2012 – Page 158

JetBlue Airways announced it will begin flights into the El Catey International Airport (AZS) in Samana starting 14 November 2012. A roundtrip promotional fair of US$369 is available online. Fabeth Martinez, executive director of the Association of Hotels and Tourism of Samana (AHETSA) credited the new flight to joint efforts of the association, the Tourism …

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According to judicial sources, last night, Tuesday 10 July, Jose Angel Gomez Canaan (Jochi), the son of television producer Guillermo Gomez, was arrested in a friend’s apartment where he was hiding. According to the same source, Gomez had been hiding to avoid being arrested for accusations of hacking the email accounts of around 30 important …

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A British woman, Nicole Jayne Melhuish, 37, driving a Toyota SUV ran over her partner Miguel Antonio Francisco Reyes, 37, who was driving a Yamaha 125 motorcycle at the entrance to Cofresi, Puerto Plata yesterday, Tuesday 10 July, causing his death. According to witnesses, following what appeared to be an argument, she ran him over …

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The National Police says that the robbers who broke into Unipollo poultry factory in La Vega last week left with a safe filled with company papers, two rifles, two laptop computers, three cell phones, but no cash. The Police says the robbers did not notice a bank bag with RD$150,000 pesos in the administrative office, …

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An earthquake of 4.2 on the Richter scale was felt this morning at 5:11am in the capital and eastern provinces, although so far no damage has been reported. According to the Seismology Institute at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) the epicenter was 24 kilometers northwest of Hato Mayor and 24 kilometers north west …

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Dominican Melky Cabrera won the Most Valuable Player distinction in Major League Baseball’s All Star Game on Tuesday, 10 July. Cabrera singled during a five-run first inning against Justin Verlander and launched a two-run homer in the fourth against Matt Harrison for the 8-0 win of the National League. Cabrera is the San Francisco Giant’s …

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A documentary that opens in US cinemas on Friday that focuses on scouting corruption and exploitation and at the same time seeks to answer the question of why Dominicans are so good at baseball is making headlines in the United States. Already, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig has gone to the Boston Red Sox …

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On Wednesday, 25 July, the Youth Philarmonic of the Dominican Republic will be on stage at the National Theater’s Carlos Piantini Hall at 8:30pm. This is a benefit for the Fundacion Juan Manuel Taveras of the Plaza de la Salud. Tickets: RD$1,200, RD$800, RD$500 and RD$300. A free performance is scheduled for Thursday, 26 July …

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The Canadian Circus Group Cirque Eloize will be back in Santo Domingo and Santiago for performances of their show ID from 15-19 August at the National Theater (Santo Domingo) and 24-26 August at the Gran Teatro del Cibao (Santiago). The event is being promoted by Grupo Acego. Cirque Eloize was in Santo Domingo last year …

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President Leonel Fernandez and First Lady and Vice President-elect Margarita Cedeno met with Jean Louis Debre, the president of the Constitutional Council of France in Paris last week to discuss cooperation agreements for the Constitutional Court, the National School of the Magistracy and the Supreme Court of Justice, Dominican ambassador in France Laura Faxas told …

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