2013 – Page 299

Dominicans are shocked to learn that the rising star who was given national hero status is now being accused of trafficking in heroin. Martha Heredia, the 22-year old “Baby,” winner of the 2009 Latin American Idol reality show, faces preventive custody of a year and a maximum sentence of 10-20 years in jail. The case …

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Moises Rojas Alou, manager of the Dominican team in the World Baseball Classic announced the roster for the Dominican Republic yesterday, Thursday 21 February. The DR goes against Venezuela at 7:30pm in the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 7 March. We have a good team, the boys are very motivated and …

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The traditional Independence Cycling Tour is taking place in its 34th year. The Vuelta Ciclista Independencia takes leading cyclists all around the country. Yesterday, Thursday 21 February, the cyclists were in Las Terrenas, Samana an area known for its hills, lovely landscape and beaches. News reports say that the final leg of the 154-km second …

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Dominican Juan Luis Guerra won The Tropical Merengue Artist of the Year Award of the Premio Lo Nuestro Awards of Univision held at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on Thursday night, 21 February. Juan Luis Guerra had opened the evening paying homage to the show’s 25-year history with a mix of favorites performed on …

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The Ministry of Culture is inviting the public to a mock ceremony that will take place at the Malecon of Santo Domingo. At 6pm on Friday, 1 March the symbolic wedding of the two obelisks will be held. The Ministry says there will be a nuptial ceremony, and the palm trees near the two obelisks …

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Several government departments and the judiciary have the documentation, but President Danilo Medina invited lawyer Laura Acosta to personally explain the reasons for opposing his decision to cut a deal with the people claiming to be rightful property owners in the Bahia de las Aguilas area of Pedernales. The meeting came after her uncle, TV …

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Lawyer Laura Acosta has denounced the Senate for approving the sale of beach land in 2012. Dominican law prohibits the sale of land in Bahia de las Aguilas, a protected beach area. In a TV interview with Huchi Lora for the program El Dia, she showed a 12 June 2012 letter from Senator Cristina Lizardo, …

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The executive vice president of the Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (Finjus), Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman, is recommending a government audit of the Dominican Agrarian Institute (IAD) to find other irregular cases like the one involving Bahia de las Aguilas beach lands in Pedernales in the southwest. According to reports, similar procedures have been used …

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Civil society advocacy group Participacion Ciudadana has issued a highly critical statement in response to the deal for tourism development in Pedernales announced by the Medina administration, and its implications for the Bahia de las Aguilas beach area. The statement says the decision makes the President “complicit in a long chain of legal and constitutional …

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The Conference of the Dominican Episcopate met yesterday, Wednesday 20 February and called for the Dominican government to act with political will to defend national assets, especially natural resources and the ecosystem from foreign and national investors that threaten them indiscriminately and against the common good. In a message marking the 169th anniversary of National …

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