2015 – Page 6

Felix Manuel Rodriguez Grullon, the mayor who state prosecutors have accused of RD$400 million fraud in San Francisco de Macoris was chosen to run for the ruling PLD party in the recent primaries. Rodriguez Grullon benefited from a court decision on 27 March 2015 that dismissed his case. He is a former president of the …

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The National Police has announced the arrest of Pascual Cordero (El Chino), sought for drug trafficking and asset laundering. Cordero, who was on the Police 10 most wanted list was arrested by members of the Police Anti-Narcotics Division (Dican) and the Criminal Investigations Agency (Dicrim) yesterday, Monday 21 December 2015. http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2015/12/22/401297/policia-apresa-a-el-chino-uno-de-los-10-mas-buscados-por-esa-entidad

A Santiago court has ordered one year’s pre-trial detention at Rafey Jail for 46-year old Domingo Hinojosa Ceballos, who returned from Boston and admitted responsibility for the fatal shooting of 53-year old Antonio Castillo de la Rosa on 15 December 2015. As reported, Hinojosa was enraged after Castillo’s truck scraped his SUV. He fled to …

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According to the Vatican, an autopsy has confirmed that the former envoy to the Dominican Republic, Jozef Wesolowski, who was awaiting trial on charges including the sexual abuse of minors, did indeed die of a heart attack. The former archbishop died of natural causes, due to an acute myocardial infarction, and the Vatican said there …

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A new report has been issued by the Boston Redevelopment Authority that says more than a quarter of people living in Boston in 2014 were born outside the United States. This is a 19% increase since 2000 and of the 656,051 residents in 2014, 177,461 were born overseas. Half of them are now naturalized US …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) has declared a green alert due to the high surf and strong winds along the entire Dominican coastline. The COE is advising small and medium sized boat captains to stay in port as the waves are between seven and eight feet high near the coastline. Seventy homes have been flooded …

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Hard Rock Cafe in Santo Domingo is inviting partygoers to dance all night long to the outstanding merengue bands of stars Fernando Villalona and Sergio Vargas as of 9pm tomorrow evening, Wednesday, 23 December 2015. Tickets on Uepa Tickets, Supermercados Nacional or at the door.

El Reventon Navideno, a merengue, salsa and bachata, urban music bash celebrated at the Campo Club in San Cristobal off the 6 de Noviembre Highway is again scheduled for Christmas Day, 25 December 2015 as of 5pm. Performing this year: bands Los Hermanos Rosario, Johnny Ventura, Sergio Vargas, Omega, Don Miguelo, Jovanny Polanco, Shadow Blow …

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Banco Popular is inviting the public to live performances of the traditional Christmas Nativity story at the Torre Popular plaza on Av. John F. Kennedy and Av. Maximo Gomez in Santo Domingo on Sunday 20 and Friday 25 December as of 6:30pm. The actors in the play include many bank employees. Free admission.

On Friday, 25 December 2015, ballad singer Diomary La Mala will perform with her special guests at Hard Rock Cafe at the Blue Mall in Santo Domingo starting at 9pm.