2012 – Page 152

The Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice has annulled the convictions of Manuel Arturo Pellerano Pena and Juan Felipe Mendoza and ordered a new trial in order to carry out a new evaluation of the evidence. The court also ordered the suspension of the execution of the sentence and release under a bail …

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A jealous man, ‘machista’, very possessive, a manipulator and lacking self-assurance, can be a sign that we are facing a violent person and that if he does not seek psychological help, he might commit severe violence that ends with the murder of a woman or femicide. Luis Verges is the director of a Center for …

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Today the skies are clear and will stay that way most of the day, and no rains are forecast, meaning it will be hot, very hot. After a tropical wave crossed the country, the air mass over the territory is quite dry and there is also a high-pressure system affecting our weather. So, for the …

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Enthusiasm is high for the Dominican community in the United States milestone mass celebration on Washington D.C.’s National Monument on 28 July. The “First 100,000 Dominican Gathering” will highlight the contributions of Dominicans throughout US history. To coincide with the celebration, DANR is publishing a documentary known as the Dominican List that features the achievements …

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The UNPHU School of Architecture is inviting the public to attend a talk on a Vertical Garden on El Conde with landscaper Adolfo Gottschalk and comments by architecture professor Constanstinos Saliaris. Learn about the plan to create a vertical garden at the leading parking building on Santo Domingo’s El Conde pedestrian shopping street. Friday, 20 …

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Haffet Saba and Joyce Roy announce that Godspell, the musical will be staged at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, on 7, 8, 9 September 2012. Godspell is a musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak. It very successfully opened off Broadway on 17 May 1971, and has played in various touring companies and revivals many …

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Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa’s play, Al pie del Tamesis, directed and produced by Danilo Ginebra will be staged on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at Casa de Teatro auditorium in Santo Domingo, as of 15 November and through 16 December. Patricia Munoz and Hensy Pichardo are the leading actors with other leading roles being …

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The Dominican Republic and the United States signed three agreements on drug trafficking, security and human trafficking during a meeting between US Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano and President Leonel Fernandez on Friday, 13 July. Earlier, Napolitano signed a memorandum to put the unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance planes into operation at the residence of …

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Confused locally with an unidentified flying object, the Predator has been combing Dominican skies for about a month now since the US government assigned the hi-tech unmanned spy plane to fly the routes regularly used by drug trafficking cartels to transport drugs from Venezuela and Colombia to the Caribbean for transshipment to the United States …

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The National Police has announced that new motorized units with vehicles equipped with automatic number plate recognition systems are being assigned to 24-hour patrols along Las Americas Expressway that links Santo Domingo’s Las Americas Airport and the capital city. The cars were sent to patrol after many complaints of robberies targeting travelers on the road. …

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