2012 – Page 251

The management of channel 55, a local TV station in Santiago has taken Diario 55 off the air, the show produced and hosted by Marcos Martinez. Last month the reporter announced on the show that he had information concerning the First Lady’s alleged bank account in Denmark. The owner of channel 55 confirmed that the …

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A Romanian citizen, Theodor Doru, has been arrested by Interpol in Puerto Plata, where he was out on bail for allegedly having swindled a fellow Romanian. He was being sought by his country’s authorities for stealing money from the European Union when he was president of Teofarm SA, for which he was sentenced to five …

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If you haven’t done so already, plan on visiting the Atarazana lane restaurants on Friday and Saturday evenings to watch the folklore and live entertainment at the Plaza de Espana in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City. Sit down for dinner and watch the show. The event, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism, is held …

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President Leonel Fernandez decorated Dr. David A. Lanning with the order of Christopher Columbus at the Presidential Palace yesterday. Dr. Lanning directed a team of 20 physicians who successfully separated cojoined twins Maria Teresa and Teresa Maria Tapia Sanatis at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System on 7 November …

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The Dominican Republic is being commended, along with Rwanda, Afghanistan and Cambodia, as one of the nations that has significantly reduced maternal mortality rates. The United States Congress will present the awards later this month according to El Dia newspaper. Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez says that the maternal death rate in 2004 was …

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In the second half of the year, Barrick Gold is scheduled to start operations in the Pueblo Nuevo mine, which will represent RD$967 million in revenue for the state for the payment of net smelter return (RNF). According to the Ministry of Hacienda, the RNF is a payment that Pueblo Viejo will make, representing 3.2% …

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Transport Reorganization Office (Opret) deputy director Leonel Carrasco reported on Monday, 9 April that the Metro 2 would be providing free transport for passengers attending the XV International Book Fair at the Plaza de la Cultura that opens 18 April. People can get on Metro 2 at the Kilometer 9 station on the Duarte Highway, …

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As the 20 May presidential elections approach, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) started its training program for the delegates of the political parties yesterday, Monday 9 April. Meanwhile, the United States ambassador in the Dominican Republic, Raul Yzaguirre said that his country would contact the Organization of American States (OAS) to verify the voting next …

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The Benenson Strategy Group 27-30 March poll has ruling PLD party candidate Danilo Medina leading PRD party Hipolito Mejia 48%-40%. The poll says that 12% of Dominicans eligible to vote in the 20 May 2012 are still undecided about how to vote, when considering those two. The margin of error is 2.83%. 1,200 eligible voters …

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A total of 43 women have been killed in three months. In the month of March alone, 19 women were killed in the Dominican Republic. The average age of the victims was 26. One of the most recent victims, who was just 21 was shot dead by a 47-year old man in Villa Tapia, along …

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