2014 – Page 92

The Minister of Industry and Commerce, Jose del Castillo Savinon says that poultry producers have told him that the rise in the price per pound of chicken to RD$65 in some places had resulted from a temporary shortage after the summer heat caused the death of many chickens. As reported in Diario Libre, the retail …

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The Caribbean NAP has been operational in the Province of Santo Domingo for the past six years and serves a key strategic purpose, reports Diario Libre. The Caribbean Network Access Point is a connectivity center that serves as a linking point for telecommunications circuits and stores large volumes of data. It is able to distribute …

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With an asking price of US$4 million, the US government is selling the corner location at Maximo Gomez and Cesar Nicolas Penson avenues in Santo Domingo, Listin Diario reported. As reported, the US government is also selling the buildings where other government offices like USAID were located, prior to the move to the centralized office …

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The lawyer representing accused drug dealer Winston Rizik Rodriguez (El Gallero) says that the Public Prosecution service is being both “abusive and irrational” by asking for his client to be remanded in custody. Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito has described Rizik as “the country’s most dangerous drug dealer.” Lawyer Pedro Duarte Canaan said that his …

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The Dominican Armada (Navy) has announced the arrest of ten people trying to leave the country illegally and confiscated four boats. One boat was discovered near the Cofresi cave in Boca de Yuma River in La Altagracia province, and two people were arrested. Two more were arrested in the port in San Pedro de Macoris …

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Santiago judge Ingrid Beato has set the date for deciding whether the case against lawyer and television commentator Marcos Martinez will be heard for tomorrow, Wednesday 10 September 2014. Martinez was sued by Vice President Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez who is accusing the journalist of libel and forgery of documents purporting to show that she …

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It appears that 66-year old former papal nuncio Josef Wesolowski may not be tried in the Dominican Republic. Judge Roman Berroa Hiciano said that the Dominican Republic is ruled by the Vienna Convention that states that diplomats can only be tried in the state that they represent. Wesolowski could still win an appeal against the …

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The Constitutional Tribunal set a precedent in favor of property owners in the Dominican Republic when it overruled a presidential decree article that had prohibited the eviction of a tenant. The case for violation of constitutional right to property had been presented by Clinica Dominicana (Clinica Abreu). The higher court ruled that what the present …

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The latest Gallup-Hoy poll says 55% of Dominicans feel there is less administrative corruption in the Danilo Medina administration compared to the previous Leonel Fernandez administration. Both represent the same political party, the PLD. For the poll, 1,200 eligible voters were interviewed between 29 August and 2 September 2014. The margin of error is 2.8%. …

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TV presenter Yaqui Nunez del Risco passed away yesterday afternoon, Monday, 8 September 2014, after several days in hospital at the Centro de Diagnostico, Medicina Avanzada and Telemedicina (Cedimat). His brother said that he died at 3:24 in the afternoon. He had been in poor health for the last few years, and suffered a stroke …

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