2012 – Page 36

A fire yesterday, Wednesday 14 November caused damage on the second floor of National Supermarket at la Lope de Vega in the Naco neighborhood in Santo Domingo. According to Vicky Malla, Social and Corporate Affairs manager at National, the fire, which started at 1:30pm, was apparently caused by a short circuit in one of the …

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According to Diario Libre, drug trafficking gangs from Colombia and Venezuela are stepping up their efforts to evade the authorities with the aim of converting the Dominican Republic into their main center for stockpiling drugs, and are trying to bring in large consignments of cocaine by sea, as the air routes have been compromised since …

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Deaths from dengue and cholera continue to rise with 30 deaths caused by dengue so far this month (November 2012), from 6,315 cases and 47 from cholera that has registered 6,622 suspected cases, 1,571 confirmed. The province of Monte Cristi is under red alert for dengue and there is a yellow alert for Santo Domingo, …

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The director of the Institute of Forensic Pathology, Santos Jimenez Paez, has confirmed that a woman’s body found in Santo Domingo’s Mirador del Norte Park is 40-year old Lourdes Valenzuela, a domestic employee who was working at the house where an 83-year old woman Teresa Batista de Vicioso, a retired pharmacist and her other maid, …

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Juan Luis Guerra is the leading finalist for the 2012 Grammy Awards, now in their 13th year. The ceremony will air live tonight, Thursday 15 November. Juan Luis Guerra has been nominated for Record of the Year (for ‘En el cielo no hay hospital’) and received two nominations as songwriter for Song of the Year …

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Manny Ramirez, the former Boston Red Sox star, delighted Aguilas Cibaenas fans with his debut with the team in Santiago last night, Wednesday 14 November. Around 20,000 fans watched Ramirez play. He had not donned the Aguilas uniform since 1994, when the MLB rejected his bid to play local ball. Unfortunately, Ramirez was not able …

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Malta Morena is sponsoring Feria Video Juegos 2, an exhibition of video games in time for Christmas. The event takes place at the Sans Souci exhibition center in Santo Domingo from 16-18 November. Tickets are 3 Malta Morena labels + RD$200. The tickets are for sale at Uepa Tickets. For more on ongoing and upcoming …

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A total of 1.8 million urban lots and 1.6 million rural agrarian plots in the Dominican Republic lack ownership titles, and to address this situation, President Danilo Medina ordered a mass registration of state property yesterday, Tuesday 13 November, especially areas where there have been agrarian reform projects and housing projects. The President’s decision is …

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Amid rising discontent with the newly passed tax hikes and lack of government accountability, President Danilo Medina is expected to travel to Spain, departing from Las Americas International Airport at 6:15pm today, Wednesday 14 November. He will be attending the XXII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government that will be held in Cadiz …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito, said yesterday, Tuesday 13 November that he had not found any “material elements or indications that committed the penal responsibility of the former President Leonel Fernandez” in the complaint filed against him by the president of the Alianza Pais political party Guillermo Moreno for supposed acts of corruption. The Attorney …

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