2013 – Page 40

Merengue singer Antonio Piter de la Rosa, better known as Omega, did not show up for his court appearance as he is supposed to do every month due to domestic violence. He was accused by dancer Yuly Mercedes Lopez, who subsequently withdrew her complaint. There is now an arrest warrant out for him, and he …

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The Attorney General Office has announced that it has five proven pedophilia complaints against former papal nuncio Jozef Wesolowski, the Pope’s ambassador in the Dominican Republic. One is the case of a boy, now aged 18, who says he had been abused since he was 14. Another involves Francisco Javier Occis Reyes, in preventive custody …

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Take the bus and visit several Santo Domingo art galleries on Thursday evening, 21 November. The Santo Domingo Art Galleries Association organizes this special event every third Thursday in the month from 7 to 9pm. Get together with a group of friends and take the next tour, which leaves from Arawak Art Gallery at Rafael …

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The Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) announced on Friday, 15 November that Odebrecht-Technimont was the only bidder to reach the minimum 40 points in the technical evaluation for the tender for the construction of two coal-fired 300 mega power generation plants, at an estimated cost of US$1.5 billion. The plan is to increase the country’s power …

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Jean-Alain Rodriguez, director of the Center for Exports and Investments (CEI-RD) has told Diario Libre that exports are up 16% compared to last year. He attributed the increases to mining and farming exports. Exports in the first half of the year totaled US$4.78 billion, or 8.3% more (US$368.5 million). This is explained by an increase …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced the reopening of civil registry offices in New York, Boston, Miami, Puerto Rico and Madrid. JCE judge Rosario Graciano de los Santos was in New York last week to make the announcement. She said this was a start and other offices would be opened in other cities in …

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The Association of Industries of Herrera is calling for the resignations of the ministers of economy and tourism who are actively campaigning for the ruling PLD party presidential nomination. The business leaders say that these executives have begun their campaigns too early. The organization says that at a time of so many economic challenges and …

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On Thursday, 14 November the United States Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of James “Wally” Brewster, Jr. to be the ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Brewster is a senior managing partner for SB&K Global, a in Chicago, a strategy consulting firm specializing in consumer dynamics, global retail strategy, marketplace positioning and brand expansion. He is …

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Jude Thaddeus Okolo, who is replacing removed papal nuncio Josef Wesolowski, arrives in the Dominican Republic today, Monday 18 November. Wesolowski was removed on 21 August following media accusations of pedophilia. Thaddeus Okolo was born in Nigeria on 18 December 1956 and has been a priest since 1983. He has worked in Chad, Sri Lanka, …

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Sandra Honore, of Trinidad & Tobago, who leads the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah) forces in Haiti says that political crisis, more than extreme poverty and the effects of the 2010 earthquake, is what is keeping back Haiti, as reported in El Dia. On 16 November 2013, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti …

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