2010 – Page 257

President Leonel Fernandez was in Juan Dolio yesterday for the inauguration of the Marbella by Metro Country Club high-rise complex. During the ceremony, President Fernandez promised that the government would pave the streets of the beach resort town. Grupo Metro president Luis Jose Asilis says the five-tower complex involves a US$100 million investment. Fernandez said: …

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Local export sales to Haiti grew by 61% in February, compared with the same period last year. In the first two weeks of March, exports were up by 31%. This was expected to happen after the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that destroyed the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in January. Speaking at a Dominican Association of Exporters (ADOEXPO) luncheon …

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The local election boards have rejected 210 of the total 14,983 municipal candidates who were registered by the political parties on 17 March. The nominations that were rejected included 51 from the Independent Revolutionary Party (PRI), 50 from the Social Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRSD), 44 from the PRD, 40 from the PLD and 25 from …

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He had a tough time finding a spot, but finally yesterday the PRD announced that the radio and TV presenter has been registered as deputy for the second circumscription in the National District, replacing Rosario Altagracia Lopez Jimenez. The JCE had rejected his running for deputy in the first circumscription on the grounds that Juan …

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The number of tuberculosis cases in the country could be much greater than those notified to the Public Health authorities because the National Tuberculosis Control Program only registers about 40% of those affected. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) the number of people with the disease is …

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The Santiago Fourth Chamber of the Penal Chamber of the Court of First Instance, with judge Cecilia Badia presiding, has ruled that parking meters contractor Blue Parking Company cannot charge for the service or penalize non-payers. The ruling establishes that the contract between the Municipal Council and Blue Parking is null and void because it …

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Assistant Prosecutor General for the Electric System (PGASE) has reported the arrest and arraignment of a man caught in the act of stealing electric cables at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium. The man, named as Milciades Eladio Araujo Vallejo, 44, an unemployed electrician, was sent to preventive custody at Najayo Prison in San Cristobal to …

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The National Police are investigating a video that purports to show Puerto Rican fugitive Jose Figueroa Agosto and his mistress, Sobeida Felix Morel on a shopping spree at Las Americas Mall in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Figueroa Agosto is accused of shipping tons of cocaine to Puerto Rico and faces a 209-year jail sentence there. …

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In a rare occurrence, the National Police and the Dominican National Human Rights Committee were in agreement that the Justice Department needs a firmer hand in dealing with hired killers who make a mockery of justice when they are caught and brought to trial. They said that the judges and prosecutors have to be stronger …

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The Prosecutor for the National Audience of Spain (the Spanish Supreme Court), Javier Zaragoza confirmed that he has met with his Dominican counterpart, Radhames Jimenez Pena to exchange information on the case of Arturo del Tiempo Marques, the Spaniard currently in jail in Spain on charges of smuggling 1,200 kilograms of cocaine from the DR. …

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