2013 – Page 240

Elena Fernandez Nunez, director of the Essential Drugs Program (PROMESE), has announced a decrease in prices of up to 93% for 82 types of medications from 1 May. She also said that they would also be opening new People’s Dispensaries, bringing the total to 449, and that the next branches would be opened in Peravia …

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Members of Naval intelligence have arrested 78 Haitians, 48 of who were on an illegal boat (yola) bound for Puerto Rico, which departed from Boca de Yuma, Higuey. The two Dominican boat captains were also arrested. The other 30 Haitians were arrested in Miches as they were boarding another yola. According to initial reports, each …

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The Police have identified the main suspect in the murder of Colonel Julian Suarez Cordero during a protest at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) on Tuesday, 23 April as Wilson Dasiel Javier Nicasio, a member of the Felabel student group. Javier Nicasio is currently on the run, so meanwhile the police have arrested …

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Police in Santiago say that they have identified and arrested two men who kidnapped and murdered Eliseo Antonio Alvarez Rosario, (El Secre), aged 71, who was declared missing by his family on April 5. His body was found 16 days later under a bridge in Cruce de Villa Sinda, in Guayubin, in the northwest. Gurabo …

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According to the National Meteorological Office (Onamet), due to a high altitude front and the wind coming from the east, there is a greater likelihood of rain, especially in the west, northwest, southwest, Cibao and the central mountain area, which will gradually spread to the east and northeast. There is also a chance of thunderstorms …

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As part of the annual Santo Domingo Book Fair, Cinema Cafe in Plaza de la Cultura has a special musical program every night at 8pm. This evening, Thursday 25 April, Nipo is on stage, and tomorrow, Friday 26 April, rock group Belechao will be performing. Nipo is back on Saturday 27, and on Sunday 28 …

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President Danilo Medina will lead a solemn ceremony at the National Pantheon in Santo Domingo at 11am this morning, Wednesday 24 April, in memory of the leader of the April 1965 revolution, Colonel Francisco Alberto Caamano Deno. Caamano is best known for his efforts to restore the democratically elected government of President Juan Bosch who …

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Seven out of every ten Dominicans feel that President Danilo Medina is performing better than expected, according to results of the 11-15 April 2013 Gallup-Hoy poll. 50% feel nevertheless that he is not doing enough to lower the cost of living. The poll revealed that 58% of respondents who described themselves as supporters of the …

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Pinewood Indomina Studios has announced the signing of an alliance with the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) to provide US$30 million in funding for filmmaking in the Dominican Republic. Antonio Gennari of Pinewood Indomina says that the funds will be available in the next five years to help finance 50 international films that are …

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The Chamber of Deputies has returned to further study the bill aimed at creating the 911 emergency system. The imposition of an additional RD$20 charge on telecommunication fixed billings has been met with widespread rejection. Spokesman for the PLD deputies, Gustavo Sanchez said that the Chamber’s Interior & Police commission would be reviewing the project …

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