2011 – Page 66

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies returned yesterday to the Dominican government original pre-Columbian Taino Indian pieces that had been confiscated. The items were illegally smuggled into the United States, as reported in El Dia. The artifacts were delivered during a repatriation ceremony held at the …

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Two major power plants, San Felipe in Puerto Plata and AES Andres (300 megawatts) in Santo Domingo were shut down for maintenance yesterday. San Felipe will be out of action until 7 September, and AES Andres through Sunday, 21 August. The CDEEE warned that there would be an increase in blackouts with the two plants …

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The National Business Council has criticized the known outcome of the first work session of the National Judicial Council (CNM). Manuel Diez Cabral, president of CONEP, criticized the CNM’s hasty and non-transparent adoption of the Regulations for the Application of the Fundamental Law of the National Judicial Council, that will be used to choose judges …

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Coinciding with the announcement of the confiscation of three important Dominican Republic transshipment drug operations, high-ranking officials of the US Drug Enforcement Agency are meeting in Santo Domingo. The DEA chiefs from Washington, New York, Miami, Santo Domingo and Haiti are meeting to analyze protocols and mechanisms of assistance against drug trafficking and related crimes …

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The Dominican Republic has been self-sufficient in rice production for the past six years, El Caribe reports today. Rice is the main food staple in the Dominican Republic. An estimated 9.5 million quintals of rice are consumed every year. This means each individual consumes 52 kilos or about 114 pounds. There is a permanent reserve …

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Economist Rolando Guzman has been elected as the new president of the Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) for the term September 2011- September 2014. He replaces Miguel J. Escala. Guzman has an extensive academic and professional track record in government and in the private sector. Guzman is currently the director and coordinator of economic …

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26-year old Leidy Jimenez made the front page of El Caribe for shaving her long black hair in an expression of solidarity with Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, who is suffering from cancer. She joined a group of nine others who shaved off their hair at the Embassy of Venezuela in an expression of solidarity. “President …

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A 30 December 2009 confidential file reported to the State Department by the US Embassy, and released by Grupo SIN as part of the WikiLeaks collection of files related to the Dominican Republic, points to there being a generalized perception of a law enforcement system under the influence of drug money in the Dominican Republic. …

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The Italian authorities have seized a ton of cocaine shipped from Caucedo Multimodal Port, Dominican Republic at the port of Spezio, 78kms from Genoa. The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) say that the cocaine was shipped by the same criminal network responsible for a recent 419kg shipment (estimated market value US$13 million) packed with a …

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The Dominican Republic National Basketball Team returned to the DR after weeks training in Kentucky to train at the Palacio de los Deportes. Today, Friday, 19 August the team travels to Brazil to play in the Copa Tuto Marchand, in Foz de Iguazu, from 24-26 August against Brazil, Canada and Puerto Rico. The Brazil tournament …

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