2012 – Page 244

Due to the fact that many experts are predicting some very “tight” voting on 20 May, or an election whose results will be separated by a very narrow margin, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has taken every precaution to ensure that no political party or presidential candidate can allege electoral fraud, says president of the …

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The Ministry of Public Health confirmed yesterday, Monday, 16 April, that 231 cases of suspected cholera have been reported in Santiago. Nevertheless, Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez reported that the preliminary results of the lab tests carried out on samples from the patients who were hospitalized with diarrhea in Tamboril were negative and that these patients …

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Apple said today, Tuesday, 17 April, that its third-generation iPad, released in the US and nine other countries on 16 March will go on sale in the DR starting 20 April. Sales were released concurrently for Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St. Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela. The lowest cost model sells for …

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Lack of authority, negligence by parents, sexual, physical and verbal abuse are all ingredients that can lead a minor to end up with problems with the law. The Dominican Family Institute (IDEFA) says that for this to occur, along with social factors, the family is the primary place for the treatment of these individuals. “Criminals …

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The Attorney General of the Republic, Radhames Jimenez Pena has asked the District Attorney for the National District, Yeni Berenice Reynoso, to conduct a thorough and in-depth investigation into the complaint made by the governments of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Both countries are accusing retired colonel Pedro Julio (Pepe) Goico Guerrero of involvement in …

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The story of national hero Colonel Rafael Tomas Fernandez Dominguez is being presented at the Governor’s Office in La Romana until 11 May. He is remembered for his efforts to restore the constitutional government of then President Juan Bosch, who was overthrown in 1963. The exhibition is being organized by the Association of Private Schools …

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The Second Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice yesterday, Monday, 16 April ordered the extradition to the United States of Oscar Ezequiel Rodriguez Cruz, the president of the political movement in support of PRD candidate Hipolito Mejia, “Renacer con Papa”. Rodriguez Cruz will be tried for drug trafficking in a court in Massachusetts. …

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Three people were killed and one was wounded in two separate incidents, an armed robbery at a pharmacy in Santiago and a shooting of a loan shark in La Romana, according to newspaper reports. In Santiago, a former Police sergeant and an alleged criminal died after a shootout in Ensanche Bermudez. The former sergeant was …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) has lowered the alert levels for flooding and instructed the rescue agencies and Civil Defense to carry out preventive evacuations in case it is necessary in Santiago, the only province still on red alert. The COE placed special emphasis on the areas affected by the Yaque River below the Tavera …

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Major League Baseball’s Colorado Rockies announced the start of construction of their state-of-the-art Dominican Republic Academy on 14 April in Jubey, Boca Chica, less than half an hour’s drive from Santo Domingo. Most MLB teams have baseball academies in the DR where they nurture the baseball stars of the future. Once completed by summer 2013, …

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