2010 – Page 46

The number of people displaced by the effects of Hurricane Tomas in the DR climbed to 13,230 yesterday and evacuations continued as many rivers and streams broke their banks, affecting some 2,646 houses. The good news is that no deaths have been reported, according to Diario Libre. It is expected that Tomas, that was located …

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The Aqueduct and Sewer Corporation for Santo Domingo (CAASD) was able to re-open two of its main sources of water yesterday. According to director Freddy Perez, more supplies will be available from the Valdesia and Isabela water sources today. The CAASD said that rains from Hurricane Tomas had caused flooding, leading to the closure of …

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The authorities in the Haitian border town of Ouanaminthe have been allowing people to enter since the early morning hours of Sunday, laden with chickens, frozen and live, as well as other foodstuffs for the local population. According to El Caribe newspaper, dozens of people from the so-called “potea” crossed the border to the commercial …

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Gasoline prices remained the same this week, but the cost of a gallon of diesel fuel increased by RD$1.50 for regular and RD$2.20 for the premium blend. Avtur, the fuel used by most jet airplanes, increased in price by RD$2.29 a gallon and is now RD$115.62, one of the most expensive in the Caribbean. Fuel …

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The authorities have launched a large-scale operation across the Juan Dolio area after two masked men killed a prominent businessman, Juan Miguel Saurino Barcelo, in the early hours of Saturday. Barcelo, 52, was in his house in Juan Dolio at the time, and the criminals also wounded one of his employees. The National Police have …

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A man accused of leading a gang that taped couples in several motels for the purposes of blackmail, collapsed, allegedly from a cardiac condition, as he was about to be sent to preventive custody. Francisco Alberto Carela is accused of taping couples and then extorting money from them, fell to the floor in front of …

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Dominican jockey Joel Rosario landed the US$1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile race during the 2010 Breeders’ Cup World Championships in a photo finish on Saturday at Churchill Downs. He clocked in at 1:35.29. He was riding Dakota Phone. Betters backing his horse landed a US$77.40 payoff because the odds were 37-1. He bested Morning …

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On Friday night baseball games all over the country were rained out. These games will be rescheduled for today and for the 15th of this month. The game that the Toros were to play on Thursday against the Leones del Escogido as sell as the complete slate of games on Friday, will be rescheduled for …

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Fiarte, the Latin American art exhibition, is back from 10-14 November, this time at the Don Diego Terminal in Santo Domingo’s Sans Souci Port. This year the event is dedicated to Dominican painter Amable Sterling, with invited Latin American guest artists — Mauro Arbiza and Pablo Atchugarry (Uruguay), Walter Goldfarb (Brazl), Arturo Montoto and Raul …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) has posted a red alert for tropical storm conditions in the border provinces of Barahona, Bahoruco, Pedernales, Independencia, San Juan de la Maguana, Elias Pina, Montecristi and Dajabon. The weather department (ONAMET) is forecasting strong winds, torrential rains and high surf for the southwestern and northern coastal zones. It posted …

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