2010 – Page 75

The new Mayor of Santiago, Gilberto Serulle campaigned on making a change after what was regarded as major public corruption by his predecessor, Jose Enrique Sued, but now newspaper reports are questioning major purchases that are being made without public tenders. Diario Libre reports that the Mayor’s office recently purchased 25 Ford pickups for city …

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Judge Claribel Nivar Arias was said to have revoked her decision to ban reporters from attending the court hearings for the eight people with alleged links to Puerto Rican drug capo Jose David Figueroa Agosto. She had told reporters she was adhering to the statements of Supreme Court of Justice president Jorge Subero Isa who …

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Economy, Planning and Development Minister Temistocles Montas will be in Toronto for a luncheon meeting at the Canadian Council for the Americas on 15 October, from 11:45am to 1:30pm. The talk will focus on “The Dominican Republic’s Long-Term Strategy.” The event will take place at Fogler, Rubinoff LLP at 95 Wellington Street W. Suite 1200, …

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Medolife Corporation has signed an agreement with Alopecil Dominicana and Targot Comercial to produce and market Escozine, a natural medicine approved and certified for oncological treatments in the DR. The nutraceutical uses serum derived from the Caribbean blue scorpion (Rhopalurus junceus) that is found in the DR. The nutraceutical will be produced in the country. …

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Fenatrano transporters want a piece of the action on the Autopista 6 de Noviembre to San Cristobal route (Ruta 66). This is not to the liking of their competitors, Conatra transporters. Yesterday the rival factions clashed, firing pellet guns and throwing rocks. Some 40 drivers were reported injured and taken to hospitals in San Cristobal, …

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The National Drug Control Department has announced the deportation of 35-year old Michael Alexander Miller Stapleton, requested by authorities in the Bahamas for bank fraud using forged documents. Miller left the DR on flight N65RS from Santo Domingo’s La Isabela Airport. Two arrest orders had been issued against him in the Bahamas. The Dominican Navy …

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Check out the comedies at the National Theater (My Three Mothers-in-Law), Babeque School theater, (Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay by Dario Fo) and Teatro Las Mascaras (Single, Married, Widowed and Divorced). The plays are being staged this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 8, 9, 10 October. For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see www.dr1.com/calendar  

Germania Montas, acting director of the Department of Taxes (DGII) complains that only 22% of those that need to do so have renewed their vehicle sticker. Montas says that leaving things for the last minute is typical of Dominicans. The renewal process began on 19 August and closes on 19 November. There are 268 sales …

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Diario Libre’s telecommunications correspondent Hiddekel Morrison writes today that recent figures released by the National Statistics Office (ONE) show that 75% of Dominicans do not have access to the use of the Internet. The recent National Survey of Households (Enhogar) indicates that only 25% of people over the age of 12 have access to the …

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In the debate about the reasons for the delays in restoring the Malecon, the seafront boulevard, hoteliers have now responded to the city government that blamed the hotels for not paying municipal taxes and saying their patrons and guests encouraged prostitution as the main reasons for the neglected state of the major boulevard. The Association …

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