2011 – Page 70

A man was arrested last night when he attempted to travel to Italy with 10 packages of cocaine hidden in his luggage. The drugs were discovered by narcotics agents from the National Drugs Control Department (DNCD) after Antonio Nunez Moore (Alex) checked his suitcase at the La Romana International Airport. He was booked on an …

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The best of Dominican basketball matches some of the best in Kentucky, as the DR national basketball team goes against a squad of Kentucky state stars. This takes the traditional Kentucky-Louisville rivalry to an international level, with one game at the Kentucky Wildcats court, and the other at the Louisville Cardinals court. On Monday, 15 …

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Relief pitcher Jose Valverde is hot. He has saved 35 games in as many opportunities this season for the Detroit Tigers. His ERA is 0.51. Valverde closed out three consecutive one-run victories Thursday through Saturday for the Tigers and leads the American League in saves. His last year signing by the Detroit Tigers was the …

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The Museum of Modern Art presents the 26th Biennial of the Visual Arts. The event features a selection of works by outstanding artists in the Dominican Republic, as well as conferences, workshops and other activities. For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see www.dr1.com/calendar  

President Leonel Fernandez visited the northwestern province of Mao yesterday to inaugurate a new campus for the state university, the Centro Universitario Regional Noroeste (Curno-UASD). The facilities cover an area of 50,982m2. Three 3-floor buildings with 54 classrooms with capacity for 1,890 students were built. The site contains science and computer labs, halls for videoconferences, …

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President Leonel Fernandez will travel to New York on 20 September to participate in the United Nations General Assembly. Diario Libre reports that he will make the most of the trip to visit other US cities. As reported, he will be traveling with several government officials, including Foreign Minsiter Carlos Morales Troncoso and Economy, Planning …

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The ruling presented by President Leonel Fernandez for the higher courts selection process and for the review of the performance of Supreme Court of Justice seeking another term was unanimously approved yesterday, but it was not released to the general public despite requests by civil society. As passed in the 2010 Constitution, President Leonel Fernandez …

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President Fernandez and the ruling party have an absolute majority in deciding who the justices of the higher courts in the Dominican Republic will be, as reported in El Caribe. The 2010 Constitution establishes that the President of the Dominican Republic acts as chair of the National Judicial Council (CNM), the body that selects the …

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The Center for Advanced Diagnostics and Tele-Medicine, CEDIMAT inaugurated a new Gamma Knife radio-surgery unit yesterday for the non-invasive treatment of brain tumors and other illnesses. The surgery is performed as outpatient treatment with minimal pain. The new technology, which delivers a dose of gamma radiation to the target with surgical precision, is said to …

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The US Government has donated three Boston Whaler powerboats to the Dominican Navy, for a total of seven donated since 2007. The Commander of the US Southern Command, General Douglas Fraser, made the announcement during a visit to the DR this week. He expressed hope that the speedboats would increase the capacity of the country’s …

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