2014 – Page 202

The Public Defender who was representing the accused mastermind of the attempted murder of Jordi Veras, Adriano Roman, left the courtroom prematurely yesterday, Wednesday 7 May, causing the hearing to be postponed, a further delay in justice. According to Listin Diario, Leonidas Estevez said that “he was hungry and had to eat”. The National Office …

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The men accused of killing an elderly woman during a nighttime robbery were convicted by the Second Collegiate Tribunal in Santiago yesterday, Wednesday 7 May and sentenced to each serve a 30-year sentence. The case made headlines because the victim was the mother of former major league baseball player Miguel Dilone, and was a much-loved …

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One man is dead and nine were injured as result of clashes between members of the National Police and demonstrators during a 48-hour strike called by the Federation of Neighborhood Boards of the province of La Altagracia yesterday, Wednesday 7 May. The strike was lifted later in the afternoon. The dead man was identified as …

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The man who killed two young women, Nathasha Sing and Suleyka Flores Grullon, collected the sum of RD$200,000 for each one and claimed during the first interrogations that he killed Nathasha by mistake. Amauris Soriano Garcia (Nevado) admitted shooting the two women. These incidents took place on Monday 7 April and Monday 28 April at …

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The weather was cruel to a place called Fondo Negro in Barahona yesterday, Wednesday 7 May. What the local Civil Defense authorities describe as a tornado ripped off roofs, uprooted trees and tore down power lines, all in a matter of 10 or 15 minutes. The local Agrarian Reform director, Denny Perez, told El Caribe …

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The Dominican women’s team will be fighting for a place in the World Volleyball Cup with its participation in the FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship Qualification Tournament Norceca that will take place at the Eleoncio Mercedes Arena in La Romana. The Dominicans are the favorites to win the slot for the World Volleyball Cup that …

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The auditorium of the Galeria 360 shopping mall on Santo Domingo’s JF Kennedy Ave. presents romantic singers Danny Rivera and Anthony Rios on Friday, 23 May, Saturday, 24 May and Sunday, 25 May at 8:30pm. These concerts are in celebration of Mother’s Day in the Dominican Republic that falls on the last Sunday in May, …

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President Danilo Medina has opened 148 more classrooms in 10 state schools in Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris) province for 5,180 students who will now benefit from the new full day school program. The schools are Padre Brea, Vicente Aquilino Duarte Polytechnic, Nuestra Senora de Las Mercedes, Olegario Brea Tenares, Teofilo Ovalle Duran and Julia …

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President Danilo Medina has congratulated the President-elect of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela who won the elections held on Sunday, 4 May with 39% of the vote. Medina sent his congratulations personally and in the name of the Dominican people and government and expressed his hope that Varela’s time in office would be successful and contribute …

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The government on 2 May announced that high-ranking officials representing the governments of Haiti and the Dominican Republic would meet in Petion Ville area of Port-au-Prince tomorrow, Thursday 8 May to continue bilateral talks. The talks are being held in the presence of observers from the European Union and the government of Venezuela. This would …

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