2012 – Page 230

The book “Oceans of ink and paper”, written by Miguel Reyes Sanchez, has won the Leon Jimenes National Book Fair Prize 2012. The annual prize awarded by the Leon Jimenes Group was presented in the Culture Salon of the National Theater and is now part of the National Book Fair. It is considered the leading …

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The Emergency Operations Center has issued new green alerts for five provinces due to the risk of floods and landslides caused by rains forecast by the National Meteorological Office (Onamet). Monte Plata, La Vega, Monsignor Nouel (Bonao), Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris) especially the lower Yuna Basin, and Sanchez Ramirez (Cotui) were on the COE …

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A new provincial hospital equipped with advanced medical technology and serving more than 200,000 people in the province of Monte Plata was formally opened yesterday, Tuesday 1 May by President Leonel Fernandez and Public Health Minister Dr. Bautista Rojas Gomez. Listin Diario reports that the hospital has 120 beds in 70 private and 40 semi-private …

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The Department of Taxes (DGII) continues to efficiently fulfill its role of collecting money for the government. The DGII reported that tax revenues were up 17% in March, or RD$2.7 billion, compared to March 2011. However, the DGII says that it fell short RD$2 billion to meet its budget for the month. Taxes for March …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) Observation Commission announced yesterday, Tuesday, 1 May that the list of observers for the election on 20 May provided by civic group Citizen Participation (PC) contained some names of people who had cases pending with the judiciary. The Commission stated that they took a sample of 1,255 from the list …

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Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena has confirmed that people in jail on remand cannot vote in the elections on 20 May. Jimenez Pena explained that the suspension of the measure that applied to people who have recently been jailed was taken for logistical reasons and stated he would agree with whatever decision was taken by …

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The Dominican Republic will cover parts of the cost of the funeral services for the Nunez Martinez family tragedy in the Bronx. El Caribe reports that contributions will come from the Ministry of Foreign Relations, the Dominican Consulate in New York, the Superintendence of Banks and the Presidency. As reported, the bodies of grandparents Ana …

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The Public Prosecutor is questioning Mercedes Batista, 20, who sold her eight-month old son for RD$100,000. She was arrested on Monday afternoon, 30 April in the Pekin sector of Santiago after various days on the run. Batista said she had to sell the child due to poverty and the lady who bought the child was …

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Following an incident during President Leonel Fernandez’ parade last Sunday, 29 April, when a man was hit by a glass bottle, Police spokesman General Maximo Baez Aybar said that there are now three people in custody. They are Juan Carlos Jimenez Rodriguez, 32, and 47 and 42 year old brothers Olmedo and Julio Cesar Marte. …

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Michael Brown, one of Britain’s most wanted confidence tricksters, who donated ?2.4m to the Liberal party, was told by Justice Alistair McCreath at Southwark Crown Court he would begin serving his sentence immediately. He was found guilty in his absence in 2008 for theft, furnishing false information and perverting the course of justice after being …

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