2012 – Page 292

The Cuban government is remaining totally silent about Hugo Chavez’s condition after a third surgery to remove a growth from his hip area where a cancerous tumor was removed some months ago. The new lesion is believed to be cancerous as well. The total blackout of news on Chavez has much of Latin America on …

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“Today we just tickled the Listin Diario server” according to a message left by a group with the Twitter address of @RD_Anonymous as they admitted getting into the newspaper’s server, depriving readers of access for a few hours. The group denied that it had “hacked” the website, only saying that it was the beginning of …

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The Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Dia has published an extensive article by Limarys Suarez Torres highlighting the local facilities and institutional weaknesses that make the Dominican Republic a paradise for Puerto Rican drug traffickers. The lengthy article, which is reprinted in Hoy newspaper, reveals how some 19,500 kilograms of cocaine are shipped from the …

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Dominicans are divided between the recognition that the war against drugs is costly and necessary, and issues of local sovereignty, as highlighted in a recent Americas Society report on the Fernandez government authorization to build a base in Saona, the 112km2 island in the National Park of the East. Saona is the Dominican Republic’s most …

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In its third year, the Samana Las Terrenas 5k-10K marathon will be run on Sunday, 4 March, with runners starting at 8am from Punta Popy and the Las Terrenas-El Limon road. The circuit is certified by the International Associations of Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) and has the backing of the Dominican Federation of Athletics …

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Monday February 27 is Dominican Independence Day, a national holiday. DR1 News will not be updated until Tuesday February 28. Readers can post and follow breaking news stories over the weekend on the DR1.com forums that are open 24/7. www.dr1.com/forums

Luis Miguel Pereyra, the lawyer representing First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez, announced at a press conference in his offices yesterday Thursday February 23 that he had received a certification from Danske Bank stating that she had no type of relationship with them. The information was received shortly after the Danish government informed the Dominican …

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Yesterday Thursday February 23, the ruling PLD party accused PRD presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia of being behind the allegations made by Marcos Martinez against the First Lady, Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez, about a supposed bank account containing more than 43 million euros. According to the PLD, the Danish Banking Superintendent and Danske Bank had confirmed …

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Marco Martinez, the presenter of the Diario 55 show, did not appear on his program, yesterday, Thursday February 23, after it was revealed by the Danish authorities that the First Lady, Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez was not a client of Danske Bank. Journalists in Santiago said that Martinez was not taking calls, not opening the …

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A survey carried out in the Cibao area by the Cibao Economic Center gives PRD presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia 54% of the vote as opposed to 40% for Danilo Medina, the candidate for the ruling PLD. The PRSC had 1.3% and the Alliance Party, led by Guillermo Moreno was in fourth place with 0.9%. According …

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