2013 – Page 254

Digital Latinvex has published its latest ranking of the 100 leading businesswomen in Latin America, and it includes five Dominicans who are Isabel Turull, president of Agape, which has the franchises for Burger King, Papa John’s and Krispy Kreme and Palacio del Cine, Elena Viyella de Paliza, president of Inter-Quimica, Darys Estrella, vice president of …

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Deputies from several political parties and an anti-Trujillo foundation have condemned the bachata singer Anthony Santos for saying “Trujillo lives,” while receiving his award during Tuesday 9 April’s Soberano ceremony. Francis Anibal Gonzalez and Rafael Augusto Sanchez from the Testimony Foundation and Deputies Manuel Jimenez, Aridio Reyes Vasquez and Radhames Ramos Garcia, all criticized the …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) together with the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Public Prosecution office in Santo Domingo East have announced the arrests of three people, two Dominicans and a Cuban who they accuse of belonging to a drug trafficking and money laundering network. They confiscated US$2.5 million in the …

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A spark from a soldering iron started a fire at a car accessory shop “Auto Stereo” and also damaged a neighboring business “Easy Dominicana” in Santo Domingo yesterday, Wednesday 10 April. Both are located on 27 Febrero Avenue at the corner of Ortega and Gasset Avenue. According to Raul Antonio Gutierrez and Lion Pena, employees, …

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A boat with would-be illegal migrants that left from Monte Cristi in the early hours of Tuesday morning, April 9, to go to Florida, has been reported missing in the Atlantic Ocean. According to a man named as Jose Luis Tatis, the boat had to return to shore to repair the engine after it broke …

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The Music, Identity, and Culture in the Caribbean (MIC) Fifth International Conference: “Caribbean Musical and Dance Folklore in the Age of Globalization” (MIC-V) opens tomorrow, Friday 12 April at the Centro Leon in Santiago. The event that showcases musical and dance folklore in the Caribbean continues until Sunday 14 April. The conference is organized by …

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President Danilo Medina went to Santo Domingo’s Blue Mall shopping and entertainment complex yesterday, Tuesday April 9, where he attended a pre-premiere screening of a film about the life of Lieutenant Amado Garcia Guerrero, one of the executors of the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina. Garcia Guerrero is played by actor Amaury Nolasco and the …

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President Danilo Medina swore in Michelle Cohen yesterday, Tuesday April 9, as a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Commission for the Defense of Competition (Pro-Competencia). Pro Competition is an autonomous government entity in charge of promoting fair competition and market efficiency in the Dominican Republic. Cohen, a multilingual lawyer and expert in …

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The Chamber of Deputies has approved the shortlist that will be sent to the Senate for the selection of the post of Public Defender (Ombudsman) as established by the 2010 Constitution. The shortlist consists of Altagracia Capriles Rosado, Zoila Martinez de Medina and Felix Antonio Cruz Jiminian. 123 Deputies voted in favor, 16 against and …

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The Department of Customs has announced it is in the process of installing a special lab to verify contents of mining shipments. DGA director Fernando Fernandez said that technicians need to be trained and that he expected it to be operational in two months. It will be staffed by mining, geology and chemistry experts and …

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