2010 – Page 316

On Friday night the surprising Gigantes del Cibao, the round robin leaders at 7-3, welcomed the Toros del Este into the new “Valley of Death”, the Julian Javier Stadium in San Francisco de Macoris. Unfortunately, the Toros came prepared and pounded out a surprising 9-2 win. First baseman Yurandel de Caster had a triple, a …

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President Leonel Fernandez hosted 27 directors and players of the New York Yankees at the Presidential Palace yesterday. They brought with them the 2009 World Series trophy won by the Yankees. Attending were executive vice president Felix Lopez, players Robinson Cano, Damaso Marte, Edward Ramirez, Francisco Cervelli and coach Tony Pena. “This is an unprecedented …

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The Dominican Republic Association of Industries believes that the State Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) ought to be autonomous, but that this would not be enough to weaken the grasp that politics has on decisions in the energy sector so that steps can be taken to resolve the problems that have dragged on for decades. As reported …

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Following the steep New Year fuel price increases, passenger and cargo transporters are announcing new price hikes for consumers. Yesterday, Fenatrado, the union that illegally controls truck and freighter transport in the country, announced that it would be increasing its charges. Fenatrado controls 6,000 units nationwide. Public transport union Conatra has already announced fare increases …

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Interior & Police Minister Franklin Almeyda says the government is assessing measures aimed at regulating the sale of alcoholic beverages at “colmadones,” as the barrio grocery stores-turned-bars are known, as reported in Diario Libre. Commenting on the Huchi Lora & Equipo afternoon talk show yesterday, Almeyda said that statistics showed that people drinking at those …

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According to a recent Enhogar survey conducted on behalf of the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development, the rate of murders and violent deaths in the country is at an “epidemic” level, having surpassed the “acceptable” 8 per 100,000 inhabitants level established by the Pan-American Health Organization, as reported in Diario Libre. As of September …

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Leavy Yadira Nin Batista, the woman known as Puerto Rican drug trafficking fugitive Jose Figueroa Agosto’s wife, used the identity of Fior Jansen Rodriguez to leave the Dominican Republic. She traveled to Italy in November, according to Migration Department records. She left from Las Americas Airport on Air France 493 with a stopover in Paris, …

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Former President Hipolito Mejia says that drugs are at the feet of officials and leading figures in the current government who have ties with drug trafficking. He said that the accusations that Marino Vinicio Castillo made against him are just “a personal and family fight”. “Drugs are falling at the feet of many directors and …

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Former Army major Bienvenido Antonio Savinon Aybar, in whose name the license plate of the SUV from which the shots were fired to kill former Police colonel Jose Amado Gonzalez Gonzalez was registered, was on the Presidency payroll for “intelligence” operations, as reported in El Dia. He received a separate check, known as “specialization” for …

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The Prosecutor General has confiscated a white Ferrari that it says belonged to Puerto Rican drug trafficker Jose Figueroa Agosto. The Ferrari, which was seized yesterday, was found at a workshop in El Manguito. That car and a black Porsche were being looked after by Ricardo Ivanovich Smester Ginebra, arrested yesterday for serving as a …

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