2013 – Page 206

The National Police reports the discovery of the body of a 67-year-old Italian resident, Francesco Ceron, in the back seat of a vehicle in Gaspar Hernandez. Ceron lived in La Mulata in Sosua and initial findings suggest that he was beaten and strangled. It is believed that the attack took place elsewhere as the body …

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The Dominican Republic defeated Mexico 27-26 in the Women’s Pan American Senior Handball Championship to win a slot in the World Handball Championship. As host country, one of the slots had already been set aside for the Dominican Republic. The Pan American event is being held in Santo Domingo through 8 June 2013. The top …

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President Danilo Medina will travel to the Haitian border town of Juana Mendez (Ouanaminthe), just across the river from the Dominican city of Dajabon, this Wednesday, 5 June. He will join Haitian authorities for World Environmental Day celebrations. Medina will fly from San Juan de la Maguana together with Minister of Environment Bautista Rojas Gomez …

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During his “surprise” weekend visit to the province of Monte Plata on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 June, President Danilo Medina met with producers of chocolate, pineapples, honey and limes. Meeting with groups of small-scale farmers, he offered soft loans for their programs and at times, he held off and said that a team of …

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22 out of 34 countries in the Americas are said to be backing a proposal for former President Leonel Fernandez to be nominated for secretary general of the Organization of American States. “Leonel Fernandez not only has the capacity, track record and knowledge to lead the OAS, but even the United Nations, as his meritorious …

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Ministry of Environment specialists are on the watch for Leatherback Turtles, as reported in El Nuevo Diario. They have begun their program for monitoring this highly endangered species that uses beaches along the Dominican coastline for nesting. These turtles return to the areas of their birth, which include beaches like Playa Coson in Las Terrenas, …

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The Ministry of Public Works has announced a program of repairs to the Ramon Matias Mella Bridge over the Ozama River n popularly known as the “Bicycle Bridge” because it is so narrow. The bridge will be closed starting at 10pm today, Monday 3 through 6am tomorrow, Tuesday 4 June. The repairs and the repaving …

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Police spokesman General Maximo Baez Aybar reports that members of the force killed four alleged criminals in three separate incidents over the weekend of 1-2 June. In Santo Domingo East, the Police attempted to arrest a young man who was getting into an SUV that he had stolen from a Chinese businessman on the Charles …

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AMET commander General Juan Geronimo Brown says that one of his goals is to prosecute violators of the Traffic Law (Law 241). He believes that “the problem is that there are no consequences for the lawbreakers. Drivers are used to going the wrong way on a one-way street with no qualms because they know that …

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The National Police reported yesterday, Sunday 2 June that military personnel would be added to preventive patrols immediately, beginning this week. “Citizens will notice the preventive patrolling by the police and military even more,” said Police spokesman General Maximo Baez Aybar. In response to the increase in crime during the last few weeks, in which …

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