2011 – Page 38

The World Bank is challenging Latin America and the Caribbean to make the most of the relationship with China to turn recent vigorous recovery into sustainable robust growth for the future. The Central Bank has just published a new report, Latin America and the Caribbean’s Long-Term Growth: Made in China, which takes an in-depth look …

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The Judicial Branch disciplinary council has announced the firing of Judge Francisco Mejia Agomas in San Cristobal for serious errors in the exercise of his duty. Among other cases, Mejia Angomas made headlines for the release of a man sentenced for drug trafficking because the judgment did not specify if it was 10 years or …

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The latest tragedy to shock the nation involves 32-year old Angeli Rivera and her three children, who were killed when her spouse, 28-year old Romilio Frias locked himself up with his family in their house and poured gasoline to set the house on fire in Veron, La Altagracia in the early hours of Tuesday morning. …

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National District prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso Segarra now suspects that the motive for the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Cesar Augusto Ubri Bocio, assistant to the chief of the National Drug Control Department, was the robbery of his vehicle. The Police announced the captured two men suspected of the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Cesar Augusto Ubri Bocio …

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The US judiciary is processing at least three cases involving the use of Dominican military installations or equipment by major drug trafficking organizations for criminal activities. Intelligence work by US agencies determined the complicity of local military personnel in drug trafficking operations. As reported in El Dia, the most recent case is recorded in statements …

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Border intelligence officers (DOIF) and the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) agents have arrested an Army Captain, Luis Y. Cavallo Cuello in possession of 182 lbs of marijuana. He was arrested while driving a pickup with 22 packages containing the drugs. He claimed he was a supervisor for the EdeSur power company, reported Roberto Lebron, …

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39-year old Manny Ramirez has plans to play ball in the Dominican Republic’s Professional Winter Baseball Championship that opens mid-October. A former World Series Most Valuable Player, Ramirez retired from MLB in April. Hoy reports that Manny Ramirez spoke with the president and general manager of the Aguilas, Winston Llenas and manager Felix Fermin yesterday …

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The third Wednesday in every month Ania Paz presents the Ania Paz Jazz Series, at 9pm at Lucia 203, on Calle Hostos No. 203, Colonial City, Santo Domingo. This Wednesday, 21 September, singer-songwriter Pavel Nunez and drummer and composer Ezequiel Francisco are the guest artists. They will be accompanied by the Ania Paz Jazz Ensemble …

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At a meeting held yesterday between UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Dominican President Leonel Fernandez at the United National headquarters in New York City, the Secretary General told Fernandez that his proposal to create a bloc against speculation with the prices of food, energy and oil would be approved during the course of this …

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President Leonel Fernandez and President Michel Martelly of Haiti met in New York yesterday, during their participation in the 66th United Nations General Assembly. Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso said that they discussed the university the Dominican government is building in Haiti, which should be ready in January 2012. Morales said it would be the …

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