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Dominican News
Batey Relief takes dental, medical care for Haiti's quake victims
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:05:00 GMTAnse-a-Pitre, HAITI. - As part of its continuing disaster relief intervention in Haiti, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is dispatching on March 27th a team of 20 dental and medical specialists from the United States to far-reached earthquake-affected border commune of Anse-a-Pitre to deliver much needed dental and medical care to children and their families living in impoverished conditions.
Jehovah's Witnesses offer free Bible instruction in English
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:11:00 GMTSanto Domingo - There is now help available for English speakers with a spiritual inclination here in Santo Domingo. Starting January 3, 2010 and continuing every Sunday thereafter, Christian meetings are held in English at the “Salon del Reino de los Testigos de Jehová," #33 Avenida Francia on the corner of Galvan, in the Gascue sector of Santo Domingo.
Autohaus presents its racing team
Fri, 5 Mar 2010 19:46:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- The Mazda - Mcdonald's - Coastal - Auto Haus Racing team, and its new auto Mazda 6 Tindol Motorsport, was presented to the press last night, and will be competing in the Nacional Motorsport Prize in the category DTS.
Quick guys, fast girls on motorcycles this weekend
Fri, 5 Mar 2010 19:39:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- The radio station Fuego 90 is sponsoring a motorcycle race on Sunday, in the Mobil 1 raceway on the Las Americans highway.
Dominican, Canadian leaders meet, dodge sticky gold mine issue
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:39:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- President Leonel Fernandez Canada Governor General Michaëlle Jean met in the National Palace on Wednesday ,where the two leaders spoke about important regional topics.
Cable theft prompts Dominican Republic ban on scrap metal exports
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:15:00 GMTSANTO DOMINGO. - The Customs Agency suspended copper exports until the scrap metals market is regularized, a measure taken to prevent the theft of cables which has led to hundreds of millions of pesos in losses to the telecoms and the State-owned power companies.
Dominican business leaders say pact boosts trade with British Commonwealth
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:53:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- The bi-national chambers of commerce of the Commonwealth of Countries in Dominican Republic signed an agreement on Monday to jointly promote bilateral relations with nations which have burgeoning trade a population of more that two billion people.
AES Dominicana plants supply 53.4% of Dominican Republic's energy
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:39:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- The power company AES Dominicana and the AES group on Tuesday said it contributes 53.4% of all the energy currently placed in the National Interconnected Electrical System (SENI).
Government distinguishes 10 women
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:02:00 GMTSanto Domingo. - President Leonel Fernandez yesterday bestowed the Woman's Medal of Merit on 10 women who stand out for their contributions to the country's development in diverse areas, in an event held out in the National Palace, to mark International Woman's Day.
Treasurer denies politicking with US$1.0B in proposed bonds
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:17:00 GMTSanto Domingo. - The Government's US$1.0 billion in proposed bonds are included in the RD$115.0 billion in financing in this year's budget, affirmed the Treasury Minister yesterday.
Cocaine bust n Spain prompts searches in exclusive sectors
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:44:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- The National District Office of the Prosecutor and the Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) conducted at least six searches, including the the luxury condo tower Atiemar, of the upscale sector La Esperilla, looking for evidence leading to the traffickers who shipped 1,200 kilos of cocaine from Dominican Republic, seized in Spain last week.
Dominican generals on “lists" of U.S. authorities
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- The United States will reportedly question Prisons director, retied general Manuel de Jesus Perez, for the hundreds of phone calls on drug trafficking operations allegedly made from Dominican jails, as the alleged involvement of some of the country's generals in drug trafficking now focuses on “lists."
Dominican President's efforts to end Chavez -Uribe tiff fizzle
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:53:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- The Dominican Government yesterday said Venezuela president Hugo Chavez, would come to the country to seek, together with Dominican par Leonel Fernandez, a solution to that nation's conflict with Colombia.
Slippery fugitive Figueroa is worth US$80M, Dominican authorities say
Mon, 8 Mar 2010 19:10:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- The fugitive Jose Figueroa Agosto had properties worth 80 million dollars, Dominican authorities told Puerto Rico news source end.com, based in San Juan and included farms, apartments and vehicles. It says he had become the Pablo Escobar of the Caribbean.
Residents say Dominican Government officials own condos in tower under probe (UPDATE)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:01:00 GMTSanto Domingo.-National District prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso said Wednesday afternoon that the owners of the 1,200 kilos of cocaine seized last week in the port of Valencia, Arturo del Tiempo and Núñez Cebria, are now being held in a Barcelona jail.
Police Chief taps a new top traffic cops
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:20:00 GMTSANTO DOMINGO. - Police chief Rafael Guzmán on Wednesday designated Assistant chief Henry Peralta interim director of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (Amet).
Dominican Republic's most wanted had Puerto Rican politicos in his pocket
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:07:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- None of the politicians of the city of Bayamón who in the mid 1990s asked then governor Pedro Rosselló to pardon the convict Jose Figueroa Agosto sought to learn of the serious crimes he committed, said yesterday one of those implicated.
After Chavez's snub, Dominican leader gets Uribe's thanks
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:56:00 GMTBogota. - The Government of Colombia expressed its gratitude to Dominican Republic chief executive Leonel Fernandez, for his mediation to ease the strained relations between Bogota and Caracas.
Signed pact seeks a transparent nation
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:56:00 GMTSANTO DOMINGO. - The National Ethics and Anticorruption Commission (CNECC) and the Santo Domingo Technological Institute (INTEC), signed an agreement on Tuesday, to promote ethical values in the academic sphere, aimed at students of the different universities.
Expert: remittances should jump start Dominican economy
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:59:00 GMTSanto Domingo. - The head of the Economic Development Organization's (OECD) Latin America Unit yesterday said the country must take advantage of remittances its citizens receive and to turn them into a financial catalyst for the local economy, through programs such as bonds focused towards the nationals who live abroad.