2010 – Page 244

Writing in today’s Hoy newspaper, Fabio Herrera-Minino comments that Dominicans, due to vote on 16 May, have sunk into a state of disenchantment about what he describes as “ineffable and rotten political class that dominates Dominican democracy”. He comments that the extended six-year term for those elected in 2010 has made the elected posts even …

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Armed Forces Minister Lieutenant General Pedro Rafael Pena Antonio says that the government is spending US$34.5 million to purchase radars. The first is due to arrive within a month. He said the radars would complement the work of the 8 brand new Super Tucano jets purchased by the government at a cost of more than …

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Banks are lending much more to government than to the private sector this year than last, according to Hoy. Bank loans so far this year are showing recovery, but the public sector increase is greater than the dynamism of private sector. Bank loans total portfolio was up 6.9% from December 2009 to 7 April 2010, …

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The director of the of Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET), better known as the Metro Office says that work on the construction of the second line of the metro has gone ahead in order to to gain time. As reported in Diario Libre, Diandino Pena confirmed that Opret is building four Metro stations: Ortega y Gasset, …

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US$15,000-US$20,000 can purchase entry and transportation to the US for people using the illegal flights network that reportedly operated from Dominican airports. Santiago prosecutor Yenny Berenice Reynoso said that the five people arrested along with the pilot and co pilot of Piper N-43RA confessed they had paid US$15,000 and US$20,000 to fly to US territory. …

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The Navy has been more successful at stopping illegal boat trips to Puerto Rico. According to Navy chief Vice Admiral Homero Luis Lajara Sola, last year 59 foreigners were arrested, but so far in the first three months of 2010, 76 have been arrested for attempting illegal crossings to Puerto Rico leaving from Dominican shores. …

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A Santo Domingo court presided by Alina Mora, Natividad Ramona Santos and Rafael Pacheco has discharged US pilot Roberto Enrique Bourgeois, accused of piloting a clandestine flight on 16 November. The flight was scheduled to travel from El Portillo to Punta Cana, but after the plane took off the pilot headed for Puerto Rico. Bourgeois …

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National Drug Control Department (DNCD) chief Major General Rolando Rosado Mateo has confirmed that Second Lieutenant Jose Polanco Jimenez, the drug control chief in the northwestern province of Monte Cristi, was arrested and taken to Santo Domingo for questioning after claims were received that the officer engaged in the practice of setting up supposed drug …

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Aspiring Major League Baseball hopefuls and their scouts and coaches are protesting at the appointment of Sandy Alderson to reorganize MLB operations in the DR. Yesterday hundreds of protesters showed up in front of the Hotel Embajador where Alderson was meeting with representatives of 30 MLB organizations with training camps in the DR. As reported …

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The Dominican Baseball League has announced some changes for this baseball season that started in October. There are changes in the calendar, to make room for the celebration of two games of seven innings each in the case of suspended games. A discipline and ethics committee has been created, and the penalty for infractions has …

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