2011 – Page 231

A major breakdown in the Claro (Codetel) network partially affected the company’s mobile phone services yesterday afternoon. In a brief statement, Claro communications director Jenny Abreu reported that the problem was caused by “a break in the fiber optic cable” and that the company was working to repair the damage. “Communication is in the process …

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The government has disbursed RD$18.3 million from the Police Retirement Fund to help the families of 23 policemen who fell in the line of duty over the last year. For example, on 12 September 2010, several men ambushed a patrol in the Los Girasoles section of the capital, killing Second Lieutenant Martires Perez Diaz and …

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The prime suspect in the Rafael Mauricio Bardeja Vargas murder case has managed to left the country after being released from custody, according to his lawyer, Irving Cruz Crespo. Judge Reynaldo Ferreiras ruled that Pedro Arizaleta Guilly’s arrest had been illegal, since it had taken place without a warrant, not for lack of evidence. The …

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Julio Cesar Morales Rosa, a retired member of the military, was brought before the District Attorney of the National District and the Office of Permanent Attention and accused of killing the private assigned to the Presidential Guard, Freddy Saul Felix (Rauddy). The authorities were not able to obtain a remand to custody because the case …

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Less than two weeks to go before the opening night in Puerto Plata of the fast-paced comedy by Michael Parker, “Whose Wives are they Anyway?” at the Sosua Bay Conference Center. The farce centers on a hotel in upstate New York. A multinational cast of the North Coast Players theater company is presenting the two …

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Haiti presidential candidate Mirlande Manigat and President Leonel Fernandez met at the Presidential Palace for more than an hour yesterday. The Presidency reports that she promised to reactivate the Mixed Dominican-Haitian Commission if elected. The commission is a platform for discussing Dominican-Haitian issues. Talks also focused on trade between both nations and progress made in …

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President Leonel Fernandez, by means of Decree 60-11, has created the Commission for the Centennial of the birth of actress Maria Africa Gracia Montez (Maria Montez), which will coordinate the program to honor this Dominican icon. The 14-person commission will be chaired by the Minister of Culture, Jose Lantigua. The decree, according to El Nuevo …

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The Ecological Park at La Cumbre on the edge of Santiago province is now open to the public. El Caribe reports that the park, located at the old Trujillo estate was refurbished in partnership with the PUCMM, the Dominican Coffee Council and the Ministry of the Environment. According to Santiago Development Association president Eduardo Trueba, …

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With the open launching of the aspirations of two-time Fernandez administration Vice President Rafael Alburquerque, other pre-candidates are wary. To calm these, secretary general of the ruling PLD, Reinaldo Pared Perez told El Caribe that the President would not support any pre-candidate and would take the role of an impartial arbiter. El Caribe, nevertheless, reports …

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All of the stumbling blocks in the way of the approval of the Organic Law of the Constitutional Court by Congress seem to have been overcome, with the exception of the issue of the age of the judges who will sit on the tribunal, according to a report in Diario Libre. The Justice Commission, which …

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