2014 – Page 48

The main suspect in the Monday, 27 October 2014 fire on the Santo Domingo Metro turned himself in to executives of the Telemicro Channel 5 TV station yesterday, Tuesday 28 October 2014. He is identified in the media as Frankelis Holguin, a law student at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) said that he …

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According to research by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research for Diario Libre, should Danilo Medina respect the 2010 Constitution that bans his re-election, the outcome of the election is not decided. The research shows that none of the pre-candidates has enough support to win in a first round. The poll showed that former President Leonel Fernandez …

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Supreme Court Judge Alejandro Moscoso Segarra has been selected to hear the case against Senator Felix Bautista for alleged corruption and money laundering. Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito also accused Soraida Antonia Abreu Martinez, Jose Elias Hernandez Garcia, Bolivar Antonio Ventura Rodriguez, Carlos Manuel Ozoria Martinez, Gricel Aracelis Soler Pimentel and Bienvenido Apolinar Breton Medina. …

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The incident that took place yesterday, Tuesday 28 October 2014 at the Holiday Inn on Santo Domingo’s Abraham Lincoln Avenue, initially reported as an attempted kidnapping, has ended with Venezuelan businessman Luis Rios Virla being handed over to the authorities. Rios Virla went to the Naco police station at noon so that they could fulfill …

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A frontal system over the east of the Dominican Republic is causing heavy rains across a large part of the country. According to the National Meteorological Office (Onamet), rains are most likely to affect Hato Mayor, El Seibo, La Altagracia (Higuey), La Romana, Monte Plata, Samana, Maria Trinidad Sanchez (Nagua), Espaillat (Moca), Hermanas Mirabal (Salcedo), …

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According to a recent poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Diario Libre, a large majority of Dominican voters, 65%, says they would vote to re-elect President Danilo Medina if given the chance. The 2010 Constitution bans re-election. 62% told the pollsters that they are in favor of changing the Constitution again to approve consecutive re-election, …

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The remains of former Vice President Carlos Morales Troncoso will be honored at the Presidential Palace in Santo Domingo at 10am today, Tuesday 28 October 2014. There will be a mass in his memory at the Cathedral at noon and then he will be laid to rest at the Puerta del Cielo cemetery in northern …

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The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (INDOTEL) and the Haitian National Telecommunications Board (CONATEL) have begun the process of trying to find a solution to the radio interference problem and other illegalities in the border area. The delegations are led by Indotel president Gedeon Santos and the director general of CONATEL, Jean Marie Guillaume, and the meeting …

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