2010 – Page 67

Last week’s startling murders of two men as they left the courthouse in the city of Higuey, were, according to National Police investigators, motivated by revenge. The Police say that a drug heist was involved in the background. Investigators found out that on 20 May one of the victims, Telemaco Jean (or Yan), together with …

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On Saturday the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) reported that they had dismantled in Villa Mella a drug laboratory that is said to have prepared drugs for transport to overseas destinations using ‘mules’. El Caribe quotes DNCD spokesman Ramon Alcides Rodriguez as saying that two people who were arrested during the search are now being …

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Lieutenant Anatalio Ogando was riding his motorbike to work when he noticed three young men assaulting another man who had been fishing on the rocks off the 30 de Mayo Highway at Kilometer 9. It turned out that the three had just killed retired Police officer Anastasio Castro Mota, 69, and stolen his weapon. In …

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The Dominican Conference of Bishops will swear in Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado today as the rector of the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) for the 2010-2014 period, in a ceremony that will be headed by Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez at the Our Lady of the Annunciation Church on the university’s Santiago …

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A special Halloween theme park will be open at the grounds of the Cueva de Santana Ana (in the former Quisqueya Park, now the grounds of the National Music Conservatory) from 20-30 October. Elka Nunez and Roberto Miranda are producing the park with a variety of characters, special effects and a maze. A big party …

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President Leonel Fernandez visited Elias Pina on the border with Haiti yesterday, where he led a Development Council meeting and listened to complaints about unmet promises by his cabinet officials from local people. The President announced RD$400 million worth of spending for the remainder of the year. He said RD$370 million would go towards the …

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The members of the Dominican Association of Foreign Investment (Asiex) expect more than US$10 billion to be invested in the DR in the next five years. The president of Asiex, Marcos de la Rosa (AES Dominicana) was speaking at an event marking the association’s 25th anniversary. They recognized the role of Asiex founders Central Romana, …

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Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia has announced that the Bank of China and the Bank of Foreign Trade of China would make US$462 million available to finish the first phase of the tourism real estate project, Punta Perla in Punta Cana, as reported in Hoy. According to reports, Chinese companies, including an engineering firm, would …

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157 legislators present at the PLD-majority Chamber of Deputies yesterday voted to choose Hugo Rafael Nunez Almonte of the PRD as a new member of the National Magistracy Council (CNM). The CNM elects the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice. Several Supreme Court justices are about to retire. Nunez is a graduate in law …

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The cost of transport needs to drop if trade and travel between Puerto Rico and the DR is to grow, according to Dominican business leaders. Frank Rainieri of the Punta Cana Group made the point that Dominicans can often travel to Madrid for less than it costs to travel to Mayaguez, 20 minutes flight time …

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