2010 – Page 299

Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez said there is a crisis of cultural values in Dominican society in that any criminal is easily regarded by society as an important person, so a successful drug trafficker can be circulating freely as a prestigious citizen. The Cardinal said that to be honest, fulfill one’s duty and be responsible is …

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The president of the Dominican Society of Seismology, engineer Leonardo Reyes Madera says that 6,000 public schools in the DR have structural problems and if an earthquake of similar intensity to the one that affected Haiti on 12 January were to hit this side of the island, many schools would collapse, as occurred in Haiti. …

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Judges of the Chamber of Appeals of the Province of Santo Domingo have ordered preventive jail sentences for Miguel Alfonseca Soto, son of a deputy from Sanchez Ramirez province, Daniel de los Santos Gutierrez, Deivy Martinez Montas, Rafael Pimentel Beltre, Engel Mejia Manon, Carlos Manuel Zabala and Victor Manuel Fernandez who are suspected of murdering …

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In a recent visit to the DR, the United Nations Police Commissioner General Gerard Chaumont met with Dominican Police chief Major General Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin to call for cooperation between both countries in finding the 5,000 or so inmates who escaped from Haitian jails in the aftermath of January’s earthquake. It is believed that …

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Many questions are being raised about the so-called Jorge Puello, the alleged lawyer who is involved in the case of the 10 Americans accused of human trafficking and trying to take children out of Haiti without the proper paperwork. The New York Times has published an article questioning the individual’s identity, saying that Puello is …

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A public transport Mitsubishi Rosa mini-bus crashed into the Caribbean Sea around Km. 12 of Las Americas Expressway on Friday, 12 February at around 7pm, killing 11 passengers and injuring 15. News reports say most of the victims lived in the slum areas of El Valiente and Capo in the Santo Domingo East municipality. The …

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At 7:21 of the second quarter, Al Horford has made Dominican sports history. Stan Van Gundy, the coach of the Eastern Conference NBA All-Star team called Horford’s number and sent him out to the hardwood. Al Horford became the first Dominican to appear in an NBA All-Star game, a game that was won by his …

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Reina Montero, Roza Gough and Austria Ulloa Alcantara join Arlenis Sosa (24th), Rose Cordero (48th), as part of a group of Dominican top models who are making it onto magazine covers and headlines in the high fashion world today. As reported in Diario Libre, Sandro Guzman, who discovered Rose Cordero, the first black woman since …

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The eagerly-awaited concert by Dominican-American bachata superstars Aventura shook up the Olympic Stadium and the estimated 60,000 people who filled the place to the brim. Puerto Rico’s Wissin and Yandel closed the show. The mostly young crowd was completely captivated by the Kings of Bachata (K.O.B.) and the performance of their show, “Ultima Aventura”. The …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) has announced that a frontal system located over the western part of Haiti yesterday will slightly increase cloud cover and rainfall during the afternoon. A slight decrease in temperatures is expected for today. The frontal system will bring rains to Montecristi, Puerto Plata, Dajabon, Santiago Rodriguez and the frontier area, …

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