2012 – Page 261

An officer was rewarded and commended for turning down a bribe from drug traffickers who offered him RD$500,000 at the Caucedo Multi-Modal Port in Boca Chica. Air Force second lieutenant Daniel Jose Farfan Medrano stopped three men in a truck during the early hours of 14 March at the Caucedo Multi-Modal Port facility. The men …

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The head of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) said yesterday, Wednesday 28 March, that the voluntary guilty plea by drug trafficker Jose David Figueroa Agosto in a federal court in Puerto Rico will allow the opening of another chapter of the file in which he is implicated, as he was said to have trafficked …

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Five minors between the ages of 13 and 15, including two Haitians, have confessed to the killing of seven-year old Randy Beltran de los Santos, in order to steal RD$300 pesos he had acquired begging at street lights and shining shoes. Listin Diario reports that the little boy’s body was found on Tuesday morning, 27 …

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The National Meteorological Office reported that there will be a decrease in rainfall as of today, Thursday, 29 March, but temperatures are expected to remain cooler than normal over much of the country. However, Onamet is forecasting light showers over the north, northeast, southeast and the Central Mountains. They also warned of possible flooding in …

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The Dominican national basketball team will be playing its last chance to make it to the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifier in Venezuela, from 2-8 July. The DR missed qualifying when the dream team of Charlie Villanueva (Detroit Pistons), Al Horford (Atlanta Hawks) and Francisco Garcia (Sacramento Kings) led by University of Kentucky head coach …

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The Youth Symphony Orchestra Foundation and the Ministry of Culture are sponsoring a concert by the National Youth Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday, 3 April at 8:30pm at the Fine Arts Palace (Palacio de Bellas Artes). The concert marks the 15th year of the youth orchestra with performers from all around the country directed by Maestro …

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President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated several projects in Sabana Grande de Boya yesterday, Tuesday, 27 March, including a housing project, two roads and a subsidized cafeteria, with a combined cost of some RD$100 million. Senator Charlie Mariotti thanked the President, saying that the Fernandez government had implemented so many projects that he did not want to …

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The Ministry of Higher Education (MESCyT) has published a reminder that the application deadline for scholarships for masters and doctoral programs abroad is 16 April. The government is sponsoring scholarships in: Spain: Universidad de Alcala, Universidad de Salamanca, Universidad de la Rioja, Politecnica de Cartagena, Universidad de Murcia, Escuela Universitaria de Hoteleria, Politecnica de Madrid, …

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Some 14,120 volunteers are getting ready to work during next week’s Easter Week holiday. They will be posted in key spots including the main beaches, swimming spots and main roads. These volunteers are from Civil Defense, while the Emergency Operations Center (COE) is still putting the finishing touches to its plans. El Dia reports that …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario has announced that the JCE will distribute RD$1.3 billion pesos to the political parties this week. 80% of the money will be given to the ruling PLD, the main opposition PRD and the PRSC, and the other 20% to the remaining parties. The JCE said that the PRD …

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