2014 – Page 46

Judge Alejandro Vargas has ordered one year’s preventive custody for 21-year old Frank Kelin Holguin, the main suspect in the Metro Santo Domingo fire. Holguin was sent to the San Pedro de Macoris Correction and Rehabilitation Center. During the hearing yesterday, Thursday 30 October 2014, Holguin said he never meant to hurt anyone and does …

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The Police arrested a dozen undocumented Haitian women who are suspected of engaging in prostitution in public areas in the border city of Dajabon, as reported in Listin Diario. They were arrested by Specialized Border Security Corps (Cesfront) agents and state prosecutors, headed by assistant prosecutor Danis Minaya. The authorities said the women were soliciting …

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The authorities are on the trail of Rosa Maria Martinez, who used US passport 518408207 to rent a vehicle that is suspected of having been used in the attack on Najayo Jail on Monday, 27 October 2014. Four inmates and two jail security agents were killed in the incident. The Public Prosecutor’s Office has distributed …

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The Dominican Olympic Committee has announced that 33-year old Victor Estrella has been selected as the Dominican team flag bearer in the opening parade of the 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games to be held in Veracruz, Mexico from 14-30 November 2014. He is the Dominican tennis player who has had the most wins in …

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The Wailers Band, the reggae band formed by the remaining members of Bob Marley & The Wailers, following the death of Bob Marley in 1981, is booked for two concerts at the Hard Rock Cafe at the Blue Mall in Santo Domingo at 9pm on Wednesday, 19 November and Thursday, 20 November 2014. The performances …

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President Danilo Medina announced the DR’s new ambassadors to Spain and Panama yesterday, Wednesday 29 October 2014. Anibal de Castro, ambassador to the United States has been appointed to represent the country in Spain via Decree 403-14. His replacement in the United States was not announced. Anibal de Castro has served as Dominican ambassador in …

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President Danilo Medina was in Bahoruco yesterday, Wednesday 29 October 2014, to inaugurate the Larimar Workshop and Museum. The RD$43.5 million facility was built by the government (funding from the Banco de Reservas and Banca Solidaria) to ensure that an increase in earnings from the larimar stone trade stays in the southwestern region. The new …

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The Minister of Public Health Altagracia Guzman Marcelino says that measures for preventing the entry of Ebola is high on the public health agenda. In a press release issued yesterday, Wednesday 29 October 2014, she explained that the disease is only contagious if an infected patient’s bodily fluids come into direct contact with the skin. …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito is auctioning the assets seized in several drug trafficking cases, including the high-profile cases involving Quirino Paulino Castillo, Sobeida Felix Morel and Jose David Figueroa Agosto. In a press release, the Attorney General invited the public to an auction of nine apartments in Santo Domingo, a house in Las Margaritas …

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While in the past Dominicans did not point to corruption as one of the leading social ills, the 12-16 October 2014 Greenberg-Diario Libre poll highlights that corruption is second to lack of jobs in the perception of voting Dominicans. Making the point of how now corruption has “finally” become a serious public concern, in a …

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