2013 – Page 284

Speaking during the International Cocoa Conference of the Cocoa Merchants Association of America (CMMA), Minister of Agriculture Luis Ramon Rodriguez said that the DR exported in 2012 around 75,000 tons of cacao generating US$180 million. Rodriguez spoke at the Cocoa Merchants Association of America (CMMA) conference at the Paradisus Palma Real Golf & Spa Resort …

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The Dominican Republic will attend two hearings today, Tuesday 12 March, convened by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), headquartered in Washington, with the objective of hearing lawsuits filed by two groups of organizations on the situation of the citizens’ rights to safety in the country and the right to nationality of Dominicans of …

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Geologist and engineer Osiris de Leon, the head water researcher at the Inter-American Network of Academies of Science, said yesterday, Monday 11 March that the Dominican Republic is on the brink of a water crisis. He based his statements on the fact that the DR is a small island with a rapidly growing urban population …

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The National Drug Control Department and the Attorney General of the Republic can’t seem to agree on key points of their jobs. The complaint by the Attorney General, Francisco Dominguez Brito, is in reaction to the “insignificant” amount of drugs confiscated by the DNCD and the immediate answer of the agency denying the Attorney General’s …

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The former head of Operations of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD), retired general Francisco Antonio Hiraldo Guerrero, whose 16 bank accounts were investigated and six properties including two commercial locations were seized, has voluntarily decided to go to the United States, where he faces three charges of drug trafficking relating to former Army captain …

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The teachers and staff at the Belize Primary School can’t get over their surprise at finding a grenade in the backpack of an eight-year old student who they said was a “good, well-mannered and quiet” boy. The incident occurred last Friday, 8 March and, according to school principal Sonia del Carmen, and the student’s teacher, …

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Police officials have announced the arrest of a man who admitted planning the robbery of an armored car carrying millions of pesos in cash and checks in Barahona last week. He was identified in El Nuevo Diario as Leandro Enrique Almonte Serrata (a.k.a. “Geni”), 33, who took advantage of his position as an employee of …

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Today, Tuesday 12 March the Dominican Republic will play Italy in the first game of the second round of the World Baseball Classic at 1pm at the Marlins Park in Miami, Florida. An evening game pits team USA against Puerto Rico at 8pm. Manager Tony Pena has announced that Edinson Volquez will start for the …

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The Pengbian Sang & Retro Jazz band is playing a concert tonight, 12 March at the Palacio de Bellas Artes at 8:30pm to promote their new album Jazzeando el Cancionero Dominicano. Enjoy musical arrangements for Dominican criollas, merengues and bachatas performed as jazz, bossa nova, Latin jazz, reggae and funk. They will be playing music …

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The president of the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP), Eduardo Hidalgo, said over the weekend of 9-10 March that President Danilo Medina would be the best guarantor of the agreement that the union is proposing to sign with the Ministry of Education, which they hope will end the conflict over a salary increase for the public …

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