2013 – Page 159

A son of Dominican immigrants, Tom Perez was confirmed by the US Senate as the new Secretary of Labor yesterday, Thursday 18 July. President Barack Obama proposed Perez, an assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, as Labor secretary in March. Perez, 51, was born in Buffalo, New York and has a law degree …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has announced the seizure of 1,317 full-sized marijuana plants, weighing 489 pounds. The plantation was located in Loma del Cateye, in the province of Peravia (Bani). At a press conference, DNCD spokeswoman Jacqueline Lamarche said that the DNCD president himself, Major General Julio Cesar Souffront Velasquez, had traveled to …

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The National Police has announced the arrest of three men who are accused of check fraud. They include Victor Rafael Pena Soto (alias Saoco), a resident of Santo Domingo’s Espaillat neighborhood, who is described by the Police as one of the main check forgers in the capital city. The others arrested in the operation were …

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New chief of the Police, Major General Manuel Castro Castillo invited New York Yankees and World Baseball Classic star baseball player Robinson Cano to a meeting with community leaders in Villa Mella, Santo Domingo North municipality yesterday, Thursday 18 July. Cano spoke to the young people, encouraging them to live productive lives. Around 400 representatives …

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Dominican jockey Joel Rosario was honored in Los Angeles yesterday, Thursday 17 July and named the Outstanding Jockey of 2013. He received the ESPY Award for Top Jockey during the event hosted by Capital One at the Nokia Theater. This year Rosario has won the G1 Kentucky Derby and Animal Kingdom in the Dubai World …

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Pablito Guzman’s Eighth Annual Cabarete Classic is set for this coming weekend, 17-21 July 2013. The windsurfing/kiteboarding competition is the top windsurfing event in the Dominican Republic and one of the leading events of its kind in the world. The organizers say that competitors and tourists from abroad are in Cabarete to join the festivities, …

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The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) and the National Council of Business (Conep) yesterday, 17 July signed an agreement to work together to develop the productive sector, including small business, and make the most of the many free trade agreements the country has already signed. Minister of Industry and Commerce Jose del Castillo and …

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Superintendent of Banks Rafael Camilo says that financial institutions in the Dominican Republic have RD$615 billion in outstanding loans, most of which, some RD$528 billion is loans made to the private sector. He said of the total, the state only has RD$90 billion, or 14.6% of the total. Camilo said that of the money loaned …

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High temperatures and 12-14 hours of sunlight daily are the conditions needed for growing capers. A pilot project in Palo Alto, Montecristi, an initiative by retired Dominican surgeon Manuel Rodriguez Lora, is getting good reviews. The crop could also be planted in Dajabon, Neiba and Azua where the climate is dry and there are high …

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The people of Santiago are planting trees to ready the city’s future main park area. Funds have not yet been allocated for the formal start of construction of the Parque Metropolitano de Santiago that is to be built on the grounds of the former city airport. Bsut in an interview in El Caribe, Saul Abreu …

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