2016 – Page 93

The community of Quita Sueno in Haina is accusing the Falconbridge mining company of pollution that they say has caused serious health problems. Local residents are claiming that the Nafta fuel stored in three tanks belonging to the company in Haina have caused skin infections, hoarseness, headaches, allergies and an increase in the incidence of …

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Agents of the National Police Criminal Investigations Department (DICRIM) have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a Taiwanese woman in her apartment in La Esperilla, Santo Domingo in April 2012. Julia Ou-Mei Chen, 52, worked in the Embassy of Taiwan and lived in an apartment building where 52-year old Julio Cesar Arias …

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A National District judge has rejected a writ filed against the United States ambassador and other members of the US Embassy in a bid to prevent them from carrying out activities that they claim are in violation of the Constitution, such as visiting schools, by the Ambassador James Brewster accompanied by his husband. Judge Danilo …

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The Judicial Branch Council has provisionally suspended the judge who freed five Venezuelans, Carlos Justiniano, Jorge Henriquez, Gregory Frias, Geraldo Diaz and Jean Carlos Diaz, who had been arrested and charged with possession of 359 kilos of cocaine at La Romana airport over the Easter holiday weekend. Aristilda Mercedes Rodriguez’s suspension notice was signed by …

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The Police Anti Narcotics Department has arrested a Dominican Army officer along with other three people on the Navarrete-Puerto Plata road while they were carrying out a transaction involving five packages of marijuana weighing around 40 pounds. The arrested officer was Second Lieutenant Jonathan Eduardo Rosa Rodriguez, who was in a BMW M3 car and …

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Artforo, an art fair dedicated to artists who are either from the Dominican Republic or are of Dominican descent opens in New York City tomorrow, Thursday 7 April 2016. The event is being held at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Center on 3940 Broadway in Washington Heights. Event organizer Oscar Abreu is also …

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More than 250 editors and publishers of leading newspapers from Latin America, the United States and Europe are expected to attend the mid-year meeting of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA-SIP) that will take place at the Westin Resort & Club in Punta Cana from 8 to 11 April 2016. The media representatives will discuss strategies …

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Air Europa Boeing 787 Dreamliner with capacity for 296 passengers has arrived on an exhibition flight to Las Americas Airport. The new airline, part of the Air Europa fleet, will be based in Barajas airport in Madrid from November this year. On arrival at Las Americas yesterday, Monday 4 April 2016, it was met by …

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The AES Corporation, based in Arlington, Virginia has settled a lawsuit accusing the power-generating company of allowing one of its units to dump coal ash on beaches in the Dominican Republic, which allegedly caused a spate of birth defects. The trial was due to start in Delaware this week and the terms of the actual …

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The wages of the 84 Dominican players on Major League Baseball opening rosters add up to US$433,666,462. Sixteen of these players will be making more than US$10 million a year and 49 will be making more than US$1 million a year. The best paid Dominican ball player is Albert Pujols whose wage is US$25 million, …

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