2015 – Page 259

Senator Felix Bautista has been investigated for embezzlement, money laundering, fraud and document forgery against the Dominican state and recently a judge ordered a stop to the investigations and blocked the case from going to trial. Bautista’s story can be described as rags-to-riches as he declared RD$547,000 in assets when first entering the government in …

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An expedition organized by the Grupo Jaragua conservation scientists has spotted thousands of tropical rain forest butterflies of the rare species, Anetia briarea, atop pine trees at the around 2,300 meter level of the Loma del Toro mountain in the Bahoruco mountain range. Scientist Yolanda Leon reported that the expedition took place on 13 March …

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On 8 March 2015 Bertina Ciprian of Los Algarrobos in Villa Altagracia gave birth to a baby boy by C-section at the Vinicio Calventi public hospital. On the same day, her father died at the same hospital. She was told the baby was born with respiratory problems. On 10 March she was sent home and …

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Dermatologist Emma Guzman says that around 10% of the patients she sees are diagnosed with basal cell cancer. Interviewed on Detalle Semanal on Channel 45, she said that 20% of the skin biopsies she orders are positive for this type of skin cancer. While basal cell carcinoma rarely metastasizes or kills, it can cause disfigurement …

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According to news reports from Europe, a tourist returning to France from the Dominican Republic on 31 March 2015 was questioned when a bag checked in his name was found to contain 46lbs (21kg) of cocaine. After questioning, Police were satisfied that his name had been fraudulently used on the bag that didn’t belong to …

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A caller identifying himself as Isauris Sanchez, the man accused of firing the shots that killed deputy minister of Energy and Mines Victoriano Santos and his son Victor Manuel Santos during an attack on their home in Cotui on 6 March 2015, now says he was hired to kidnap the minister. He says they did …

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After a three-year corruption investigation, a US grand jury indicted New Jersey senator Robert (Bob) Menendez on charges of corruption, bribery and conspiracy on Wednesday, 1 April 2015. He is accused of accepting nearly US$1 million in gifts and campaign contributions between January 2006 and January 2013 from Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, who also was …

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The international media is reporting the story of Providencia Paredes, a close personal assistant in the John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy household from his time as a senator until after his death. Her son Gustavo Paredes announced that his mother, who was 90, died on 18 March 2015 on his Facebook page. Providencia Paredes was …

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Festi-Band Foundation president Jose Andres Vidal Hernandez has announced the celebration of Festi-Band at the Palacio de Bellas Artes on 1-2 May. The event brings together the country’s most talented children’s musical bands for two days. During the day, concerts with specific instruments are held as well as contests between school bands. An inaugural concert …

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The DR1 Daily News digest will not be updated on Thursday, 2 April or Friday, 3 April 2015 during the long Easter weekend. The main news events occurring over the break will be compiled for the Monday, 6 April 2015 issue. The DR1 Forums will continue to be updated 24/7 online. See http://dr1.com/forums/forum.php Throughout the …

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