2013 – Page 79

The Department of Immigration, in compliance with ordinal number four of the recent Constitutional Court sentence on nationality, has granted a temporary resident permit to Juliana Dequis Pierre, as the first step in the implementation of the national plan for normalization of foreigners with irregular legal status who are resident in the country. During a …

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Followers of the Fenatrano transport union leader Juan Hubieres and employees of the Falcondo mining company clashed outside the National Congress in Santo Domingo yesterday, Wednesday 9 October, with sticks, stones and fists. The two groups were expressing their opinions on the process underway in Congress to grant Loma Miranda national park status. As a …

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Dominican government representatives stood before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) yesterday, Wednesday 9 October and denied that arbitrary expulsions were a government policy. The Dominican representatives also questioned the nationality of the alleged victims in a case before the court, which was dealing with an alleged mass deportation. During the second and last …

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The 76,440 tons of garbage that have been removed from the Ozama and Isabela rivers by five community foundations over the last seven years would cover the surface of the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium approximately 75 times, according to estimates by engineers interviewed by Diario Libre, who agree that if the refuse collected were spread …

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Once the Dominican Republic’s airspace was closed to drug trafficking gangs because of the Tucano aircraft patrols, the organized crime groups have taken to the seas along the south coast. In just one year the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has seized more than six tons of pure cocaine from South America. The latest case …

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Despite reports that the judge for the Execution of the Sentence had instructed La Victoria Prison to receive the convicted rapist, El Caribe newspaper is reporting that former priest Domingo Espinal will be sent to Najayo Prison to serve his 15-year sentence for rape of a minor. Judge Richard Aquino Natera said that Espinal’s sentence …

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Playing in the FIVB Women’s U23 World Championship Open in Tijuana, Mexico, the Dominican team clinched the top place in Pool A with a 3-0 straight-set (25-15, 25-21, 25-21) victory over Mexico on Wednesday, 9 October. The DR ended the tournament with a 4-1 win-loss record, having only lost to Japan in a five-set duel …

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Sambil shopping mall in Santo Domingo is inviting young players to a Chess Tournament at the mall on 12 and 13 October starting at 9:30am. The tournament has the backing of the Dominican Chess Federation. The mall also is inviting the public to its “Terror Mansion”, a new feature ongoing at the mall from Friday …

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The Ministry of Tourism is sponsoring its “A Smile for the Tourists” campaign in Nagua and Samana this weekend, with performances by Mozart la Para, Melymel, Yiyo Sarante, Alex Matos and Kiko el Presidente. Concerts have already taken place in San Francisco de Macoris, Barahona, Puerto Plata, Sosua and Sanchez. The next concert will be …

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President Danilo Medina visited Barrick Gold yesterday, Tuesday 8 October where he was met by Manuel Rocha, the company’s president in the DR, and senior executive vice president Kelvin Dushinsky. During the visit, Rocha assured him that the company would not defraud the country and that they would apply the best practices to protect the …

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