2013 – Page 71

Speaking at a graduation ceremony for 50 new agents yesterday, Thursday 17 October, the president of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) Major General Julio Cesar Souffront Velazquez, said that investigations have shown that Haitians are being employed in the cultivation of marijuana in the country. Souffront Velazquez was referring to the confiscation of 693 …

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Ramon Antonio del Rosario Puente, better known as Tono Lena, left court in Puerto Rico following a hearing behind closed doors, on Wednesday, 16 October and when close to his family lifted up his handcuffed hands yelling triumphantly “72 months”. On 12 July 2012, Rosario Puente pleaded guilty in relation to a charge of importing …

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The Higher Police Board has recommended to the Executive Branch that 22 members of the Police Force should be dismissed for various misdeeds. The number includes two majors, one captain, eight first lieutenants, two second lieutenants, four sergeant majors, two sergeants and three enlisted men. Amongst them are Major Julio Antonio Marmolejos Paulino and First …

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According to the police, three children aged 2, 5 and 7, two of whom were brothers, died when they drowned in the Haina River near La Pared yesterday, Thursday 17 October. The brothers were Exequiel and Alfredo Encarnacion Rosario and the other child was Arison Hidalgo del Rosario. It appears that they were out with …

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One of hundreds of thousands of Haitians who make a living in the Dominican Republic, Roman Dorlean alias “Palito de Coco” is now a Dominican celebrity after a video of his promotional sales pitch was uploaded to You Tube. Today’s Listin Diario, Friday 18 October, features an editorial commenting on how the young man who …

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The Dominican Professional Winter Baseball League 2013-2014 Championship begins this evening, Friday 18 October with games at the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in San Pedro de Macoris, Quisqueya Ball Park and in Santiago’s Cibao Ball Park. The games are being televised by CDN (Channel 37 on Telecable) and ESPN. El Caribe lists the key players in …

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President Danilo Medina is scheduled to travel to Panama today, Thursday 17 October to attend the 23rd Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government. This year the theme is: “The Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Role of the Ibero-American Community in the New World Context.” The event will take place from 18-19 October, reports …

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According to Minister of Industry and Commerce Jose del Castillo Savinon, in recent years the Dominican Republic has been recovering its competitiveness in light manufacturing and more jobs are being created in the industrial free zone sector. He was speaking during a commemorative event for the 25th anniversary of the Dominican Association of Free Zones …

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Domingo Contreras, spokesman for the La Barquita Relocation Commission has asked the residents of the slum neighborhood in Los Minas, on the banks of the Ozama River, to be patient, since the government will soon tell them where they will be relocated and all of the details of the project. Speaking yesterday, Wednesday, 16 October, …

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The Supreme Court judges have delayed issuing their decision in the further appeal presented against the decision that decreed that the case had passed the statute of limitations and the complaint against the former director of the Dominican Agrarian Institute Jaime Rodriguez Guzman, his brother and his wife was no longer viable. The court presided …

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