2013 – Page 61

The PLD still does not have any official presidential pre-candidates even though several of its members have major promotional campaigns in place for their nominations. According to party rules, the approval of 33% of the 400 members of the party Central Committee is needed for a person to be a pre-candidate. So far the campaigns …

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Former President Leonel Fernandez was in Paris yesterday, Monday 28 October to receive an award from the Universite Paris 8, an autonomous public higher learning institution. The university recognized the former President for his solidarity with Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. The university has 20,523 registered students in its Political Sciences, Cinema Arts, Communication Studies …

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Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez said yesterday, Monday 28 October that the Roman Catholic Church has many candidates who can replace the present bishops – himself included. He said the church would never lack leaders. He was responding to a question by journalist Angela Pena about the concerns surrounding the need to find replacements …

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The late Miguel Paula arrived home after a few drinks and couldn’t open the door to his apartment. Apparently too tired to notice what he was doing, El Dia reports he lay down against a wall without protection and then fell three floors to his death at his Villa Consuelo apartment yesterday, Monday 28 October. …

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Speaking at a workshop entitled “Harmonization of Penal Legislation for Organized Crime in Central America and the Dominican Republic” yesterday, Monday 28 October, organized by the Conference of Justice Ministers in Ibero-America (COMJIB), via an initiative by the Central American Integration Initiative (SICA), the president of the Supreme Justice Court, Mariano German said that the …

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The Police report that at least 13 people were murdered across the country during Sunday night and early Monday morning, 27 and 28 October. Most were killed in the Greater Santo Domingo area and the victims included an Air Force (FAD) captain and a private from the National Police. Air Force Captain Roberto Rosario Heredia …

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Agents from the Specialized Security Corps of Airports and Civil Aviation (CESAC), have confiscated 59.36 kilos of a substance thought to be cocaine at La Romana airport. It was found in the hold of an airplane belonging to Neos Air, which was due to leave for Milan. At Punta Cana International Airport, CESAC agents found …

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A prosecutor in Santiago, Vielka Calderon, says that jailed singer Martha Heredia will be sent for psychological treatment as she is suffering from emotional problems. Heredia was admitted to the local Jose Maria Cabral and Baez hospital last week. Calderon denied that Heredia was pregnant as has been reported in some media outlets. It is …

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Registration is open for all to participate in the Sweet Santo Domingo event to take place this year at the Sambil Convention Center, 13-14 November. The event is a benefit for the patients at the cancer center, the St. Jude Foundation. 15 leading Dominican pastry shops and sweets manufacturers will be taking part in the …

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President Danilo Medina met with Latin American ambassadors accredited in the country on Friday, 25 October to present the government’s position in adhering to the Constitutional Court 168-13 ruling that orders the implementation of the National Foreigner Legalization Plan. The ruling confirms the common practice of not automatically granting Dominican nationality to children born in …

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