2011 – Page 36

The assailants may just have had bad luck when choosing their victim. Police reported they were on the lookout for an SUV to chop up for a used parts dealer and unknowingly chose the vehicle belonging to Lieutenant Colonel Cesar Augusto Ubri, right-hand man of the president of the National Drug Control Department. The SUV …

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The murder of lieutenant colonel Cesar Augusto Ubri Bocio brings crime closer to home for the Police force. El Dia says that the murder has exposed the illegal but highly lucrative business of part pilfering that operates with the authorities turning a blind eye. On Sunday, 18 September, Ubri was murdered. He is suspected to …

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Manny Ramirez may not be able to play with the Aguilas Cibaenas after all. Before he can, he may need to be reinstated in MLB. Ramirez retired from the Tampa Bay Rays to avoid serving a 100-game suspension for a violation of the MLB’s drug policy. The snag is that now MLB says he cannot …

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Dominican Maridalia Hernandez and Cuban Pablo Milanes will perform at the National Theater on 1 October and at the Gran Teatro del Cibao on 8 October. Diario Libre speculates that the two stars will sing several duets during the show. Maridalia Hernandez is regarded as one of the best female Dominican vocalists of all times, …

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It’s a busy weekend, with Saturday, 24 September being a national holiday celebrated Virgin Mercedes Day. Other events on the calendar for the weekend are: Taiwan acrobatics, Taste Santo Domingo, 26 Biennial of Visual Arts, Contemporary Dance Festival, RetroJazz performance, Chieli Minucci, Recycled art at Bellas Artes, Akon, Tribute to Frank Sinatra, and more. For …

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President Leonel Fernandez will address the 66th United Nations General Assembly this afternoon. He is submitting a resolution aimed at reducing financial speculation in international food and oil prices. The President’s speech, which is scheduled for 3:45pm will be transmitted by CDN 37, Telecentro, CRTV, Tele 15 and other stations. Fernandez, who has been in …

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Minister of Education Josefina Pimentel says she is focused on improving her ministry’s financial, quality and institutional performance. As well as these three central priorities, she said she intends to optimize the handling of the resources, decentralize the functioning of the public schools and improve the local statistics on teaching quality and student performance. She …

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After declaring the legislation to be urgent, the Senate passed a bill that increases the number of judges on the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) from 16 to 17 after two consecutive readings. Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez explained the reason is that a member of the Supreme Court of Justice is on the National …

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The world of remittances is changing and it is constantly weakening. Despite the fact that the money sent represents 6% of the nation’s GDP, it has a limited impact on savings and investment, as reported in El Caribe. During a meeting organized by the Dominican-French Chamber of Commerce, Edigarbo Garcia, vice-president of Remesas Dominicanas, part …

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Hundreds of rice farmers from the north of the country have staged a massive demonstration in a convoy-march calling on the government to halt large-scale rice imports, and to set the price for a “fanega” of rice that is sold to the rice mills at RD$2,100 pesos, among other demands. (A ‘fanega’ is a dry …

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