2012 – Page 257

The Easter Week recess began with the sad news that five people were killed and two seriously injured in an automobile accident in Neyba, in the southwest. The accident took place on the highway between Galvan and Cerro en Medio, yesterday, Monday, 2 April. The victims, all young people, died when the Infinity SUV they …

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Alfredo Echevarria Diaz (Gallito) and/or Luis Sabar Diaz (Cama Tagua), who is accused of 16 murders, was apprehended yesterday, Monday, 2 April, four months after he staged a spectacular escape from custody at the Palace of Justice in Ciudad Nueva in the National District. The authorities said that the fugitive committed five contract killings while …

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The British Embassy and the Ministry of Culture present an exhibition of large format photographs commemorating the upcoming July 2012 London Olympic Games at the open gallery of Parque Independencia in the Colonial City. The exhibition, “Towards the Olympic and Paralympic Games London 2012” is on display on the perimeter fence of the Santo Domingo …

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The Ministry of Tourism has issued Resolution No. 96/2012 announcing its annual ban on the use of jet ski/wave runners, motorized boats, horses, motorcycles and motorized vehicles on beaches nationwide from Thursday 5 April to Sunday, 8 April, the busiest days of the Easter Week holiday in the Dominican Republic. The Ministry does allow the …

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With a month and a half to go before the campaign close date, the political parties received a boost with the Central Electoral Board (JCE) awarding RD$1.4 billion of taxpayer money to finance political campaigns. Secretary General Ramon Hilario Espineira and financial director Diomedes Ogando of the JCE delivered the checks. The PRD was awarded …

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PRD presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia has announced he will be in Miami and New York for campaign activities through Thursday. In addition to meeting with supporters, in New York he is scheduled to meet with former New York governor George Pataki. The ruling PLD candidate Danilo Medina is booked for campaign activities in New York, …

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Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez succeeded in getting political candidates to sign a civility pact at the Pontificia Universidad Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) on Friday, 30 March. Hipolito Mejia (PRD), Danilo Medina (PLD), Eduardo Estrella (DxC) and Max Puig (APD) all signed the agreement. The Pact for an Electoral Campaign based on Proposals (Pacto por una …

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The latest Greenberg-Diario Libre poll confirms that the 20 May presidential election will be tight. The poll showed former President Hipolito Mejia (PRD) leading with three points over Danilo Medina (PLD), 49% to 46%. Nevertheless, when voters were asked who they would vote for if the presidential election were to be held today, the vote …

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A paid advertisement with the result of a voter survey by JZ Analytics is published in Hoy today. The poll says that 49% of those interviewed said they would vote for the PRD candidate, former President Hipolito Mejia, and 44% for Danilo Medina of the PLD. The paid advertisement reminds readers that in 2008, Zogby …

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Last week leading PLD members rallied to defend their party’s organizational secretary, senator Felix Bautista against accusations of corruption involving work by his construction companies in Haiti. Bautista was a struggling tailor in his hometown San Juan de la Maguana before the election of President Leonel Fernandez. His close ties to the President have led …

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