2012 – Page 83

Businessman Carlos Lama Seliman has been ordered to pay RD$75 million in an ongoing fraud case being heard in Santiago. Lama Seliman recently returned to the country, after being deported from Colombia where he had fled Dominican justice. He is accused of fraud worth RD$120 million against several companies. Judge Josefa Disla of the Penal …

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Dominican singer-composer Juan Luis Guerra headed the Latin Grammy nominations with six, followed by Jesse & Joy who garnered five nominations in the announcement ceremony that took place at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles. Guerra is nominated for Best Song of the Year for either one of two songs: El cielo no hay hospital …

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Tickets are already for sale for the concert marking 10 years in show business by Wason Brazoban scheduled for 17 November at the Sans Souci Marina in Santo Domingo. Tickets are for sale at Uepa Tickets, Hard Rock Cafe, Nacional and Jumbo supermarkets. Tickets are RD$1,000 general admission and RD$2,000 VIP. See what Billboard has …

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Puerto Rican duo R.K.M & Ken-Y will take the stage of the Oro Discotheque at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Punta Cana this coming Saturday, 29 September. The reggaetton duo is best known for their romantic songs. They have sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. Tickets are for sale at the hotel and …

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President Danilo Medina traveled to the United States on Sunday, 23 September to participate in the United Nations 67th General Assembly in New York City. He took a regular flight (Delta 494) accompanied by his wife, First Lady Candida Montilla. He is expected to return on Wednesday, 26 September. The official delegation includes Minister of …

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President Danilo Medina and Alicia Barcena, the director of the Latin American Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) have announced that key ECLAC officials will be visiting the Dominican Republic next week to offer technical assistance to the government about tax reform and other economic matters. During a meeting at the United …

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The Minister of Agriculture Luis Ramon Rodriguez has announced that President Danilo Medina ordered all state-owned land in rural areas to be transferred from the various state organizations to the Dominican Agrarian Institute (IAD) so that titles can be issued in the names of the beneficiaries. He said that much of the country’s rural and …

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Following reports from the United States exposing the presence of arsenic in rice, Minister of Agriculture Luis Ramon Rodriguez has guaranteed that there is no toxicity in the rice sold in the Dominican Republic. He issued a statement saying that Dominican consumers have nothing to fear when consuming the rice on sale in the country, …

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When President Danilo Medina left for New York to attend the United Nations’ Assembly, Vice President Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez was left in charge of the country. Now, the spouse of the former President, Leonel Fernandez Reyna is the acting President, but his title does not have a name as there has not been a …

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In order to mark the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the Distance Learning Center, CENAPEC on 22nd September, 3,240 graduates received their awards during a ceremony held at the Great Hall in the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. The Executive Director of CENAPEC, Ramon Sosa Alcantara, gave the welcome address saying that so far …

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