2010 – Page 246

Investigations into the disappearance of an airplane that left the Joaquin Balaguer International Airport at El Higuero (La Isabela) en route for Port-au-Prince, but which is known to have flown to Colombia, have uncovered an illegal ring that handled clandestine flights using local airports. Diario Libre reports that according to the investigators, these flights transported …

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The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) reports that their inspectors detected irregularities in a Piper N-43RA flight. As a result, they detained the crew, two Bahamian pilots and the four passengers who were planning to fly to Providenciales in the Turks & Caicos islands. The plane had come from Providenciales and was supposed to return …

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The Collegiate Tribunal of the Penal Chamber of the Court of the First Instance for San Cristobal handed down a 30-year sentence for Pedro Alejandro Castillo (Quirinito), after finding him guilty of the premeditated murder of Spaniard Adolfo Justo Cervantes Arellano (Waikiki) in a drug-related case in 2008. The other person accused in the case, …

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Although the drought is not yet over, the Emergency Operations Center (COE) has issued flood warnings for 10 provinces due to the forecasted rains. Provinces subject to yellow alert are La Vega, Santiago, Monsignor Nouel (Bonao), San Juan de la Maguana, Monte Plata, Duarte (especially the Lower Yuna Basin), and Samana. Azua, Sanchez Ramirez (Cotui) …

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One of the best-known living writers in the Spanish-speaking world, Mexican Carlos Fuentes will meet Dominican audiences during the 13th International Book Fair that opens in Santo Domingo on 21 April. He is booked for a talk at the main hall of the National Theater. Others coming for the event are Spanish writer Victor Andresco …

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Famous Argentinean photographer Daniel Mordzinski’s photos go on display at the open- air photo gallery at Santo Domingo’s Independence Park starting Thursday, 15 April at 6pm. The exhibition is being held as part of events for the 13th Santo Domingo International Book Fair. Some 140 large format photographs will be on display featuring several Dominican …

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The government is seeking to double the amount of gasoline and diesel produced at the Dominican Petroleum Refinery (Refidomsa). The government expects to advance on the deal that sells 49% of the shares to the PDVSA, the Venezuelan petroleum company with the signing of the agreement during a visit of President Leonel Fernandez to Venezuela …

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Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa and Economy, Planning and Development Minister Temistocles Montas said yesterday that for the remaining two years and four months of the Fernandez administration the government would neither create nor increase the taxes currently in place. The government recently mentioned that it was looking into eliminating exemptions on the value-added ITBIS tax. …

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Delegates on a business mission from the Spanish principality of Asturias have expressed interest in making alliances with Dominicans in the areas of energy and waste management, areas in which they have significant expertise. Severino Garcia Vigor, president of the Asturias Business Federation (FEDE) said that several members of the mission currently visiting the DR …

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The conjoined twins born at the Luis Aybar Hospital in Santo Domingo last Thursday have been transferred to the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital. Doctors at Plaza de la Salud are carrying out tests into the feasibility of separating the twin girls, who share one liver. The twins, Maria Teresa and Teresa Maria, have three …

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