2016 – Page 6

The Vatican has reported that the appointment of Bishop of the diocese of San Pedro de Macoris, Francisco Ozoria, chosen by the Vatican to be Archbishop of Santo Domingo, is to be effective on 4 September 2016. The Bishop Ozoria has served in San Pedro de Macoris for 18 years. He was appointed Bishop of …

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Yesterday, 4 July 2016 was the 155th anniversary of the execution by firing squad of the founding father, Francisco del Rosario Sanchez. Del Rosario Sanchez, was born in Santo Domingo on 9 March 1817 and was said patriotic, honest, brave, fearless and ingenious. He proclaimed Independence of the country at the Conde Gate on 27 …

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A new multi-media report is circulating showing the major environmental damage caused by mining in the Cotui region. Barrick Pueblo Viejo operates one of the largest gold mines in the world. The photo-report and videos, in Spanish and Italian, the production Gli Occhi della Guerra shows major environmental contamination that has been linked to skin …

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A judge in Puerto Plata ordered three months preventive custody for Melvin del Rosario Gil, the lead suspect in the murder of Belgian citizen Marina Henrietta Belmuls in her home in the Costambar gated community in Puerto Plata according to Puerto Plata police. Del Rosario, who works as a teacher in an IT school, maintains …

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The mayor-elect in San Cristobal, Nelson Guillen, has complained that more than 300 bodies have been taken from their graves and are being stored without identification in the administration office at the Municipal Cemetery in San Cristobal. He inspected the cemetery along with judges Joel Baldemiro Pena and Fiordaliza Rosario, where they questioned for over …

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A 35-foot long speedboat was detained in San Pedro de Macoris at Playa Caleton by the Dominican Armada (ARD) and the Air Force (FARD) in the early morning of Monday, 4 July 2016. On board were 919 packages suspected to be cocaine or heroin that may have been shipped from Colombia. Two Colombians and three …

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Two men who traveled to Boston from the Dominican Republic have been charged with trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to violate drug laws after customs agents discovered multiple packages of cocaine worth approximately US$200,000 in their possession. According to Massachusetts State Police, the two men, from Allentown, Pennsylvania, arrived at Logan Airport just after 10 …

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The Dominican Republic women’s national volleyball team defeated Venezuela (25-16, 25-11, 25-16), Mexico (25-17, 25-15, 25-19) and Colombia (25, 13, 17-25, 25-18, 25-18) in its three first games during the Pan American Volleyball Championship taking place in Santo Domingo from 30 June to 11 July 2016. The tournament is being held at the Juan Pablo …

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The sweeping recommendations to revamp the Dominican political and democratic institutions made by Rafael Blanco Canto, president of the National Business Council (Conep) were rejected by the secretary general of the ruling PLD party senator Reinaldo Pared Perez but have received the support of leading Dominican business organizations, including the American Chamber of Commerce, the …

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The Vatican announced on 4 July 2016 the appointment of Bishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta of San Pedro de Macoris as the metropolitan archbishop of the archdiocese of Santo Domingo. He will succeed Cardinal archbishop Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez. The Vatican indicated that Lopez’s resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese was accepted …

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