2012 – Page 114

The Dominican Electricity Industry Association (ADIE) has confirmed the claim by Ruben Jimenez Bichara, the new executive vice-president of the CDEEE, who stated that the outstanding debt with the generators was over US$1 billion. The executive vice president of the association, Milton Morrison, told Hoy reporter Ubaldo Guzman that this amount is the result of …

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The huge new Agora Mall, which opens its doors today, has created almost 2,000 new jobs and is located in the heart of Santo Domingo’s commercial district. There is plenty of parking available and access from Abraham Lincoln or John F. Kennedy avenues provides customers with easy access. There is no doubt that the new …

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Wind Telecom is adding BBC Worldwide Channels HD channel to its programming. The channel says subscribers to the Wind Telecom HD DVR package will be able to view shows like South American Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby and Football Freestyler with Dan Magness. “This is an important step for BBC Worldwide and demonstrates the consolidation stage …

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An estimated 1,700 practicing Muslims live in the Dominican Republic, reports El Caribe. About 10-15% are Dominicans, some 200-250 people. The country’s main mosque is located on Calle Francia in Gazcue, Santo Domingo. Hamdy Mahmoud, the Imam or leader of worship at the mosque, says there are other spaces for followers of the religion in …

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In a new turn of events, the PRD secretary general met yesterday, Wednesday 22 August with PRD president Miguel Vargas Maldonado at the PRD National House in Santo Domingo. The meeting was, according to the reports in Diario Libre and other newspapers, “strictly party business.” Spokesmen for both sides of the internal struggle said that …

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Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice, Jorge Subero Isa, is warning the President that his proposed National Property Titles Strategy is unconstitutional. The former judge said that if this were to be introduced as one of the principal goals of this administration, it would undermine judicial security and property rights. The former …

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The Specialized Fuel Control Corps (Ceccom), a division of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, halted nine tank trucks carrying more than 90,000 gallons of fuel that entered the country as contraband on Tuesday 21 August. The tank trucks were intercepted at the Haina Oriental port while they were getting ready to transport the fuel, …

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Leonel Almonte, whose handling of other people’s money led to the fall of the Banco Universal in the 1980s and the end of his flamboyant playboy lifestyle, is serving a 15-year sentence in the Najayo jail. Now, a judge of the Fourth Penal Chamber of the National District has ordered the Justice Department to comply …

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Yet another flight full of repatriated former convicts from the United States landed at Las Americas International airport yesterday, Wednesday 22 August. About 60% of them were drug-related felons, and the remainder had served sentences for murder, fraud, false documents, kidnapping, robbery, assaults, sex offenses, arson and other crimes. The returning Dominicans came from penitentiaries …

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The first courtroom of the Penal Chamber of the Appeals Court of the National District has ordered the release under a bail bond of Jose Angel Gomez Canaan (Jochy), who is accused of having “hacked” some 44 e-mail accounts belonging to businesspeople, politicians, diplomats, artists and commentators. Judges Manuel Hernandez, Antonio Sanchez Mejia and Daniel …

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