2012 – Page 45

Today, Monday 6 November, the Dominican Government via the Permanent Commission of Commemorative Events, together with the Provincial Government of San Cristobal and the local authority there, is holding a series of events to celebrate the 168th anniversary of the Dominican Constitution, which was signed in San Cristobal on 6 November 1844. The events include …

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The recent bilateral talks between Bahamian and Dominican Republic government have been described as positive according to the delegation leader and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Frederick A. Mitchell. He said that the Dominican government was receptive to their concerns about illegal fishing and the Dominican Navy will visit the Bahamas which they are …

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The Alianza Pais political party, led by former district attorney Guillermo Moreno, is asking the Attorney General Office to investigate former President Leonel Fernandez, former director of the Public Works Supervisory Office of the Presidency (OISOE) Felix Bautista and former Minister of Public Works Victor Diaz Rua for embezzlement and breach of trust. The minority …

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Major General Jose Sigfrido Fernandez Fadul, Rector of the National Police Specialist Institute of Higher Studies (IEESPON), has said that the National Police will be helping with the National Literacy Plan, which aims to teach more than 800,000 illiterate Dominicans to read and write. Major General Polanco Gomez stated his commitment to including the police …

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Doctors attending the Dominican Psychiatry Society XV International Congress in Bavaro this weekend (3-4 November) say that the problem of increasing violence is made worse by the lack of adequate mental health policies and a deficient judicial system, which is making the whole country live in fear and lose traditional values. The Society regretted the …

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Former chief of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), General Radhames Ramirez Ferreira did not mention names but spoke openly about what he described as the control over military decisions exercised by the Corps of Military Aides of the Presidency during the last years of the Leonel Fernandez administration. Ramirez Ferreira headed the DNCD from …

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On Saturday, 3 November, the police arrested fugitive Diomedes Moya Duran (a.k.a. Oreja or ears) who has been on the run after being sentenced to ten years in jail for belonging to a gang of murderers led by Puerto Rican drug capo Jose David Figueroa Agosto, himself responsible for several deaths. Moya Duran was convicted …

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The Police have announced that three men are in jail for the murder of former Major League pitcher Pascual Perez. The retired ball player, who was 55, was murdered in his home during a suspected attempted robbery. Perez, who during his career played with the Atlanta Braves, Montreal Expos and New York Yankees, suffered a …

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The Deputy Minister of Tourism for the eastern region, Rafael Baron Duluc, says that the Ministry will continue to check businesses operating in Bavaro-Punta Cana, by inspecting equipment and ensuring they are not illegal. They have already closed the Delfines del Mar Azul, Funny Acuatica and the Hotel Barcelo Dominican Beach water sports operations as …

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Minister of Public Health Freddy Hidalgo Nunez has confirmed reports of a cholera outbreak in Moca with at least 323 people being treated for cholera symptoms the Toribio Bencosme hospital in the last four days. So far 24 people have been hospitalized. The Minister said that it had been necessary to guard the banks of …

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