2010 – Page 27

The president of the Historical Center Traders Association, Carlos Lora, confirmed a story that is circulating in the streets about the appearance of false RD$200 and RD$2,000 bills. The businessman said that this is not just a Christmas season practice, as many believe, but in fact something that has been going on for some months …

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Poor lottery and “quiniela” ticket sales due to recently introduced changes are dragging the National Lottery ticket hawkers to bankruptcy. Even the very administrator of the National Lottery recognizes that the agency has been left behind when it comes to innovations. Diario Libre interviewed ticket wholesaler Felix Severino as he looks inside a cardboard box …

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The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) reports the arrest of a Colombian air stewardess at the Punta Cana International Airport. According to the charges filed, the flight attendant would take the cocaine on board the aircraft and then deliver it to a Dominican “mule” for entry into the country. In this case there was 3.7 …

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A six-year old girl was kidnapped because a family member had not returned an illegal handgun to some thugs. The National Police have now arrested five of the six kidnappers. According to the child’s mother, some men came to her house in the Juan Guzman sector of Manoguayabo on Friday and asked for her husband …

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The 2010 Hurricane Season ends on Tuesday, with what is expected to be a final count of 12 hurricanes, 19 storms but not a whole lot of destruction. Somewhat different from 2009, this year there were four hurricanes in the Cat 4 category with winds of over 210 kilometers per hour (kph). In fact, this …

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El Torito (Hector Acosta) will have everyone up and dancing on Thursday, 2 December at the Salon Independencia of the Armed Forces. The event is organized by the R-3 Lions Club to raise funds for children with cancer and AIDS. This will be an evening of merengue, bachata, boleros and rancheras. The show starts at …

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On Friday night, Radhames Liz and ten hits allowed the Estrellas Orientales to push the Tigres del Licey deeper into the cellar with a 6-2 win at the Quisqueya Stadium in Santo Domingo. The loss led to the firing of manager Dave Clark. Curiously, the Tigres immediately hired Brian Harper, the manager that the Estrellas …

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Asphyxia from carbon monoxide (smoke inhalation) appears to have caused the deaths of the nine victims of Wednesday’s fire that destroyed a large part of the Program for Essential Medicines (Promese) warehouse in Santo Domingo North. National Institute of Forensic Pathology director Santo Jimenez said that they have handed over eight of the bodies to …

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Today’s newspapers are reporting that President Leonel Fernandez visited Hipolito Mejia yesterday evening at the Cedimat medical center in the Plaza de la Salud, where the former president is recovering from prostate surgery. A spokesman for Mejia, Hector Gomez, said that Fernandez arrived at the medical center around 7:30pm, together with the Minister of Public …

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As part of the health authorities’ cholera prevention initiatives, the Ministry of Public health has closed down eight hostels in so-called “Little Haiti” or nearby the Mercado Modelo in Santo Domingo because they dumped garbage and dirty water into the street and did not comply with other health regulations. The authorities say that no new …

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