2013 – Page 107

In the two months since the new Police chief, Major General Manuel Castro Castillo, took over management of the institution, they have confiscated 105 illegal firearms during raids and another 241 in bars. They have also confiscated 46 homemade weapons and 1,306 knives. There have been 2,031 arrests of people caught in the act of …

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As he was leaving the Palacio de Justicia in Santo Domingo yesterday, Monday 9 September, the urban merengue singer, Antonio Peter de la Rosa (Omega) was arrested by police officers implementing a warrant for non-payment of child support for one of his children. He had been at the Palace where his court case for alleged …

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The National Police have arrested a US citizen accused of photographing, filming and having sexual relations with minors. Robert Williams, aged 53, from Washington State, was arrested in Guayacanes, near Juan Dolio on the south coast, where he had been living for a month after moving there from Boca Chica. He was arrested during a …

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According to unofficial information, Josef Wesolowski, the former papal envoy in the Dominican Republic who is facing an international scandal for alleged sexual abuse of minors within the country, actually left on 4 August via Las Americas airport, flying to Madrid and then on to Rome. When the scandal broke on 26 August, he was …

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The Movimiento La Multitud has said that the agreement or Concordat that Trujillo signed with the Vatican is a relic of the past that grants privileges to the Catholic Church that are no longer appropriate in today’s society. In a press release, the movement’s spokesman, Franiel Genao, said that the country should respect all faiths …

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Assistant prosecutor German Miranda Villalona has given assurances that two Colombian brothers, Huber Osvaldo Buitrago Ruiz and Angel Maria Buitrago Vacca, will not be released from preventive custody. They have been identified as heads of a gang that launders money received from drug dealing and were granted bail by a court last week. Miranda Villalona …

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The Dominican Republic’s best tennis players will play Chile in the Americas Zone Group Relegation play-off, the BNP Paribas Davis Cup. Chile is ranked 28th, the DR 44th by the Davis Cup organization. This will be only the second meeting between the two nations but Dominican Republic is hoping to improve on the last time …

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The Ministry of Culture is inviting the public to The Long Night of Museums on 21 September. On that day, museums in the Colonial City will be open for free viewing until late in the evening. This is also a great opportunity to stroll around the streets of the Colonial City. For more on ongoing …

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Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo says that Santiago’s Circunvalacion Norte bypass will be finished by February 2014. The Ministry of Public Works has set the date for the formal inauguration for 22 February. This essential roadway will ease traffic flow heading north or south of Santiago, the country’s second largest city. Cargo transport costs …

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The First Lady’s Office has announced the construction of an Integrated Disabled Care Center (CAID in Spanish) catering to people with special needs in Higuey. Monsignor Gregorio Nicanor Pena Rodriguez of the Diocese of La Altagracia made the announcement during a visit to the province by First Lady Candida Montilla and her counterpart from Panama, …

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