2015 – Page 291

The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has arrested four people linked to an international drug-dealing network that recruited couriers known as “mules” to smuggle drugs to the United States and Europe in their stomachs. Two of those arrested had swallowed over 100 packages of cocaine and heroin between them. Three were arrested at Las Americas …

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The DR’s leading classical music event opens tomorrow, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 at the National Theater in Santo Domingo. The opening concert will feature violinist Vadim Repin and the National Symphony Orchestra and guest musicians will be directed by Ramon Tebar. The Festival continues through 14 March 2015, with concerts at the National Theater and …

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In his traditional state-of-the-nation address on Independence Day, Friday, 27 February 2015, President Danilo Medina summarized government achievements in 2014, insisting that many campaign promises have already been met. He said the task ahead for his government’s 18 remaining months was to consolidate what has been achieved and continue to promote great changes. He spoke …

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President Danilo Medina traveled to Florida yesterday, Sunday 1 March 2015, to see a doctor. He is suffering from dermatitis caused by emotional stress. Press director Roberto Rodriguez Marchena said that the President was consulting the specialist online, and was then asked to see him in person for a check up. The rash has affected …

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Avoid traveling on Santo Domingo’s 27 de Febrero Avenue around the Privada intersection, on the western side. The public works for solutions aimed at easing southbound traffic flow are scheduled for completion by November 2015. Although business in the area will be affected, local business owners acknowledged that they also stood to benefit most once …

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The Haitian government has promoted the so-called March against Racism in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday 25 February 2015 as a way of unifying Haitians against Dominicans, at a time when the political crisis has been escalating to new levels in Haiti, says political analysis by journalist Guarionex Rosa in Listin Diario. The march ended with some …

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For the past two weeks, the 54-year old convicted drug trafficker and former army colonel Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo (known as “Quirino”) has been captivating national audiences with his calls to radio shows to collect on a debt former President Leonel Fernandez allegedly owes him for his “investment” in Fernandez’s political campaign after the Baninter …

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In an editorial today, Monday 2 March 2015, Diario Libre encourages convicted drug dealer and former army colonel Quirino Ernesto Castillo to tell all. “The Quirino factor has evolved into a powerful political weapon that could affect more than one person. The force of his revelations will depend on his including everyone who helped or …

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The senior coordinator of the United Nations Cholera Response in Haiti, Pedro Medrano Rojas, has called for more attention to the situation in the country. Cholera has declined from 350,000 cases at the outset of the epidemic in October 2010 to 60,000 in 2013 and 2012 and now to 28,000 in 2014. This has led …

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According to the police, four tourists – a woman and three men – drowned off Macao beach on Sunday afternoon, 1 March 2015. They had been staying at the Ocean Blue resort in Bavaro since Monday 23 February. They were identified as 31-year old Kush Patel, 27-year old Kajal Patel, 30-year old Shivang Jayendra Ramanbhai …

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