2012 – Page 306

The Minister of the Interior and Police, Jose Ramon Fadul (Monchy) says that he will take firm action against the owners of drinking establishments and bars that disturb the public peace in residential neighborhoods. Fadul told El Caribe that any establishment that violates the sales hours established by the regulations would be shut down. He …

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An Indian national and a Dominican are implicated in the recent and on-going case of Internet hacking that affected First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez’s e-mail account as well as many other members of Santo Domingo’s economic, political and social elite. A young Dominican woman and an Indian citizen only identified as Rajat appear on …

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Brother Aristides Jimenez Richardson, the spokesman for the Pardons Commission, confirmed yesterday that the commission plenary has not received any request for a pardon from businessman Manuel Arturo Pellerano. He reiterated that the name Pellerano does not appear requesting a pardon in the requests, which have to arrive directly from the secretary general of the …

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If the price of oil averages out at US$95 a barrel this year, the Dominican Republic will have to pay close to US$5.4 billion to keep the country supplied with fuel. At present, the country is importing 154,000 barrels of oil and its derivatives a day, at a cost of US$14,630,000. During the last months …

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The Dominican Republic Industrial Association (AIRD), the Confederation of Small and Medium Companies and the Industrial Association of Herrera and the Province of Santo Domingo (AEIH) have expressed their rejection of the import of building materials for the construction of the aqueduct in the province of Peravia. Hoy newspaper says that Spanish company Abi-Karam Morilla …

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The membership of Citizen Participation has chosen lawyer Francisco Alvarez as it new coordinator general. The civil society watchdog group chose Jose Manuel Paliza, Jose Tejada, Candido Mercedes, Sonia Vargas, Samir Chami Isa and Rosalia Sosa as members of its Coordinating Committee. The election took place during the XVIII General Assembly of the organization. The …

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Dominican naval officials and other search and rescue brigades have brought in the bodies of 23 more victims and one survivor of the boat that sank off Samana last Saturday February 4. According to the official report, the number of people confirmed dead totals 47, the number of survivors is 11, and 17 are still …

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According to statistics from 2011, more than two thousand illegal trips were detected and the estimated benefits for the organizers were said to be more than RD$2 billion. In addition, out of each 100 travelers, 76 were men and 24 were women, including pregnant and disabled. All this takes place despite the fact that the …

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Mexican pop singer Cristian Castro will be appearing on stage at the Jaragua Hotel’s Teatro La Fiesta tonight Thursday 9 and tomorrow Friday 10 February. The show starts at 8:30pm. Castro is back in Santo Domingo as part of his “Mi amigo El Principe: la historia continua…” (“My friend the Prince, the story continues”) tour, …

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President Leonel Fernandez made his first visit to the mining project in Pueblo Viejo yesterday, February 7, at the invitation of the president and CEO of Barrick, Aaron Regent and the president of Barrick Pueblo Viejo, Manuel E. Bonilla. The President took the opportunity to learn about the project, which started a year ago. He …

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