2012 – Page 189

A Cosanca company tanker laden with 10,000 gallons of fuel oil veered to the side and blocked traffic on two lanes in each direction of the Duarte Highway yesterday, Monday 11 June. As reported, the driver lost control and the tanker fell sideways, obstructing traffic on the highway yesterday and causing hour-long traffic jams. The …

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The authorities have seized £241,605 (pounds sterling) that was going to be brought into the country without being declared in Customs. Guillermina Polanco Herrera had arrived at Las Americas International Airport (AILA) on an Air Europa flight when customs officers discovered the large amount of cash in her luggage and informed the DNCD. Domingo Burgos …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) says that the low-pressure trough over Haiti will bring some humidity and possible showers, but that high temperatures will continue to dominate the weather in the Dominican Republic. The east/southeasterly winds will continue to pump heat over the country, but scattered showers are expected over the Central Mountains and in …

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Dominican guitarist Roger de la Rosa has won the prestigious four-year Michel Camilo-Berklee College scholarship. The scholarship also has funding from Orange Dominicana. Other Dominican musicians winning partial scholarships are percussionist Vladimir Norberto, flautist Gabriela Gomez (sonata for flute by Poulenc, Angel Eyes), guitarist Radhames Acosta (gaga mixed with Coltrane and All the Things You …

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Starting in mid-July, Esta noche con Mariasela will be back on Channel 9, Color Vision with a 10:30-11:30pm program every day. She promises a change from her previous TV show, which ran until 2005 when she moved to Spain with her husband, hotelier Alberto Pino and lived there for seven years working in Spanish TV …

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The Commissioner for Dominican Culture in the United States announces a talk on the Impact of Mega-Mine Methods to Extract Gold in the Ecology of the Dominican Republic, and another on the Gautier Cement Plan for San Pedro de Macoris on Friday, 15 June 2012 at 6:30pm. The event will take place at 541 W …

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The 2012 FIVB World League, the men’s equivalent of the women’s Grand Prix volleyball competitions, will be played 15 June to 17 June at the Ricardo Arias Volleyball Pavilion in Santo Domingo. The event is being held in 16 countries from 18 May to 8 July 2012. Pool A is competing in Santo Domingo with …

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President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the cold storage and fresh produce distribution center, Merca Santo Domingo on Wednesday, 6 June. The government said it cost RD$5 billion. Diario Libre, nevertheless, reports that MercaSanto Domingo will not begin operations until the end of the year. President Fernandez said the operation would benefit more than three million inhabitants. …

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President Leonel Fernandez reopened the Palacio de Voleibol Ricardo Arias at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center in Santo Domingo on Wednesday 6 June. Volleyball Federation president Alexis Garcia attended the event, along with Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, first vice president of the FIVB and Norceca, and the Dominican volleyball team that qualified to play in …

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The executive vice president of the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEEE), Celso Marranzini is calling for a restructuring of the boards that oversee the electricity systems in the Dominican Republic, as reported in Hoy. He said that the government currently funds seven boards, each with seven members, or 49 members at a very high cost, aside …

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