2015 – Page 249

Interpol has captured a South African national at Panama’s Tocumen International Airport. Patrick Mpolomena was on the run from the Dominican Republic, accused of fraud and robbery. He was returned to the Dominican Republic on Sunday 12 April 2015 accompanied by agents from Dominican Interpol. In the DR he faces a maximum sentence of 20 …

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A businessman who owns two large companies in the municipality of Pimentel paid for the double murder of the deputy minister for Energy and Mines, Victoriano Santos, and his son Victor Manuel Santos in Cotui, according to one of the men accused of the crime. An unnamed investigator who spoke to El Nacional newspaper said …

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The Dominican Republic has played a role in Hillary Clinton’s life for many years, since she first visited Punta Cana as a guest of the late Oscar de la Renta. Now news reports say that she made up her mind to run for President when spending her Christmas vacation in Punta Cana. The Dominican-born fashion …

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The United States Coast Guard is still searching for an Irish tourist who is thought to have fallen or jumped from a cruise ship on Monday, 13 April 2015. The ship left La Romana the same day. According to the Coast Guard, the missing passenger is Dominic William O’Carroll, 67, who was on the Horizon …

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The annual show business extravaganza, the El Soberano Awards, organized by the Association of Arts Writers (Acroarte) and sponsored by Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana, honored the arts writers’ top picks for 2014. The main award, El Gran Soberano, went to playwright and actor Ivan Garcia. The Oscars-style televised show began yesterday evening, Tuesday 14 April 2015 …

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Yesterday afternoon, Monday 13 April 2015, President Danilo Medina made one of his unannounced visits to the La Nueva Barquita housing development to check the progress of the construction of 1,620 low-cost homes. Families living on the banks of the Ozama River whose homes would flood after heavy rains are being relocated there. The President …

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The founding president of the Spanish Martinon hotel group, Enrique Martinon Armas, director Enrique Martinon Garcia and Codelpa construction company president Alvaro Pena were in Punta Cana yesterday, Monday 13 April 2015 for a meeting with President Danilo Medina. The group announced that construction of the company’s sixth hotel would start in 45 days’ time …

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The Ministry of Public Works announced the start of construction of the overpass at Carretera Mella and Av. Charles de Gaulle in Santo Domingo East today, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 . Engineering companies Odebrecht and Estrella are in charge of implementation, and Tecnoamerica is in charge of technical supervision. The construction of the 390m-long, four-lane …

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The new information system installed by the Migration Office in Las Americas International Airport is causing long delays. Some passengers complained that the lines were causing them to miss their flights. Apparently, the root of the problem is that United States citizens are being rejected by the system to stop them from evading the payment …

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Speaking at the Listin Diario breakfast meeting yesterday, Monday 13 April 2015, the Cuban Ambassador in the Dominican Republic, Carlos de la Nuez Lopez, revealed that Dominican businesses have shown interest in investing in Cuba. He mentioned expressions of interest by the Vicini Group, which owns the Banco de Progreso. De la Nuez highlighted that …

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