2012 – Page 313

The World Trade Organization (WTO), backing a complaint by Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, said that the Dominican Republic’s import tariffs on polypropylene bags and tubular fabric break global rules. The complaint was filed last October after the Dominican Republic imposed duties of up to 38% on Central American imports of the …

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Dozens of young people belonging to the National Network of Youth Action demanded yesterday that Dominican youth, together with all of society, needed to be more involved in change in the Dominican Republic. Young people from all over the country were taking part in the Second Youth Congress. Whilst laying a wreath on the tombs …

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The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) has confiscated more than 213 kilos of cocaine from a truck at the Multimodal Caucedo Port in Boca Chica. The drugs were due to be sent to Spain on the boat Valencia Express. Truck driver Felix Bejamin Reyes Amador and passenger Diomedes Antonio Diaz Beltre were both arrested. DNCD …

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Spanish police have detained 38 people thought to be involved in a plot that organizes fraudulent marriages with Dominican women, in order to legalize their status. The women were reportedly working as prostitutes in Catalonia in northeastern Spain. The investigation started in September 2010, in coordination with the public prosecutor in the Spanish city of …

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A former legislator from Puerto Rico, Ivan Rodriguez Traverzo, who is accused of corruption, was arrested in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on Tuesday afternoon. According to sources at El Nueva Dia, from the time when the judge Yzdel Ramos issued an arrest warrant on Friday, Federal Agents collaborated with state authorities and confirmed that Rodriguez Traverzo …

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Yesterday, in Santo Domingo, Judge Yovianka Estefany Brito freed Yanelis Lopez who was accused of killing her husband in Los Viages in Los Guaricanos. However, Lopez was ordered to appear before the Public Prosecutor for the next six months until the investigation is completed. The judge also instructed the accused not to go near the …

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Two ex-wives of former PRD senator for the National District, Tonty Rutinel have come forth to defend him. He faces serious charges for gender violence. Leidy Caraballo, a woman with whom he reportedly had a relationship for eight years and has a two-year old son with her, accuses him of causing an injury that required …

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According to a study of 5,000 people carried out by the Institute of Cardiology and the Dominican Cardiology and Endocrinology societies, 35% are suffering from arterial hypertension. The investigation was sponsored by the National Health Insurance (SeNaSa) and was carried out in the National District, the southern and eastern regions and the Cibao area. The …

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The representative of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) for Latin America and the Caribbean, Gemmo Lodesani, confirmed yesterday that the Dominican Republic urgently needed to combat chronic malnutrition. Interviewed on the program, “El Dia” together with the director of the WFP in the Dominican Republic, Edith Rodriguez, Lodesani said that this situation had …

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The annual round-robin tournament featuring the Winter League champions from the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, the Caribbean Series starts Thursday, 2 February at 7pm with the first of six consecutive days of doubleheaders at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo. Playing this year are: Puerto Rico’s Indios de Mayaguez, Venezuela’s Tigres de Aragua, …

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