2010 – Page 53

The Ministry of Education has temporarily suspended school breakfast program milk deliveries after a meeting between President Leonel Fernandez and the commission that was set up to investigate the causes of the recent spate of food poisoning cases linked to the school breakfast drink. Speaking to Diario Libre, Education Minister Melanio Paredes said that the …

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What was thought to be a pre-Columbian pyramid in Puerto Plata province has turned out to be nothing but a geological rock formation. Humans had nothing to do with the unusual formation. A team of researchers from the Museum of Dominican Man led by director Christian Martinez visited Hugo Suero’s property in the community of …

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The Sunday flea market on Luperon and the Malecon in Santo Domingo is a traffic stopper, no doubt about it. The vendors benefit from their low operating costs and pass on savings to shoppers. Thousands of shoppers are attracted and vehicular traffic at the intersection comes to a standstill, making anything close to a quick …

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According to Hoy newspaper, the ProConsumidor agency is questioning three important areas of customer conflicts with the nation’s banks. The report says that the first issue came about when the banks were reticent to provide ProConsumidor (National Institute for Consumer Rights) with their form contracts that clients have to sign for credit cards or other …

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Barrick Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corporation (PVDC) and the city government of Cotui signed an agreement whereby the mine would make an undisclosed “important monetary contribution” to the completion of priority works for the communities of Sanchez Ramirez province. The works will be listed according to priority in the Cotui Municipality Development Plan. Fernando Sanchez Albavera, …

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The closure of the bi-national market in Dajabon has cost local hoteliers and traders about RD$35 million, according to the president of the Hotel Association in Dajabon, Juan Tomas Sosa. He said that the demand for products as well as rooms has fallen off greatly since the suspension of the two market days, Monday and …

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On Friday, the Dominican and Haitian military authorities dispersed a mob of Haitians who had violently sought to enter the city of Dajabon. After the announcement that the market day would be suspended, the Haitians desperately sought to cross the bridge leading across the border. They were demanding the reopening of the Monday & Friday …

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After escaping from La Victoria Prison, 26-year old Jose Miguel Perez continued his killing spree. The Police are accusing him of the murders of two Swiss citizens who had been living in Juan Dolio for two months. After his capture by the Police, Perez confessed to at least 10 other murders of foreigners. Perez and …

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The latest version of the killing of prosecutor Giselle Orquidea Reyes Diaz, 33, is that when she was walking with her escort, police sergeant Augusto Luciano Familia, two men tried to rob them. Two men, Pedro Julio Orti Ceballos and Hector Garcia Cuevas are now under arrest. The Police say they have a gun that …

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The murder of a 79-year old man who had just parked his car upon arriving at his home is being attributed to a family inheritance conflict. On Saturday, according to press reports, engineer Rafael Humberto Perez Savinon was shot to death when arriving at his apartment in Calle Respaldo Rafael Augusto Sanchez, Naco. It was …

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