2012 – Page 241

Evidence that budgets for contracted work at the Supervisory Office of Public Works of the Presidency varied considerably is presented in a front page story in Hoy today. The many times more than doubling of the original budgets for public works built when today senator Felix Bautista was the head of the Supervisory Office of …

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The beer market in the Dominican Republic consists of 21 different brands, of which 10 are produced in the country. The recent purchase of the Dominican National Brewery (Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana-CND) by Anheuser-Busch InBev, through their Dominican subsidiary AmBev Dominicana, has brought the beer market into the public eye. A billion dollars will do that. …

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One of the first businessmen to set an example for genuine corporate social responsibility, innovator Manuel Arsenio Urena died yesterday, Wednesday 18 April. He innovated in his work as founder of the Plan Sierra community mountain project, Banco Ademi for small business loans, and for kicking off the planting of macadamia nuts in the Dominican …

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The National Police have identified the killers of the lawyer who was gunned down last week in a parking lot in central Santo Domingo. Jose Antonio Evangelista Pimentel, 37, was killed in the Piantini area by a former Police corporal, Jerson Antonio Carpio Carpio, Franklin Domingo Mota Santana (El Bory or Waco), Victor Manuel de …

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A specialist at the Centro Medico Cibao reported today, Thursday 19 April that 10 people with chronic diarrhea symptoms who are being treated at the clinic have tested positive for cholera, including a woman from Tamboril who passed away. Dr. Milciades Cruz told Hoy reporter Wellington Cruz that as well as the elderly woman, two …

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The Chief of Police, Major General Jose Armando Polanco Gomez, pledged yesterday morning Wednesday 18 April that investigations into recent violent events in the capital and Santo Domingo West are moving ahead and that he hopes to provide satisfactory responses to each of these cases. Major General Polanco Gomez was referring to the violent deaths …

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Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena, created a commission yesterday, Wednesday 18 April to investigate claims of an alleged plot against PRD president Miguel Vargas Maldonado, revealed by deputies from his party. In the meantime, PRD presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia told Diario Libre that he attributed the wiretapping of politicians to desperation on the part of …

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The Navy has chosen to transfer the Navy men posted at Nisibon, La Altagracia province after a boat making an illegal trip attempt to Puerto Rico capsized last week near La Vacama. Most of the people on board were from Haiti. According to reports, three of the passengers died before boat left Dominican waters. One …

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The Santiago police have announced the prosecution of four vehicle spare parts shop owners who are accused of purchasing more than a million pesos worth of parts stolen from the Danilo Hidalgo SRL company, located on the Joaquin Balaguer Highway. The men under arrest are Antonio Betances, Lewinsky Jean Pie, an undocumented Haitian who works …

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Four Dominican engineering graduate students were part of the 12-student team that won second and third places in the 21-team Madrid Ecocity international competition held 14-15 April in Madrid. Madrid Eco City is a conference that discusses the feasibility of creating an eco-friendly city, mainly using electric or solar powered cars. The Dominicans were representing …

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