2012 – Page 24

The State Electricity Companies (CDEEE) has announced via Twitter that the national electricity system is faced with a difficult situation at the moment as several generators are out of service. Customers on B circuits will be off for five hours a day and those on C and D will be off twice a day for …

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In a meeting held at Las Americas International Airport, representatives of the National Intelligence Department (DNI) and the police discussed public and government concerns in response to the number of robberies targeting arriving passengers on the highway from the airport and other places and confirmed they would do everything possible to protect the thousands of …

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After being formally charged by the Manhattan Public prosecutor, Dominican Yoselyn Ortega declared that she is innocent of the murder of two children in her care, six-year old Lucia and two-year old Leo Krim, on October 25 in New York City. The nanny herself was severely injured in her neck, supposedly self-inflicted, after allegedly murdering …

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The 29 national police forces that make up the Americas Police Community (Ameripol) are holding their fifth summit in Santo Domingo where they will be studying the latest advances, strategies and experiences in the fight against transnational organized crime. The head of the Dominican National Police, Jose Armando Polanco Gomez said that drug trafficking is …

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The deputy operations director of the Essential Medicines Program (Promese/Cal), Miguel Urena, says that the Dominican Republic is one of the main countries in the region where there are the highest amount of fake pharmaceuticals although the exact figures are unknown. He said that throughout the whole of Latin America between 25 and 28 percent …

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Speaking at a commemorative event for World AIDS day, headed by Vice President Margarita Cedeno, at the Presidential Palace, Dr. Victor Terrero, director of the National AIDS and HIV Council (CONAVIHSIDA), proposed a national crusade to prevent more children being born with the virus. He said that it was embarrassing and shameful that in the …

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According to researchers at the City University of New York (CUNY), as reported by the BBC, women immigrants from the Dominican Republic are living dramatically different lives in the United States compared to the ones they left behind in their country of origin, where, they say domestic violence rates are high, women are less educated …

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The Minister of Interior and Police, Jose Ramon Fadul (Monchy) says that President Danilo Medina wants the new Police force to be less repressive and more community orientated and that the commission appointed to draw up plans to reform the Police needs to demonstrate how they will restore the order which Dominican society is demanding. …

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Diario Libre quotes an unnamed source as saying that a Grand Jury in the United States that heard the case about the Dominican former army Captain, Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo (El Don) plans to meet again in the next few weeks to examine charges against a new group of suspects and to decide whether to …

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The Hostal Nicolas de Ovando, at Calle Las Damas in the Colonial City in Santo Domingo, presents live entertainment on Thursdays with Gustavo Rodriguez and his group. Happy Hour 2 x 1 drinks from 6 to 8pm. Enjoy the poolside jazz music from 6 to 10pm.