2013 – Page 332

The president of the Social Democratic Revolutionary Party, PRSD, Hatuey De Camps, has said that he has no intention whatsoever of uniting with Hipolito Mejia to form a new political party, as he is very happy with his current party. De Camps broke away from the PRD and founded the PRSD in 2004 as a …

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A US citizen, Sandra Valente, 37 who was staying at the Quinto Centenario hotel in Santo Domingo, was shot dead while eating dinner with her Dominican husband Ramon Dario Reyes Figuereo, aged 41, in La Barrica restaurant in the Ozama area in Santo Domingo East on Monday, 14 January. The police said that when Reyes …

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Three former partners of Manuel Baret, known as Vakero, who is accused of domestic violence, went to the National District Public Prosecution office yesterday, Tuesday 15 January to defend the rap singer against accusations of abuse made by his current wife, Martha Heredia, former winner of Latin American Idol. Clara Peguero, Carmen Florentino and Simona …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 15 January, Junior Minaya German, a.k.a. Gilbert was shot and killed by the police yesterday, Tuesday 15 January in the Hato Nuevo area of Manoguayabo, near kilometer 22 on the Duarte highway. Gilbert is believed to have headed a criminal gang responsible for a series of murders including four in Herrera. He is …

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More and more Dominicans are using social networks, confirmed by the fact that in the first ten months of this year the number of Internet accounts in the country went up by 58.6%, representing an increase of 710,937 users. According to the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) there are now 1,922,225 Internet accounts. Home telephone lines …

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Visitors to Santo Domingo in March are in for a continued treat of some of the best classical music of all time. While the festival officially opens on 7 February 2013 with a concert conducted by Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel, the remaining performances are scheduled for March 2013. Conductor Ramon Tebar with soloist Joshua Bell are …

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President Danilo Medina has called in the National Congress for a special session starting today, Tuesday 15 January and lasting until Friday 15 February in order to deal with some important legislation. In Decree 15-13, the President mentions that the work pending completion includes the Organic Law of the Armed Forces and the National Police, …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario announced yesterday, Monday 14 January that the board is making good progress towards the implementation of the provisos in Law 198-11, which allows evangelical pastors to officiate marriages in their churches in coordination with the Civil Registry in the Dominican Republic. El Nuevo Diario quotes Rosario as saying …

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The head of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) did not mince his words when asked for his comments on a recent suggestion by Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus) director Servio Tulio Castanos to place the agency under the aegis of the Justice Department because of constitutional issues as well as an apparent decline in …

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The Dominican Republic has coined a new term, “nini”, which is derived from Spanish and refers to the fact that some 14% of the population between the ages of 10 and 34 does not study, does not work and does not seek work. (In Spanish: Ni estudia, ni trabaja ni busca trabajo). The number of …

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