2013 – Page 105

The Armed Forces Minister, Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez says that there will be more announcements sending generals to retirement. He said that the new Armed Forces bill establishes a six-year timeframe to reduce the number of generals to one for each 1,000 members of the Armed Forces. At the moment there are 112 generals of …

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Speaking at a ceremony yesterday, Tuesday 10 September, as the United States embassy was handing over US$100,000 in equipment donations, the chief of the National Police, Major General Manuel Castro Castillo announced that 1,000 new police officers will be on the streets by the end of the month as part of the second phase of …

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The Dominican Republic will shortly have a ballistic and biometric laboratory that will enable the Police to check the property ownership history of firearms owners, and will be linked to the firearms data held by the Ministry of Interior and Police. The Director and Deputy Director of the laboratory, Antonio Valerio and Samuel de Moya, …

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According to a US Department of Defense press release, the Dominican Republic is among 15 nations taking part in the most enduring maritime exercise within US Southern Command’s area of responsibility. On Monday 9 September, Marine Corps General John F. Kelly, the Southcom commander, joined Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon and other regional defense …

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The leading Canadian apparel company, Gildan formally inaugurated its Las Americas II manufacturing plant at the Las Americas Industrial Park yesterday, Tuesday 10 September. It employs 800 workers. The company has plans to open another factory in San Pedro de Macoris in November. Gildan employs 2,200 people in its Las Americas I and Las Americas …

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A Florida-based treasure hunting company has discovered a 450-year old shipwreck off the Dominican coast, whose cargo includes the single largest cache of 16th Century pewter tableware ever discovered. The ship, now known as the Punta Cana Pewter Wreck was also carrying unique and valuable artifacts including some extremely rare Spanish silver coins from the …

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Global cocoa sustainability experts and practitioners will be meeting in Santo Domingo on 15-16 October 2013 for the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) 24th Partnership Meeting and Cocoa Sustainability Trade Fair. More than 300 guests representing the chocolate and cocoa industry, governments, NGOs, academia, and research institutes from Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Africa, Asia …

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Two of the quintuplets born in Villa Mella over the weekend of 7-8 September, a boy weighing 1lb 12oz and a girl weighing 3lb 7oz, have died of brain and pulmonary hemorrhages. The other three are under the care of Dr. Katy Rodriguez, who is the head of the Neonatal Unit. The mother of the …

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At dawn yesterday, Tuesday 10 September, the Navy intercepted a boat on the high seas, taking 98 Haitians to Puerto Rico. The 35-foot boat was being captained by two Dominicans. The group comprised 76 men and 22 women, several of whom were pregnant. This brings the number of Haitians captured whilst crossing the Mona Channel …

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Assistant prosecutor Bolivar Sanchez, who is leading the investigation into the pedophilia accusations against former Vatican ambassador in the Dominican Republic Jozef Wesolowski from Poland told El Caribe that three more minors were questioned in connection with the case yesterday, Tuesday 10 September. He said that the victims include two 13-year olds and one 18-year …

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