2015 – Page 283

One of the most dangerous former associates of convicted drug dealer Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, who was sentenced to ten years in jail in the United States and who recently returned to the country, has now reappeared on the radar of the anti drug agencies in the Dominican Republic and has been arrested on suspicion …

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The Seattle Mariners will be moving their baseball academy from Venezuela to the Dominican Republic and centralizing their baseball-training program for the whole of Latin America and the Caribbean in this country. This will begin in the 2015 season, and team officials say that they will have two teams in the Dominican Summer league. The …

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Six to eight Dominicans will be chosen to play in the first Americas Basketball without Borders camp to be held in Santo Domingo this summer. Participants are expected from Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. Dominican national basketball team members, Al Horford (Atlanta Hawks), Charlie Villanueva (Dallas Mavericks) and Francisco Garcia (formerly of the Houston …

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Sponsored by Corona Beer, the Corona SunSets Musical Festival is set to open in Juanillo, Cap Cana in the Punta Cana area on Saturday, 4 April 2015. This is during Easter Week, the peak time for domestic travel. The festival includes the performances by Breakbot, Holy Ghost, RAC and Frank and Tony from New York. …

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Georgina Duluc and Nashla Bogaert take the stage of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo for a comedy, “I Love you Both” (Las quiero a las dos), also starring Felix German. The play, which starts on 23 April, is by Argentinean playwright Ricardo Talesnik and directed by Manuel Chapuseaux. It depicts a classic …

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President Danilo Medina traveled to Guatemala on Monday, 9 March 2015 to attend the Central American Integration System meeting. He is scheduled to return later in the day. Medina is traveling with Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo, Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta, and presidential security aide Major General Adan Caceres, and …

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Newly appointed Dominican ambassador in Washington, D.C., Jose Tomas Perez says that the main issues on his agenda are trade, labor and Haiti. He said he would be working on issues related to the Trans Pacific Partnership between the US and Pacific-facing nations that could affect DR trade with the US. Another priority is to …

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The president of Fenatrado, the country’s leading truckers’ association, Blas Peralta announced that members of the Minustah peacekeeping force in Haiti are escorting Dominican freight trucks taking cargo into Haiti to ensure their safety. The route to be used is from the Jimani entry post in the Dominican Republic to the town of Croix-des-Bouquets and …

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Major General Manuel Castro Castillo says that two Haitian generals have been invited to attend the investigation into the murder of Henri Claude Jean, a Haitian national in a park in Santiago on 10 February 2015. The victim, who reportedly worked shining shoes in the park, was found hanged with his hands and feet bound. …

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Senator Dionis Sanchez of the southwestern border province of Pedernales has criticized the recent statement by Haitian President Michel Martelly calling for Dominicans to stop violence against Haitians living in the Dominican Republic. Sanchez says that the Haitian authorities are being insincere when it comes to the commitments and agreements it has signed with the …

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