2010 – Page 318

Work is proceeding at a fast pace at the cloverleaf interchange between Avenida Luperon and Km. 9 of the Duarte highway, part of the second line of the Santo Domingo metro. Contractors for the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET), better known as the metro office, are building the open tunnels for the rail system that is …

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President Leonel Fernandez has sent a bill to Congress proposing a commercial bank loan for equipping the Dr. Heriberto Pieter cancer center in Santo Domingo. The loans are for US$34.7 million and US$8.8 million and will be taken out with the Fortis Bank of Spain. The works will be undertaken by the Consorcio Hospitalario Dominicano …

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The Ministry of Interior and Police has published statistics that back up their arguments for maintaining time limits on drinking in public places. According to the statistics published in paid advertisements in several local newspapers, from January to November 2009 58.37% of all homicides happened at night. The number of homicides from 6pm to 5:59am …

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Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez said that over the last 3 years, the government spent RD$1.5 billion on providing health services for Haitians who visit or reside in the DR. Almost all Haitians requiring public health services are in the country illegally. Rojas said that this number only takes into account some of the …

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The Migration Department has announced the dismantling of what is suspect as a people smuggling aviation ring, as reported in Diario Libre. The authorities are on the lookout for missing US pilot Ryan Kite, who planned to transport 5 passengers on US registration airplane N65NY. Some of the passengers who were questioned said they were …

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Leavy Yadira Nin Batista, who is described as the spouse of fugitive Puerto Rican drug baron Jose David Figueroa Agosto, is now said to have left the country, sources told Listin Diario. The newspaper reports that Nin was known as Figueroa’s wife, but there is no record in the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to substantiate …

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The Figueroa Agosto investigation team has announced that Ricardo Ivanovich Smester is also under arrest in connection with the case. He is suspect of being a front for Puerto Rican drug trafficking fugitive Jose David Figueroa Agosto. Smester reportedly drove a black Porsche said to belong to the Puerto Rican. As reported in El Dia, …

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El Caribe reports today on the rapid professional promotions that benefited police Colonel Elvis Florencio Soriano Familia. Soriano Familia is being investigated in connection with the murder of former police colonel Jose Amado Gonzalez Gonzalez, who had strong links with Puerto Rican drug trafficking fugitive Jose David Figueroa Agosto. The newspaper says that Soriano Familia …

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In today’s Listin Diario editorial, the writer wonders what could have happened at the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) that led to the replacement of former head Major General Rafael Radhames Ramirez Ferreiras. On 18 August, Ramirez was replaced and sent to direct the Armed Forces medical health plan (ARSFFAA). Ramirez had multiple arrests and …

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250 people were killed in drug-related incidents in the past 10 months, reports Clave newspaper. This is 34% of the total of 732 crime-related deaths in 2009. The newspaper also says that the authorities confiscated 5,976 kilos of narcotics, including 3,406 kilos of cocaine, 1405 of marijuana and 40 kilos of heroin in 2009. More …

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