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Spanish citizen busted for drugs at Punta Cana

by Royston, Today at 12:07pm
A Spanish citizen was arrested at Punta Cana airport as he tried to travel to Madrid with nearly 8Kg of what were suspected to be drugs in his hand luggage.Nelson...
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Sosua's finances, a 'disaster'

by Royston, Today at 12:02pm
The new mayor of Sosua has declared that the town's financial position is a "disaster" and blamed the previous administration for the "precarious" situation....
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Bengoa requests urgent approval of US$100million disaster recovery fund

by Royston on Sep 1 2010
The Minister of Finance asked Congress on Monday to meet  "with the urgency warranted by the current situation"  to agree the US$100 million disaster contingency loan which would be set up a...
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Police recover jeep stolen from Canadian

by Royston on Sep 1 2010
The National Police have recovered a jeep stolen from a Canadian tourist, Ucelo Berco, 29, staying at a Sosua hotel. The vehicle was registered in the name of Veljko Uzelac. The Mitsubishi Montero ...
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Free concert of live music free concert on Cabarete beach this Saturday

by The Reporter on Aug 31 2010
If you like live music, then head down to Cabarete beach this weekend for the 2nd World Music Festival. The free concert starts at 9pm on Saturday (Sept 4), and will include a fusion of rhythm...
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Swiss man attacked in his Puerto Plata home

by Royston on Aug 31 2010
A Swiss national was wounded in the leg and his left side by three attackers who broke into his home. Andre Stocklin, 60 years old, was in his house in calle Primera, Puerto Plata, when the men b...
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German shoots himself in Sosua

by Royston on Aug 31 2010
A German tourist has committed suicide in his Sosua hotel room. Marc Andre Daniel Sakschewski was found dead in his room at Casa Marina Hotel, apparently having shot himself in the mouth with a 25mm r...
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Earl continues North West, away from Dominican Republic

by Royston on Aug 31 2010
The center of  Hurricane "Earl", which has reached Category 4, stayed away last night from the small islands of the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico, although it caused heavy rains and flooding th...
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Hurricane Earl strengthens in Caribbean

by The Reporter on Aug 30 2010
Hurricane Earl strengthened as it began buffeting the Northern Leeward islands in the Caribbean on Monday and was seen becoming a powerful storm within the next 24 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane C...
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Infrastructure program adjusted in line with IMF accord

by Royston on Aug 29 2010
The Dominican government announced on Friday it is establishing the priority list for major construction works to be re-activated in the budget for this year and 2011. ...
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Spanish investors in Santiago

by Royston on Aug 29 2010
A delegation of Spanish businessmen has been visiting the city of Santiago and has expressed interest in making various investments in the area, according to the mayor Gilberto Serulle. The delegation...
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Investigation into deaths of 16 new born babies

by Royston on Aug 29 2010
An investigation is under way by local and government inspectors after sixteen newborn infants died in one hospital last week. They will be studying and testing air quality, oxygen supplies, walls, fl...
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Italian kidnap victim released

by Royston on Aug 28 2010
The Italian businessman who was kidnapped at gunpoint on Wednesday night was found alive and well on Friday in the Estorga area of Guerra, Boca Chica on Friday. According to the police report, ...
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RD$1 million robbery in La Estancia

by Royston on Aug 27 2010
Robbers got away with RD$1 million when they attacked and robbed a Cuban American businessman in his home in La Estancia in Puerto PlataThree masked men broke into the home of 75 year old Enrique Pasc...
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Italian businessman kidnapped in Boca Chica

by Royston on Aug 27 2010
Four heavily armed individuals posing as agents of the National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) kidnapped an Italian businessman on Wednesday night and have demanded a million dollars for his release. Th...
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Violent protests at Barrick Gold

by Royston on Aug 27 2010
Workers at the Barrick Gold mining company have spent Thursday protesting and demanding full payment of benefits they say are due to their colleagues who were sacked by the company....
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Credit card cloning operation dismantled

by Royston on Aug 26 2010
Police officers, assigned to the Central Dept. of Criminal Investigations have dismantled a network of counterfeiters who were using hi-tech equipment to clone credit cards....
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Denials of salmonella in Dominican eggs

by Royston on Aug 26 2010
The Association of Egg Producers of Moca in the Espaillat province defended the quality of their produce and denied that it is contaminated with salmonella.The warn...
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Figueroa Agosto in court Monday, but not on drugs charges

by Royston on Aug 26 2010
As had been originally scheduled, the long time fugitive and alleged drug trafficker, José Figueroa Agosto, known as ...
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Bakers to suspend school meals deliveries

by Royston on Aug 26 2010
The national bakers union, La Unión Nacional de Pequeños Empresarios de la Harina (UMPIH), announced it will suspend supplies to schools for children's meals from Monday if the Ministry of Education d...
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Bail for Customs officers on embezzlement charges

by Royston on Aug 26 2010
Dominican Customs workers accused of swindling more than RD$100 million from the Santiago Customs office (...
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Police Chief insists all vehicle checkpoints will be in well lit areas

by Royston on Aug 26 2010
National Police Chief, Major General Jose Armando Polanco Gómez, issued instructions on Wednesday to all regional directors and commanders that any routine checks and vehicle inspections should only b...
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Repatriation of US man accused of child sex abuse

by Royston on Aug 25 2010
The Dominican Republic has repatriated Dennis Alan Crawford Jr. to the U.S. where he is wanted on charges relating to child sex crimes. He was captured last week while driving in th...
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4 planes seized from Caribair over debts

by Royston on Aug 25 2010
In response to a court ruling, a U.S. bank this week seized four planes belonging to the Dominican airline Caribair for alleged non-payment of a debt of more than a million dollars....
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