2018 – Page 277

21-year old Dominican model from Nizao, Hiandra Martinez was voted “one of the industry’s most promising newcomers” for 2017. The 21 year old from Nizao, in Peravia province, is regarded by Vogue as one of the top 16 models in the world. In a recent Vogue online poll, Martínez received 83% of the vote in …

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An El Seibo judge ordered one year pre-trial custody to Venezuelan Carlos Jose Gascón González (El Goncho) accused of the murder of two Dutchmen, 34-year old Rachid Benbouker and 36-year old Cuma Ceviz, whose corpses were found in a ditch in a sugar cane field in Mata de Palma, El Seibo. Gascón was arrested on …

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The Attorney General’s Office revealed that one of the 16 people convicted of the massacre of six suspected drug traffickers in Paya-Bani, which happened in Ojo de Agua on 4 August 2008, was freed from jail in the last days of December 2017. The man freed was former second lieutenant in the Dominican Armada, Andrés …

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She survived a brutal attack while her boyfriend committed suicide unable to face what he had done. 18-year old Awilda Moreta is now recovering in the Juan Pablo Pina Public Hospital in San Cristóbal having survived after drinking a poisoned-laced juice given to her by her boyfriend. The incident occurred at her job place in …

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British citizen Waleed Islam is interviewed in Diario Libre where he told reporters of his frustration that he has not being able to find the Dominican woman he had contacted via a match-making site. He said he came to the Dominican Republic to meet the woman in person, but this has not been possible. He …

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The Dominican army has detained 376 Haitians who were trying to enter the Dominican Republic illegally. Colonel José Manuel Durán Infante, commander of the Fourth Army Brigade, based in Mao, said that they were detained in the communities of Santa María, Las Matas de Santa Cruz, in Montecristi, and La Vigía, Carbonera, in Dajabón. He …

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According to constitutional lawyer, Eduardo Jorge Prats, members of the Dominican military and government officials are taking bribes and assisting in the trafficking immigrants, which are leading to a flood of Haitians entering the Dominican Republic. He maintained that some representatives of government agencies and military officers stationed at the border are negotiating with the …

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According to the spokesman for the National Police, Colonel Frank Durán, of the 346 people reported missing during 2017, 238 have been found, 25 bodies were discovered and there are still 83 who have not been located. Duran went on to say that of the 83 supposedly still missing, it is very possible they were …

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The Dominican government expects to add another passenger car to increase the services on Line 1 of the Santo Domingo Metro soon. Peralta blamed the factory for the delays in availability of cars for the Santo Domingo Metro. For many months the demand for the service has outstripped the supply, resulting in long waits for …

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The Ministry of the Environment has issued Resolution No. 0001/2018 cancelling more than 400 environmental permissions issued over the last several years. A press release explains the permissions had either expired or had not been collected at the Ministry by the interested parties. The situation was detected during the procedures to install the One Stop …

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