2013 – Page 47

A study that will be presented in Washington today, Tuesday 12 November by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) concludes that corruption in the Dominican Republic has become so endemic over the last decade that it now affects all areas of public administration, which can threaten the very democracy of the country. The …

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National Police chief Major General Manuel Castro Castillo has ordered the removal of the whole police contingent in Boca Chica following the arrest of two officers from Andres, Boca Chica who were accused of extorting RD$100,000 from a French tourist after detaining him for possession of two and a half grams of marijuana. Captain Julio …

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The chief of the National Police, Major General Manuel Castro Castillo says that the investigations into the accusations against former Lieutenant Colonel Johan Liriano Sanchez and his apparent links to a criminal gang of drug traffickers and hit men who were operating from a farm on his property in San Cristobal, were carried out together …

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Businessman Winston Risik Rodriguez visited the offices of El Dia yesterday, Monday 11 November after the newspaper published an editorial asking why the government had not arrested him and another man who was named by the Police as linked to drug trafficking. He maintains he is innocent of accusations of heading a powerful drug trafficking …

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Community activist group the Popular Front (Falpo) has announced a strike today, Tuesday 12 November in Nagua in Maria Trinidad Sanchez province, demanding several public works such as a hospital, road building and an improvement in the electricity service. Falpo national spokesman Gabriel Sanchez says it will be a day of protests with shops closed …

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At least 34 homes were destroyed in the poor area of El Hoyo near El Ejido in Santiago yesterday afternoon, Monday 11 November. Santiago Fire Brigade spokesman Rafael Monsanto said that 25 homes were reduced to ashes and another nine were partially burned. However many other people in the area have said that their homes …

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According to speleologists and local authorities, divers have discovered the largest underwater cave in the whole island of Hispaniola, 1000 meters long and at a depth of 25 meters. The cave is situated in the underwater Choco Park in Puerto Plata province, off the north coast. The discovery was made by divers from the Dominican …

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MLB 2013 World Series MVP David Ortiz and the Pittsburgh Pirates’ All-Star outfielder Andrew McCutchen will be the executive producers of a 30-episode weekly series that melds pop-culture and baseball. MTV is counting on the attractive charisma of Boston’s Big Papi for the success of the series. The series will be shot at the MLB …

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Venezuelan flautist Pedro Eustache, known for creating musical instruments and his playing of woodwinds-reeds-wind synthesizers will be at the National Theater in Santo Domingo to play in a religious concert, A Dios Sea la Gloria, on 10-11 December. The wind instrumentalist has been described as the “United Nations of woodwinds.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ-p27C81rA For more on ongoing …

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President Danilo Medina spent his 62nd birthday, Sunday, 10 November, in Villa Riva in Duarte province (San Francisco de Macoris), where he visited farmers belonging to the Federacion Agraria La Faly that sought financing for RD$20 million to restore a rice factory. The RD$20 million loan will be granted at an interest rate of 5% …

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