2012 – Page 23

Today, Friday, 30 November the leading Dominican ice cream manufacturer, Bon has a special anniversary offer on a pint of their delicious ice cream, in pre-packaged format for RD$40. The price commemorates the 40th anniversary of the company founded by the Moreno Portalatin family 40 years ago. The super price is valid for their traditional …

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Thousands of Dominicans come home for Christmas from Spain every year. This year they face extra difficulties due to Iberia employees’ planned strike between the 14th and 21st of December, key travel days for the holiday season. Unions representing almost 90% of employees at the Spanish airline Iberia have announced a series of 24-hour strikes …

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28-year old engineer Francina Hungria, who was shot in the face by an armed robber, is receiving financial assistance from San Juan de la Maguana senator Felix Bautista. The controversial senator is covering the cost of taking her to Miami, Florida where specialists at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami will …

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Early this morning, Friday 30 November, the National Police foiled an attempted robbery at Bondelic Bakery on Av. Sarasota, in Bella Vista in Santo Domingo. As reported in El Caribe, business owner Deisyi Velazco said that six heavily armed men entered the bakery, disarmed the watchmen and searched the shop. She said her husband and …

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The Police has identified 28-year old Martin Ventura and 21-year old Simone Arisleidy Pena as the couple murdered on Wednesday, 28 November as the woman was holding her baby. The 16-month old baby was splattered with the blood of the parents. After the crime, residents in Calle Curazao on the corner of Masoneria in Ensanche …

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DNCD drug control agents at the Caucedo Multimodal Port have announced the confiscation of 12 kilos of cocaine found in a package placed in barrels laden with pineapple juice that were being shipped to Puerto Rico. The military security at the port noticed that the ship Maersk Walvis Bay had started the trip in Manzanillo, …

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The Permanent Attention Court of the National District has sent Roberto Quezada (Compa) to La Victoria jail, suspected of the murder of an elderly couple and their two employees on 13 November in Santo Domingo’s Evaristo Morales neighborhood. Quezada was the last of five suspects arrested by the Police and accused of the quadruple murder …

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One of the most popular merengue acts of all times, Tono Rosario is booked for the Jet Set nightspot in Santo Domingo on Monday, 3 December as of 9:30pm. He is best known for his tracks Controla tu loco, Disculpame, Beso a beso, Estupida, Kuliquitaca, Resistire, Abuu, Volver a empezar, Don’t worry, Tu Maestro. For …

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Tax Department (DGII) director Guarocuya Felix says that the goal is to provide 10,000 shops next year with devices that connect their cash registers to the tax bureau. Small businesses with sales under RD$50,000 will receive small monthly deductions for the installation of the system. The DGII says that it is granting a 100% tax …

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The Ministry of Education and the Constitutional Court have agreed to add the Constitution to the educational curriculum at primary and middle school levels through seminars, discussions and workshops. The agreement was signed by the Minister of Education, Josefina Pimentel and the president of the Constitutional Court, Milton Ray Guevara, who both said that it …

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