2014 – Page 304

While confirming the hotel is closed, Central Romana, which owns the Hotel Santo Domingo, is denying recent press reports that the hotel has been sold to the Spanish owners of Guavaberry vacation project in Juan Dolio. As reported in Diario Libre, Jorge Sturla said that they are working on finalizing the budget for the property’s …

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Today’s El Dia newspaper, Wednesday 15 January publishes a report that puts in writing the frustration of everyone who needs to park on city streets. Reporter Leisy Torres writes about the individuals who have taken over certain sections of city streets as their own personal fiefdoms. The self-appointed parking attendants charge fees ranging from RD$50 …

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The vote count for the internal election for new members of the PLD Central Committee is delayed. The organizers had said results would have been known by yesterday afternoon, Tuesday 14 January, but Bulletin 3 issued last night indicates that only the votes from 801 polling stations had been tallied, and the ballot boxes from …

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Masked men with firearms attacked a Caribe Express security truck on the nation’s main highway yesterday, Tuesday 14 January and made off with more than RD$30 million. The incident occurred at around 11am at kilometer 35 on the Duarte Highway near Villa Altagracia. National Police chief Major General Manual Castro Castillo immediately ordered specialist troops …

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The Dominican Boy Scout association is celebrating its hundredth anniversary since the first group was set up in San Pedro de Macoris. In 1992, they allowed the first girls’ patrol in a camp in Santiago de los Caballeros. The president of the National Council for the Dominican Scout Association, Fabiola Reyes, said that of the …

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A judge in the National District has issued an arrest warrant and ban on leaving the country for a former Police Captain, Lino Monte de Oca Jimenez, who was sentenced to eight years in prison for the murder of drug dealer Rolando Florian Feliz. Oca Jimenez is currently on the run and the warrant was …

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A teenage boy and girl boarding at Stonyhurst College in England are missing and are understood to have flown to the Dominican Republic. Edward Bunyan and Indira Gainiyeva, both 16, left their private boarding school in a taxi on Monday 13 January and according to the police they were last seen at Manchester Airport where …

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The Central American and Caribbean Dance Company (Codaco) will be presenting a contemporary dance show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo next Wednesday, 22 January and Thursday, 23 January. The show is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, the Fundacion Edanco and the Instituto Goethe and admission will be RD$100 per person. …

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The president of the National District Football Association has announced that the First Futsal Grand Prix is scheduled to take place in Santo Domingo on 1 and 2 February. Futsal is played on a smaller pitch than a normal soccer field and between two teams of five players. National District Football Association president Adalberto Rodriguez …

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The Tigres del Licey, Gigantes del Cibao and Aguilas Cibaenas continue to battle to become the team that will now face the Leones del Escogido, which defeated the Tigres del Licey yesterday, Tuesday 14 January to ensure a playoff slot. Yesterday, the Gigantes defeated the Aguilas to hang on to their hopes of making the …

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