2010 – Page 269

The director of the Anti-Asset Laundering Division of the Prosecutor General Office, German Miranda Villalona criticized government investigative bodies for not producing the necessary financial intelligence. He said that “surprises” such as the case of Arturo del Tiempo Marques are the result of weaknesses of the intelligence services of the government. He says the weaknesses …

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Colombian German Eduardo Duque Garcia was sent to jail after being suspect as a partner to Arturo del Tiempo Marques, who was arrested for attempting to smuggle 1,200 kilos of cocaine into Spain. The District Prosecutor presented to the judge studying the case against Colombian German Eduardo Duque Garcia a list of shipments confiscated to …

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Felt by some, but not by most, a short earthquake occurred yesterday at 1:25pm with its epicenter 14 kms from Monte Plata and 42 kms from Santo Domingo. The Seismological Institute at the state UASD university said the earthquake was also felt in Samana. The smaller earthquakes are good news for the DR as these …

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Tonight Zoe Saldana, Aventura, Jon Secada, Wyclef Jean will take the stage tonight for the Casandra Awards, the Dominican Grammy Awards. This is expected to be the most star-studded show ever presented to honor the best of Dominican show business. Other stars of the evening are Chichi Peralta, Mariasela Alvarez, Martha Heredia, Cuquin Victoria, Felipe …

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President Leonel Fernandez was in Santiago over the weekend campaigning for the reelection of Santiago mayor Jose Enrique Sued (PLD-PRSC alliance) and for that of the president of the Chamber of Deputies Julio Cesar Valentin, who is running for senator for the PLD. The ruling party has allied with the PRSC. Fernandez participated in a …

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In a press conference in Venezuela, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said on Friday that relationships with the Dominican Republic are “excellent.” Maduro’s reaction follows a public apology the Ministry of Foreign Relations sent to Venezuela following comments from Venezuela regarding the supposedly uncalled for mediation of President Leonel Fernandez in the dispute between Alvaro …

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Seismologists Leonardo Reyes Madera, president of the Dominican Seismology Institute (Sodosismica) and Ernesto Perez Modesto, coordinator of the National Office for Seismic Evaluation and Vulnerability again are alerting that Santiago, in the central area of the country, should expect an earthquake of 7.5 magnitude “today, tomorrow or within 100 years”. They say that a strong …

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Less water entering the Santo Domingo aqueduct system means less water for the people. The Santo Domingo Sewer and Aqueduct Corporation (CAASD) says it is renting dozens of tank trucks to distribute water in the poorer barrios of the capital, to compensate for the low supply of water from the Haina-Manoguayabo system. Supervisor Arsenio Terrero …

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Celso Marranzini, executive vice president of the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) called many of the generators “tchatchkes” (an expression to denote a trinket or ornament) because of their obsolete technology and their use of expensive fuels. Of the 34 generating units that exist in the country, only 16 are usually in operation. The others are …

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The head of the National Central for Unified Transporters (CNTU) Pepe Abreu criticized that the government after keeping the price of LPG frozen for 9 weeks, authorized a slight reduction of just RD$1.80 when there should have been at least a RD$15 reduction. He called this a mockery of the people. He says a gallon …

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