2012 – Page 295

PLD national election manager Danilo Diaz held a press conference yesterday Tuesday February 21 in which he declared that recent statements by Radhames Gomez Sanchez, the director of online newspaper elsiglo21.com, were lies which he could easily disprove. He revealed that the IP address, 70.38 71.85, revealed by elsiglo21.com actually belonged to the PLD and …

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Lawyer Luis Miguel Pereyra, representing PLD vice presidential candidate Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez, said yesterday Tuesday February 21 that he was preparing the suit for defamation and injury against Santiago lawyer Marcos Martinez. Listin Diario quotes him as saying that it was not a question of a simple complaint about what Martinez had done, but …

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Two more surveys have placed PLD presidential candidate Danilo Medina in the lead for the forthcoming elections. During presentations at the Holiday Inn in Santo Domingo, Hamilton Campaigns, a US research company represented by David Beattie, said that Danilo had 50% of the vote while Hipolito Mejia (PRD) has 45%. According to acento.com.do, he confirmed …

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The 20 May presidential elections will cost almost RD$2 billion, due to the fact that as well as electing the President and Vice President, seven overseas deputies will also be elected. El Dia reports that this sum includes the electoral budget for the Central Electoral Board (JCE), which will cover the costs of the process …

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Yesterday Tuesday February 21, PRSC General Secretary Ramon Rogelio Genao announced that former Santiago mayor Enrique Sued had been expelled from the party for his opposition to the electoral alliance with the PLD. He said that he would shortly be sending a note to Sued telling him that he no longer belonged to the party …

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The court of appeal in San Pedro de Macoris has released four Venezuelans who were convicted and sentenced to thirty years by a court in Higuey for cocaine smuggling. Those released were Kene Mendez, Gustavo Arnaiz, Franklin Antonio Armada and Barbara Susana, who were arrested in December 2009 after landing at Punta Cana International Airport …

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El Dia reports that the national Drug Control Agency (DNCD) is investigating whether the three million counterfeit dollars seized earlier this week in Mata de San Juan in Santo Domingo North, would have been used to pay for cocaine. Roberto Lebron, DNCD spokesman said that the DNCD’s action had prevented a bloodbath that would have …

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Two shotguns were stolen from the police headquarters in Santiago earlier this week, reports El Nacional. When the room used to store the weapons was checked on Tuesday morning, February 21, it was discovered that two were missing and there was a hole in the wall. Station commander General Francisco Romer Lopez has launched an …

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Steven Swank, the CEO of Caribbean Casino Gaming Corp announced that his company is planning to open more casinos in the Dominican Republic following a recent visit. He emphasized that the new projects were “in the works” and in no way wished to confirm that they would come to fruition without further negotiation, due diligence …

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Nobel Prize for Literature Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s only play, “Diatriba de amor contra un hombre sentado” (Diatribe of Love Against a Seated Man), will be staged at the the Sala Ravelo in Santo Domingo’s National Theater this weekend Friday, 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 February. The play, a 90-minute, one-woman comedy, is directed …

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