment on drug charges after several hours of questioning at DNCD headquarters. Second Lieutenant Jose Polanco Jimenez was taken to DNCD headquarters after being found in possession of 100 bags of marijuana. DNCD spokesman Roberto Lebron confirmed the …

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“A Song of Hope for Haiti” (Un Canto de Esperanza por Haiti) will be a rare opportunity to watch Maridalia Hernandez, one of the original vocalists in Juan Luis Guerra’s 4/40 group singing the old classics. International Latin pop stars Miguel Bose, Luis Fonsi, Juanes, Alejandro Sanz and Enrique Iglesias will also be onstage. From …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has received five mobile units for issuing identification documents to citizens who were not registered by their parents at birth. The equipment, worth RD$24.8 million, was acquired with a donation from the World Bank. JCE Administrative Chamber president Roberto Rosario received the equipment from World Bank representative Enrique Ogando. The …

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President Leonel Fernandez says that the PLD candidate for senator in the National District, president of the Senate Reinaldo Pared Perez is ahead of PRD candidate, former Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch, by 56% to 34%. On the campaign trail for his party’s positioning into the congressional and municipal election, President Leonel Fernandez said that …

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Despite electoral provisions that require candidates to take leave from their government jobs while campaigning, only 375 of 2,560 government officials running for office in the congressional and municipal election have notified the JCE that they have followed the rule, as reported in Diario Libre. Article 69 of the Electoral Law establishes that ipso facto …

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Santo Domingo Mayor Roberto Salcedo has made his mark with the colorful Canquina children’s playgrounds installed across the city. Now he has announced the construction of a theme park at the intersection of Abraham Lincoln, Los Proceres and John F. Kennedy avenues, formerly an unused green space. The park will reportedly cost RD$11 million, mostly …

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