2015 – Page 295

A preliminary report from the public health authorities in Santiago reveals that the doctors who operated on the two women who died at a beauty clinic in Santiago last week were not surgeons, as reported in Diario Libre. The director of the recertification bureau at the Ministry of Public Health, Luis Tomas Oviedo said that …

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Agents from the Specialized Corps of Airport Security (CESAC) and other security agencies at Las Americas airport (AILA) have confiscated around EUR79,850 in notes in a range of denominations from a Belgian woman who was trying to bring them into the country without declaring them. Marik Melissa Piertenelle, 21, arrived at AILA on a Jetair …

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The National Police have arrested Asolin Perez, known as the “King of Marijuana” in Santo Domingo East. He is thought to be the leader of a national and international drug-dealing ring made up of Dominicans and Haitians. Police spokesman Jacobo Mateo Moquete said that Perez was linked to operations in Haiti and in the Dominican …

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The mayor of the municipal district of El Cedro, in Miches, Gabriel Nunez Cedeno, was shot in the mouth yesterday evening, Monday 23 February 2015, during an armed robbery by four men who were travelling on two motorbikes on the Duarte Bridge. Police suspect that the motive of the attack was to steal his smart …

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According to the Santiago police, one man shot dead another two in the middle of an argument over a parking spot in the Los Santos neighborhood on Sunday, 22 February 2015. 30-year old Claudio Ramos Then and 29-year old Bernardo Estrella Mercedes died when taken to the Presidente Estrella Urena hospital in the city. They …

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A Canadian man has died in Santiago, according to the Cibao Central Regional Command. He was identified as 63-year old Steve McKechnie. He died in the La Zurza II housing project in the center of the city. McKechnie was with 29-year old Mairelys Vanessa Perez, who told police that as always she would go to …

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Colombian Jaime Castaneda (EPM-UNE) has won the second stage of the Vuelta Independencia Nacional, the Caribbean’s leading cycling tour, now underway through 1 March 2015. The eight-day UCI 2.2 stage race began on 22 February. Castaneda covered the 187 km route from Punta Cana to Santo Domingo in 4:57.56. Second was Coulton Hartrich (IRT Racing, …

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Popular Mexican singer Juan Gabriel will be appearing live in concert at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Punta Cana this Saturday, 28 February 2015. His visit is part of his “Volver 2015” world tour. Ticket prices range from RD$3,400 to RD$20,000. For tickets: http://eventos.tuboleta.com.do http://www.ticketexpress.com.do/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=1085 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAJ20yq1Znk To read more news, see the DR1 News …

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President Danilo Medina cut the symbolic ribbon yesterday, Sunday, 22 February 2015 to inaugurate the first phase of the new 17.5km Santo Domingo Bypass leading from Haina in the province of Santo Domingo to the Duarte Highway. This is the first phase of a four-lane highway under construction by Consorcio Compreica-Alba Sanchez that will take …

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The National Business Council (Conep) is calling on the government to take action to organize the transport system so that the law is respected and competitiveness and free markets are allowed to operate. In a statement, Conep called for an end to what it called the gross abuses of dominant positions exercised by transporters affecting …

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