2010 – Page 279

Millions of pesos worth of assets belonging to fugitive Ramon Antonio del Rosario Puente, better known as “Tono Lena”, were confiscated by the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) and the Attorney General’s office yesterday. The seizures were authorized by a judge from San Pedro de Macoris. The action came at the request of the DNCD. …

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Police in the Spanish city of Valencia discovered 1,200 kilograms of nearly pure cocaine in the false bottom of a shipping container that had been transported from the Dominican Republic. The container, which was addressed to a business in Madrid, arrived aboard the Nordsea, and was due to travel overland to Madrid. The police announced …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) has issued an alert for possible heavy surf that could go inland along the low-lying areas between Montecristi and Samana, mainly in Nagua, Cabrera and Rio San Juan. Onamet is advising local residents to take precautions. The heavy surf is attributed to a low-pressure system that could “lead to waves …

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Lot is happening this weekend in Santo Domingo. The Davis Cup has Uruguay matching the best tennis players in the DR at the Parque del Este; Reik, Martha Heredia, Cristian Castro & Noel Schajris at the Palacio de los Deportes; Xilia and Victor Victor at Casa de Teatro; the national carnival parade along the Malecon, …

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President Leonel Fernandez goes east today to inaugurate the new Guido Gil Bridge over the Soco River. The bridge is an important link for travel from San Pedro de Macoris province to La Romana province and back. The 294-meter bridge is 23.60 meters wide and 20 meters above the highest known tide point of the …

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President Leonel Fernandez issued Decree 130-10 yesterday, in which 4 National Police major generals and 10 generals were placed in retirement. The director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) and a former director of investigations for the Police, General Rafael Oscar Bencosme Candelier was on the list. His successor has not been announced. The major …

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El Dia reports that Major General Vinicio Hernandez Mendez was a member of the commission that investigated the killing of the two alleged kidnappers of Eduardo Baldera Gomez, son of a Nagua exchange house owner. Eduardo Baldera Gomez was “kidnapped” in his hometown of Nagua on 18 September 2009 and “escaped” from his captors 22 …

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Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso has opened the first workshop for Dominican suppliers interested in working on the reconstruction of Haiti with the participation of the United Nations, the Mission for Stabilization of Haiti (Minustah), Dominican ambassador in Haiti Ruben Silie, and the Dominican ambassador at the UN in New York, Federico Cuello, among …

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Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso says the country can evaluate its own performances without the need for reports. He said that the DR does not issue a report on corruption in the US, and the US should not interfere in Dominican domestic affairs. He commented that despite the global financial crisis few have been arrested …

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The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Rosa Margarita Hernandez Caamano, wife of banker Manuel Alejandro Grullon, as Dominican ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) based in Paris. Victor Grimaldi was approved as ambassador in Greece in addition to his responsibilities at the Vatican, and the Senate cleared the appointment …

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