2010 – Page 264

El Dia reports that the 935 kilos of cocaine that were confiscated at the Puerto Multimodal Caucedo on 5 November 2009 were consigned to a Spanish company (Hisdomine) in which Arturo del Tiempo Marques is listed as the administrator. The Spanish authorities did not act until 1 March 2010 when he was arrested after another …

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The Prosecutor General of the Republic has no idea whether Nicaraguan Orin Clinton Gomez Halford, who is said to have brought the 1,300 kilograms of cocaine involved in the massacre of seven people in Paya, Bani into the DR, has left the country. In this case, the assistant AG, Bolivar Sanchez, the director of Internal …

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The man who apparently passed himself off as a “legal advisor” to the US citizens from Idaho who were arrested for trying to take more than 30 children from Haiti into the DR was arrested in Santo Domingo on Friday. Dominican authorities announced the arrest of Jorge Torres Puello, who is wanted on child trafficking …

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An earthquake registering 4.6 points on the Richter scale, whose epicenter was located between Santiago and Puerto Plata in the mountains near Guananico caused panic in several towns in the Cibao region and the north coast last night. The seismic event occurred at 10:53pm on Sunday, as reported by the UASD seismological institute. The United …

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Jose Antonio Molina, director of the National Symphony Orchestra will conduct the orchestra for an evening of music by Antonin Dvorak at the Carlos Piantini hall of the National Theater on Wednesday, 24 March. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104, the last concerto composed by Dvorak, will be performed. Symphony No. …

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The Commission for Remembering National Holidays, together with the governor’s office in Azua de Compostela, will be commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of 19 March today. Students, marching bands and military personnel will hold processions in the presence of President Leonel Fernandez. The battle of 19 March 1844 was fought between the forces of …

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The executive vice-president of the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), Celso Marranzini has revealed that city councils owe more than RD$4 billion pesos in unpaid electricity bills. According to Marranzini, this sum is owed by many of the smaller city councils and 8 of the provincial governor’s offices. The businessman-turned electricity-czar said that the city councils …

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The National Police chief possesses assets with a value of more than RD$35 million, according to his sworn statement of assets that was filed on 16 March 2010, a copy of which was obtained by El Caribe. Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin’s assets include 298 shares valued at RD$5,000 each in Pretedomsa (Pretensados Dominicanos, SA), 2 …

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Customs Department (DGA) director Rafael Camilo said yesterday that the theft of cables and other copper-based materials has gone down by 85% as a result of the latest measures taken by the agency. Camilo said that this information came from a report he received from the telephone companies. Just 10 days ago, Customs imposed a …

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The head of the Chamber of Deputies Health Commission, Victor Terrero, complained yesterday that Barrick Gold executives had refused to give him any information about the reasons why more than 300 employees had experienced health problems on Sunday. Terrero said that the commission believed that the deputies needed to know what had happened to so …

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