2010 – Page 287

There is speculation in the media that the PLD pre-candidate for mayor in Santiago, Gilberto Serulle could switch to the PRD, and that the opposition party would be willing to offer him the candidacy for mayor in Santiago. The decision would come on the heels of announcement by the PLD political committee that they are …

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Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana, brewers of Presidente beer, has announced it has concluded purchase agreements for breweries in the Caribbean islands of Antigua, Dominica and St. Vincent. It will now operate the St. Vincent Brewery Ltd, Antigua Brewery Ltd, Antigua Pet Plant Ltd and Dominicana Brewery & Beverages Ltd., each leaders in their markets. The companies …

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The Firemen Department has been tested by a fire on the 38th floor of the 39-story Torre Caney, Santo Domingo’s tallest building. The Fire Department equipment reaches a maximum of 11 floors. Colonel Jose Luis Frometa Herasme, commander of firefighting operations in the National District told Diario Libre that the department depends on the mechanisms …

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Former prosecutor general Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero is recommending that State Prosecutors appeal the judgment by judge Roman Hiciano Berroa of the First Court of Instruction of the National District, which discharged Nicaraguan Orin Clinton Gomez Halford of any responsibility in the murder of 7 men tied to drug trafficking in Paya near Bani on …

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Santiago prosecutor Yenny Berenice Reynoso says that there is a great deal of social complicity with drug traffickers that affects court hearings against drug dealers. She said it is outrageous and tragic that many institutions, such as neighborhood groups, clubs, associations, and even churches support people who have trafficked in drugs, trying to disguise them …

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Mary Pelaez, arrested for money laundering in the case of fugitive Puerto Rican drug baron Jose David Figueroa Agosto, says she has “cards up her sleeve” about the accusations that are keeping her in jail, which she will reveal at the right time. She says that the authorities want to use her as a scapegoat. …

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The DNCD has arrested Soterio Junior Jimenez Martinez, who is sought for extradition for heroin trafficking by a New York court. He was arrested at the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) office in San Francisco de Macoris when he visited the office to look into the arrest of his look-alike brother who had been detained …

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Janio Lora, Marel Alemany, Vicente Garcia and Pavel Nunez will be the stars of the show tomorrow evening at Plaza Fray Bartolome de las Casas off Hostos and Padre Billini streets near Arzobispo Merino Street in the Colonial city. Juan Francisco Ordonez is the musical director of the Festival Calle Hostos that seeks to introduce …

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President Leonel Fernandez will coordinate the mediation of the dispute between heads of state of Venezuela and Colombia. The two countries have a long- running battle of words and their leaders once again squared off at the Rio Summit that took place in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. “We have opened a space in the framework …

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President Leonel Fernandez has proposed the creation of a “mini-Marshall Plan” for the recovery of Haiti during his participation in the Rio Summit of Unity in Mexico. As a way of financing such a plan the President suggested the Latin American nations set aside a portion of the foreign debt. He went on to tell …

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