2013 – Page 265

A Canadian named as Brunet Luck, who lives in the Ginebra Arzeno residential complex in Puerto Plata, has been arrested on suspicion of pickpocketing at the city’s La Sirena store. As reported in Puerto Plata Digital, he was being monitored by the store on suspicion of several previous robberies and for eating in the cafeteria …

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Criminals are suspected of having burned down the House of Waves surf school in Cabarete on Wednesday, 24 March. The school recently reopened after the Ministry of Sports invested in its refurbishment and contributed to an innovative program organized by the Dominican Surfing Federation (Fedosurf) to teach surfing to children living in Sosua and Cabarete, …

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National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso has told the press that the man held responsible for the murder of three siblings who were celebrating the Dominican World Baseball Classic win last month didn’t have a driver’s license. Reynoso, nevertheless, said that according to the reports received there is no proof that 20-year old Robert Bocio …

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A total of 72 Dominicans are listed on the opening game roster of Major League Baseball. However, there are 89 Dominican players on the rosters of the 30 teams in the league. All of them combined make US$331.6 million, as compiled in El Dia. Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees is the top earner …

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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) will take place at the Centro Leon in Santiago de los Caballeros from 12-14 April. The event is dedicated to studying the development of musical and dance folklore in the countries and …

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President Danilo Medina met with Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), today, Monday 1 April. Speaking after the meeting, Moreno said that the Dominican economy has enormous potential and praised the government’s work aimed at increasing investments and becoming more transparent. He also praised the President’s plans to assist small and …

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President Danilo Medina arrived on time for the inaugural run of the first part of the second line of the Santo Domingo Metro around 10 this morning, Monday 1 April, as reported in Diario Libre. The President boarded the first line at the Centro de los Heroes for travel up Maximo Gomez Avenue to switch …

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The city government of the National District is hailing the success of the 12 public pools that they set up next to the Guibia Beach area on the Santo Domingo Malecon seafront boulevard. According to their figures between 300,000 and 400,000 people made use of the artificial beach and the surrounding recreational areas over the …

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As of today, Monday 1 April, the number of fatalities recorded over the Easter Week holidays had climbed to 29 for a total of 595 cases, including traffic accidents, drunkenness and food poisoning and drowning. According to El Caribe, reporting the release of Bulletin No. 4 from Emergency Operations Center (COE) director General Juan Manuel …

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The country’s main trauma hospitals treated a total of 1,399 patients over the Easter break, mostly traffic accident victims. The highest number of emergencies was registered at the Dr. Dario Contreras Hospital, with 844, followed by the Ney Arias Lora Hospital with 495, and the one with the least was the Juan Bosch Hospital, with …

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