2012 – Page 249

The Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) has announced an additional 100 MW gas-powered generation plant will be installed as a temporary solution to increasing power demand. The UK firm Aggreko announced the winning of a two-year project for installation of 100 MW of gas-powered generation in the Dominican Republic. The agreement is valued at around …

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The Ministry of Sports has 34 deputy ministers on its payroll, according to a report in Hoy. The deputy ministers receive between RD$76,080 and RD$80,080 per month plus other benefits. The Minister of Sports is paid RD$122,601 per month. According to information from the Controller General Office, the Ministry of Sports has 4,780 employees and …

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Yesterday, Wednesday, 11 April, another small craft reportedly struck a reef off the northeast coast near Miches and capsized. Some local news reports mention 48 persons were on the boat that set off to sea near the community of La Vacama, some 44 kilometers from Miches. Other local news reports say that 70 people were …

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A Moca court has ordered three months preventive custody for Juan Francisco Camacho accused of shooting dead PRD activist Antonio Pena Ramos during a campaign event on Sunday, 8 April at the San Victor crossing in Moca. The tragedy led the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Roberto Rosario to call for politicians to …

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All of today’s newspapers are carrying the story of the resolution of the conflict between former baseball player Vladimir Guerrero and Major Renato Rojas Pena of the National Police. According to El Nuevo Diario, the two men reached a “friendly agreement” and the case was dropped. Bani District Attorney Constantino Beltre met with both men …

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The Fourth Collegiate Court of the National District has sentenced two Canadians to 10 years in jail for trafficking in drugs in the Dominican Republic. They were found in possession of 71 kilos of cocaine. Judges Pilar Rufino, Daniel Nolasco and Daira Medina sentenced Canadians David George Daniel Parker and Mauro Giuseppe to 10 years …

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Lawyer Jose Antonio Evangelista Pimentel was riddled by gunfire yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, 11 April in the APH Plaza parking lot on 27 de Febrero Ave. in the Piantini area of Santo Domingo, as reported in Diario Libre. He was the legal representative of the former Spanish consul, Salvador Morella Badillo. Former consul Morella had filed …

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Civil Defense authorities in the province of Santiago reported flooding in Villa Gonzalez last night, Wednesday, 11 April, after the Arrenquillo River burst its banks, and in the Hoyo de Caimito where 500 homes were flooded. Dozens of families in the Hoyo de Caimito were waiting for the waters to subside in order to return …

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Work is progressing in preparation for the Santo Domingo International Book Fair at the Plaza de la Cultura, scheduled for 18 April to 6 May. 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa’s world touring exhibition will be on display at the Santo Domingo International Book Fair. The Vargas Llosa exhibition, which has toured …

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The Dominican economy continues to be fundamentally sound, despite a March inflation rate of 0.94%, says Hector Valdez Albizu, governor of the Central Bank. He forecast that year’s end inflation would be 0.94%, and attributed this in part to an abundance of farm products and the stagnant oil prices. He said inflation for 2012 is …

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