2016 – Page 75

Six Dominicans who reportedly lost everything in the earthquake in Ecuador on Saturday, 16 April 2016 returned to Santo Domingo yesterday, Sunday 24 April 2016 on the plane the Dominican government had sent with 38 rescue specialists and six trained dogs to help with rescue and relief work in Ecuador. The ashes of Miguel Payano, …

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Fast food chain McDonald’s is introducing all-night services at its branch on Av. Tiradentes in Santo Domingo. The 24-hour schedule will be in operation from Wednesday through Saturday. From Sunday through Tuesday, the restaurant will close at 2am.

According to the Police, an Army sergeant killed his four-year old son and injured his ex-wife and former father-in-law before committing suicide in Villa Central in the southwestern province of Barahona. Sergeant Deyvi Rocha Codones killed his four-year old son Victor Manuel Feliz with his former wife, Dorka Lenny Feliz, who was injured in the …

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The Police reported the arrest of a Canadian identified as 50-year old Matthew Bruce Maynard (Matt) on Sunday, 24 April 2016. He is accused of cultivating marijuana in Veron, in the province of La Altagracia. Veron is 15 minutes away from the Punta Cana tourist area. According to police, he had 771 marijuana plants growing …

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A panel of jurors has selected Ossygeno Models Management agency model, 23-year old Sal Garcia to represent the Dominican Republic in the 2016 Miss Universe contest. She was representing the province of Monsenor Nouel (Bonao). Mercedes Anabel Abreu, representing the province of Santo Domingo, was the runner-up at the event, which was held yesterday, Sunday …

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Central Bank governor Hector Valdez Albizu says that he is in agreement with the elimination of the 0.15% tax on checks and electronic transfers of funds. Valdez said that the tax was intended to be temporary. Valdez is also in favor of eliminating taxation on savings in the future, at least for deposits of up …

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A feature in El Caribe focuses on how commuters have to endure long traffic jams at peak hours to get to work. The traffic jams result in wasted time and excess fuel consumption. The interviewees were in favor of staggering working hours to decongest traffic in Greater Santo Domingo. Recent government solutions such as overpasses …

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According to the National Police Anti-Noise Department, there has been a gradual reduction in complaints since the 911 Emergency System began cranking down on high noise levels. Between 11 and 17 April 2016, nonetheless, the Police seized 467 speakers, in 282 raids. 157 were confiscated in Santo Domingo East, 124 in the National District, 71 …

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The Attorney General has announced that a Dominican Jesus Pascual Cabrera Ruiz, an alleged drug trafficker, has been captured in Spain. An Interpol arrest warrant against him had been issued for drug trafficking and asset laundering. Cabrera Ruiz was on the country’s most wanted list. Interpol arrested him in Spain in compliance with a red …

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A Dominican Army officer and executive of a free zone industry in Santiago is suspected of having killed himself by shooting himself in the head. 44-year old second lieutenant Samuel Arturo Mendez Carrasco was found dead inside his Ford Explorer in the area known as Siete Casas on Av. Yapur Dumit in La Barranquita in …

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