2010 – Page 268

Aventura was awarded the El Soberano at the end of the Casandra Awards that honors the best of show business in the Dominican Republic. Upon winning the top, overall prize for most outstanding performance in 2010, Aventura’s song composer and lead singer Anthony Romeo stressed that he is proud of being a Dominican, and a …

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President Leonel Fernandez named Major General Jose Anibal Sanz Jiminian director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET), replacing General Henry Peralta (deputy director of the Police). Peralta had been temporarily placed in charge of AMET, after former incumbent General Rafael Bencosme Candelier abandoned the post when he was retired from the military. The government announced …

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The chief of the National Drug Control Department, General Rolando Rosado Mateo deposited his family patrimony statement at the Department for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption. It indicates that he has assets worth around RD$14 million and debts worth around RD$10 million. He said that 154 officers of the DNCD also deposited their financial statements, …

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The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) authorized the transfer of ownership of Tricom and TCN Dominicana to Hispaniola Telecom Holdings, LTD (Hispaniola Telecom). Diario Libre reports that on 30 December 2009, the Central Bank had opposed the transfer, but Indotel rejected the opposition. A New York State page on the Internet gives insights into the new …

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Hundreds of workers at the Barrick Gold installation in Pueblo Viejo, Sanchez Ramirez, including a large number of Peruvians, were intoxicated. El Nacional newspaper yesterday had interviewed Fernando Sanchez Albavera, executive director of the Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corporation (PVDC), who had denied the intoxication of the workers. “In no way, nothing has happened with the …

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The Senate has asked that the Ministry of Public Health, Center for Emergency Operations, Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Industry and Commerce investigate further into the Barrick Gold intoxication case. News services have been speculating that a toxic gas escape could have been the source of the problem, rather than food poisoning. On the …

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A spokesman for the Police said that the Melia Casino three thieves wearing hoods stole US$50,000. The police investigators suspect an inside job. The case is investigated by the Central Department for Criminal Investigations (DICRIM) under General Jose Polanco Gomez.

Six passengers left on a single-engine Cessna that departed from La Isabela International Airport (AILI at El Higuero), and not two as initially reported. The pilot had declared a flight plan to Haiti, but 40 nautical miles after departure the plane disappeared from the radar. Now investigators from the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC), the …

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The deputy director of the IAD says that the two apartments at the Torre Atiemar in her name were purchased by herself and her brother, Juan Rafael Peralta Arias in 2007 and 2008 for resale. She denied these belong to engineer Hector Rodriguez Pimentel, head of the IAD. As reported by Z101fm.com she said that …

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An editorial yesterday in El Nacional highlights that the governmental Banco de Reservas that financed 52.6% of the Torre Atiemar with the guarantee of 100% of the building did a good business deal. This is the tower that was interveened by the authorities after its developer was arrested in Spain for attempting to smuggle a …

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