2012 – Page 330

For more than three years, Fernando Antonio Burgos-Rojas managed to elude police in the Dominican Republic where he was accused of killing his girlfriend. He allegedly shot his girlfriend dead in in Licey, Santiago December 2008. He fled to the United States after the incident and had been living in Lawrence, Massachussets for at least …

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Alexander Vasquez Vasquez, aged 16, hanged himself in his room at his home in Zambrana, Cotui, bringing the total of minors who have committed suicide within a week to three. Psychiatrist Luis Berges says that one of the factors that have led to an increase in suicides amongst the young is the increase in technology. …

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According to the National Meteorology Office (Onamet), the country is currently under a high-pressure system and forecasts a low probability of showers on Wednesday and over the next few days until Saturday when a frontal system is expected to arrive. The forecasters state that most of the country can expect clear skies most of the …

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President Leonel Fernandez travels to Haiti tomorrow to inaugurate the new Universite d’Etat d’Haiti Roi Christophe Campus in Limonade, in the province of Cap-Haitien. During the visit, he will also inaugurate the new Dominican Embassy premises in Port-au-Prince, as reported in Hoy. President Fernandez’s last visit to Haiti was for President Michel Martelly’s inaugural event …

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Haitian Minister of Education Jean Claude Francois spoke yesterday at the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (Funglode) in Santo Domingo during Education Week. He was speaking as a member of a panel on Higher Education in Haiti. Francois said that the quality of higher education graduates has declined considerably in the past four decades. …

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In an interview in Listin Diario, the director of the National Council of Export Free Zones (CNZFE), Luisa Fernandez, says that the sector experienced outstanding growth in 2011. She said that exports totaled US$4.475 million, or a 17% increase compared to 2010. She said that the main growth areas in the sector were footwear and …

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The director of the Professor Juan Bosch Trauma Hospital in La Vega has announced the opening of a new area this month, with additional capacity for 16 patients at the same time. The hospital mainly treats emergency cases. Since its inauguration in 2005, it has treated 197,430 people, of whom 32,640 were admitted through the …

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While attending the inauguration of re-elected President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua in Managua, Vice President Rafael Alburquerque announced that the Latin American Financial Services (LAFISE) would install a bank branch in Santo Domingo. He said the Banco LAFISE is the leading financial group in Central America with branches in Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica, as well …

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Prior to the era of the export free zones, the Dominican Republic was famous for what was known as its “dessert economy,” according to an article in yesterday’s El Caribe. The country’s main exports were coffee, cacao and sugar. Government taxes and low export prices led to coffee and cacao plantations being abandoned, and lack …

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The mother of the late 15-year old Webster Solis announced today that on 23 November, the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) revoked the sentence that had discharged pilot Affe Gutierrez Gil and his father Rafael Gutierrez Heredia, who were accused of the murder of her son in 2005, of all penal responsibility. This was one …

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