2012 – Page 104

Traffic would flow much more effectively if street signage were improved, according to a report in El Caribe. The newspaper points out that as well as the problems of potholes, most streets and avenues of Santo Domingo lack horizontal signals that define the traffic lanes and the pedestrian crossings. During a trip around the city …

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Three men stabbed and killed a young musician, 23-year old Jose Carlos Hernandez in the early hours of Sunday 2 September in Santo Domingo. Hernandez was the son of late merengue singer Jochy Hernandez and television presenter Maria del Carmen Hernandez. Some versions of events suggest that a woman confused Hernandez with one of her …

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Five of sixteen workers remain hospitalized with second and third-degree burns after a leaking propane tank exploded and destroyed one of the kitchens at the Grand Paradise Amhsa Marina Hotel in Bavaro in the province of La Altagracia. Eleven of the employees were treated and released but five are still in the hospital. While the …

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The Appeals Court of the National District (DN) has confirmed the sentences of five members of a group of suspected hitmen linked to Puerto Rican drug trafficker Jose David Figueroa Agosto. Thirty-year sentences, the maximum under Dominican Penal Law, were given to Jose Anibal Hidalgo Garcia (Molmo), Jose Miguel Rodriguez Almonte and Winston Antonio Rodriguez …

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Tropical storm Leslie is passing north of the Dominican Republic and is expected to bring swell and rain storms, mainly to the east coast (from Samana to Cap Cana), the Samana peninsula and the north coast. The Weather Department (Onamet) has alerted boats in the area to the weather conditions. The side effects of the …

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Two-time Dominican Olympic gold medal winner Felix Sanchez had a good day at the Berlin Olympic Stadium on Sunday, 2 September at the IAAF World Challenge Meeting. Sanchez won the event with a time of 48.89, defeating runners-up Leford Green of Jamaica and Michael Bultheel of Belgium. www.iaaf.org/Mini/IWC12/Results/ResultsByEventIWC.aspx?/eventCode=4934/sex=M/discCode=400H/result.html#M400H www.iaaf.org/Mini/IWC12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=67682

Casandra Damiron was best known as “la soberana,” (the sovereign) when for many years she royally performed merengue music and dance. In her honor, the association of entertainment reporters (Acroarte) with the sponsorship of Presidente beer created the Casandra Awards in 1985, with the grand prize of “El Soberano” awarded to the best artist of …

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The “Voices and Colors of the Dominican Republic” concert is organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The concert will take place at the Gran Teatro Regional del Cibao on Thursday, 20 September at 8:30pm. The production by Ania Paz brings together representatives of many foreigners living in the …

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The official Presidential photo is a tradition that has been followed in the Dominican Republic that goes back as far as living memory. When a President served for more than one term, the photograph seemed to be frozen in time, as in the cases of President Joaquin Balaguer and President Leonel Fernandez, whose photos did …

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President Danilo Medina appointed the members of the Monetary Board yesterday, Thursday 30 August. They are Hector Rizek Llabal, Ramon Nunez Ramirez, Cesar Nicolas Penson, George Manuel Hazoury and Emilio de Luna Peguero, who were confirmed. He added former Minister of Industry and Commerce, Manuel Garcia Arevalo. In the economic team, President Medina also appointed …

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