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Spanish investors in Santiago

by Royston on Aug 29 2010. Viewed (375)
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. Viewed (412)
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. Viewed (594)
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. Viewed (522)
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. Viewed (714)
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. Viewed (1148)
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. Viewed (747)
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. Viewed (386)
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. Viewed (702)
As had been originally scheduled, the long time fugitive and alleged drug trafficker, Jos� Figueroa Agosto, known as ...
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Bakers to suspend school meals deliveries

by Royston on Aug 26 2010. Viewed (333)
The national bakers union, La Uni�n Nacional de Peque�os 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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