2012 – Page 298

The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) reports the dismantling of a narcotics sales and distribution center in the 24 April area in the capital. In total 105 people were arrested including Jose Nicanor Valdez Lopez, 29, the operator at the center together with people operating drug sales points throughout the country. Diario Libre reports that …

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According to the former president of the Dominican Cardiology Society (SDC), Jose Reyes Troncoso, the use of illegal drugs like cocaine by young people has a direct effect on the coronary arteries and causes heart problems. He warned that illegal drugs are often responsible for deaths due to heart attacks. Reyes Troncoso said that the …

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A report in Listin Diario on Saturday February 18 describes how the community of Loma del Rancho has succeeded in generating its own energy using the stream in the hills of Pinar Quemado near Jarabacoa. The micro hydroelectric system, which has 10 kilowatts of power, was inaugurated last October. It provides 45 families with a …

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This coming weekend spectacular east coast surfers’ beach Playa Macao is hosting the 2012 Macao Surf Invitational, with competitions for surfers of all ages in both male and female categories. Registration (RD$300) is from 7pm onwards on Friday February 24 at Balicana Restaurant in Los Corales, Bavaro. There will also be live music that evening, …

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Yesterday Thursday February 16, President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated seven public works in the southeastern province of San Pedro de Macoris, built at a total cost of RD$290 million. They included two housing projects, each with 96 units, two schools, an ecological park, a library and a repaired road. His first stop was at the Villa …

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Yesterday Thursday February 16, First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez announced that she was instructing her lawyers to sue Marcos Martinez, the producer of the Television program “Diario 55” from Channel Super TV55 in Santiago, who claimed that she had an account in Danske Bank, in Denmark, allegedly containing EUR43.8 million. She said that when …

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Yesterday Thursday February 16 the Ministry of Public Health closed Perfect You, a cosmetic surgery clinic in Gazcue, for operational irregularities and not complying with the quality standards laid down by the General Health Law 42-01. The clinic is in the Gazcue Medical Centre on Santo Domingo’s Bolivar Ave. According to the Public Health authorities …

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Yesterday, Thursday February 16, Barahona Public Prosecutor Dr Esteban Sanchez Diaz made a statement following an incident that involved singer Miriam Cruz, in which her bodyguard was shot. He stated that although the police had exceeded their duties, the occupants of the vehicle should have stopped at the Cabral crossing when asked to by the …

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A violent confrontation erupted yesterday, Thursday February 16, between the police and protesters trying to block the road between Moca and Jamao n which is the route to Gaspar Hernandez and Puerto Plata. The drivers were protesting because this major route is often impassable as the tarmac is deteriorating and when it rains there are …

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Residents in the Cristo Rey sector of the capital have started to cut cables and destroy their electricity meters, which were installed by Edesur to change them from a fixed tariff to a metered one. Most residents said that they do not earn enough to pay between RD$2,000 and RD$3,000 pesos for electricity, because they …

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