2012 – Page 274

According to a poll by Spanish company Insight, PLD presidential candidate Danilo Medina will receive 49.8% in the 20 May elections while Hipolito Mejia, the PRD candidate, would receive 42.6%. The figure for Medina would be increased by 1.3% including the votes for the PRSC. Luis Rojo, representing the polling company, said that the research …

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The National Drug Control Department says it has not established the identity of the owner of the 807.4 kilos of cocaine that were confiscated at dawn in a container at the Caucedo Multimodal Port on Wednesday, 14 March. Diario Libre reports that the DNCD arrested Navy second lieutenant Sandy de Leon Melendez, who was stripped …

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Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Jose Espinal Munoz, aged 42, was arrested on Wednesday, 14 March in connection with the decommissioning of 409 lbs of marijuana in Neiba. He was traveling in a Mitsubishi that was being followed by members of G-2 after evading two checkpoints on the Jimani n Neiba road, and upon realizing …

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Hoy reports that the Ministry Of Public Health closed two beauty salons on Thursday, 15 March, both in the National District, for operating without the correct permits and for failing to comply with General Health Law 42-01 rule 1138-03. The first salon to be closed was “Efecto Brush”, which carries out non-invasive procedures and is …

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Rafael Anibal Castillo, aged 75, was arrested by Sosua police yesterday after beating Frankin Gutierrez, aged 40, to death in Sosua. Castillo said that he had won the lottery in Loma del Chivo in Sosua and was followed home by Gutierrez who then tried to take his RD$6,000 winnings. Castillo said he had to defend …

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Antonio Peter de la Rosa, better known as “Omega” or “El Fuerte”, spent another night in police custody last night, Thursday, 15 March. He is accused of attacking a Univision cameraman, Cesar Serra, and a journalist, Yelena Solano when leaving the Cassandra award ceremony on Tuesday night. The public prosecutor has given Univision until today …

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El Dia reports that a dead humpback whale was sighted in the bay in Puerto Plata yesterday evening, Thursday, 15 March. It was originally spotted earlier in the day in front of the Playa Dorada tourist resort, from where it was towed out to sea so that the smell of decay would not affect the …

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Now in its 14th year, the Muestra Internacional del Cine will be held in Santo Domingo, this time from 15 to 24 March. Films from 20 countries will be shown. The festival opens on 14 March with the screening of My Grandfather (Mi abuelo), a Dominican film directed by Albert Xavier. On the opening evening, …

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President Leonel Fernandez met with legislators from his own party, the PLD, yesterday evening Wednesday March 14 to discuss the country’s economic situation and the need to maintain economic discipline. He also went over the legislative agenda, especially the proposals submitted by the Executive Branch. Presidential Minister Cesar Pina Toribio told reporters from El Nuevo …

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Luis Bonilla, board member of the National Confederation of Farm Producers, said that imports approved by the government, especially during harvest times, are the farming sector’s worst enemy. He added that these imports are directly administered by Presidential Minister Luis Manuel Bonetti and handled by the Ministry of Agriculture. Bonilla said that the current situation …

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