2011 – Page 84

As part of his visit to Brazil, PLD presidential candidate Danilo Medina met with President Dilma Rousseff at the Palacio de Planalto in Brasilia yesterday. The Brazilian government is a major financier of the Fernandez administration. The Medina campaign said that President Rousseff agrees that Medina shares many of her ideas, especially his firm conviction …

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Senasa, the governmental health provider, has announced an investigation is under way into 124 affiliates who used services for RD$254 million in a single year, as reported in Hoy. Senasa suspects complicity with medical centers. The government health provider, that has been regarded as one of the better-managed government operations for its efficiency, announced that …

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Rear Admiral Jose Roberto Munoz Mencion, whose proposed promotion to Navy chief of staff was questioned by the US Embassy in one of the recently released WikiLeaks cables, said he has a legal case under way against the US Department of State to defend his honor and reinstate his US visa that was revoked in …

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News reports have identified a woman who was murdered on Tuesday evening as 29-year old Yesenia Altagracia Rivera Figuereo. She was parked outside the Politecnico Virgen de la Altagracia on Avenida Venezuela in eastern Santo Domingo when she was shot in the neck and then the BMW she was driving was set ablaze. Police say …

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The Dominican authorities have deported Leonel Gomez Guzman (Leo/Tony) to the United States. Gomez is accused of drug trafficking and money laundering by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. He is said to be a member of an illegal network and will stand trial in Boston, together with Mexican Luis Fernando Bertulucci Castillo (El Rey), Marwan …

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The international media is reporting that the Special Ground Border Security Unit (Cesfront) has thwarted an attempt to smuggle 10 Haitian children into the Dominican Republic. Cesfront officials say a Haitian citizen who was transporting the children aged between 4 and 9 escaped after noticing the presence of soldiers in the province of Dajabon on …

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A University of Kentucky game is the next important warm-up for the Dominican basketball team. John Calipari, coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats and the Dominican national basketball team, said the Dominican team would go against NBA players who are alumni of the University of Kentucky in a match at the Rupp Arena in …

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In the ongoing 16th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Junior World Championship 2011, the Dominican team has lost to the US (3-0) but defeated host Peru (3-0). Paola Pena led Dominican Republic with 19 points in the match, next to Elizabeth Martinez with 13 points. The top Peruvian scorer was Brenda Uribe with 12 …

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Ervin Santana was on, and delivered a no-hitter and a 3-1 win for the Los Angeles Angels against the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday afternoon, 27 July. This was the first no-hitter in the seven-year career of the 28-year-old right-hander. Cleveland got a run in the opening inning, only thanks to an error. That and an …

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President Leonel Fernandez was in Moca yesterday to inaugurate the Museo Presidente Ramon Caceres, the paving of several streets in the municipality of Cayetano Germosen and the construction of a new police station, for a total investment of RD$105 million. The works were inaugurated on the occasion of the 111th anniversary of the murder of …

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