President Medina opens new school in Monte Plata
Aura Toribio is new Passports director
JCE drafts first ruling for 2020 elections
More public fine arts schools to be opened
Exports up 9.1% says director of National Statistics Office
Deputy Lucia Medina blames supplier “error” in backpacks scandal
Dominican baseball celebration in the United States
Cement sales up
Villanueva coercive measures to be heard
Problems with the Nigua River
The dams have not enough water for irrigation
Several yola journeys prevented
Flood warnings
Roberto Pigozzi wins Magic Malibu Open water ski competition in France
Daddy Yankee and Bad Bunny at Altos de Chavón
Sergio Vargas show in Boca Chica
President Medina opens new school in Monte Plata
On Monday, 3 September 2018, President Danilo Medina was in Monte Plata province to officially deliver three school buildings with 40 classrooms for 1,190 students for the extended school day to the community. The schools are the Madre Ascension Nicol High School, the El Cacique Primary School and the Ercilia Pepin School in Batey La Altagracia.
All of the public schools have a science and IT laboratories, a library, offices, faculty room, infirmary, kitchen, dining room, and sports facilities. The schools were built by the Office of Supervising Engineers of State Works (Oisoe), a division of the Presidency, at a cost of over RD$150 million.
http://hoy.com.do/monte-plata-gobierno-entrega-tres-centros-educativos-40-aulas-en-total/
Aura Toribio is new Passports director
President Danilo Medina appointed Aura Toribio, director general of the Passports Agency (Dirección General de Pasaportes). She replaces Ramón (Monchy) Rodríguez, who died of a heart attack on 22 August 2018. The appointment is part of Decree 338-18.
In the same executive act, the President appointed Ana María Domínguez Hernández, governor of the province of Santiago and Martes Marcos Jorge Ventura as governor of the province of Montecristi.
https://presidencia.gob.do/noticias...aportes-y-ana-maria-dominguez-y-martes-marcos
JCE drafts first ruling for 2020 elections
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) will seek feedback from political parties and movements after the plenary approved on 4 September 2018 the ruling for the political party primaries. The draft is available on the JCE website where citizens can also share comments. A public hearing is set for 23 October 2018. The new Political Parties Law 33-18 establishes a more active role on behalf of the JCE in the election by the parties of their political candidates.
The JCE draft ruling now authorizes that political parties can choose their candidates by way of primary, delegate conventions, militant conventions, party director conventions and even polls. The decision of which method to use is left open to the party echelons. The statutes and bylaws of the political parties need to be amended to legalize any new method that is incorporated and not previously authorized by the party.
The political parties are given 75 days to decide and communicate to the JCE the method they will use to choose their candidates for the February 2020 municipal election and the May 2020 presidential and legislative elections.
The date set for primaries celebration is 6 October 2019. All parties choosing this method must carry out the primary on the same day. Parties choosing their candidates by other methods have until 29 October 2019 to do so.
The ruling also establishes that political candidates that have run for one party can no longer run for another.
The resources the JCE uses to organize the primaries will be deducted from the percentage the political parties receive from government funds.
As reported, voting now will be from 8am to 4pm. Previously, the vote was from 8 to 6pm.
The JCE also ruled to prohibit painting political propaganda on streets, sidewalks, electric poles, trees and any public property with the colors and symbols of political parties or movements.
The JCE establishes that 40% of all candidates need to be women, and 10% of candidates need to be under 35 years old.
http://jce.gob.do/DesktopModules/Br..._Download&language=es-ES&PortalId=1&TabId=190
http://eldia.com.do/reglamento-jce-establece-estatutos-de-los-partidos-definiran-tipo-primarias/
https://www.diariolibre.com/noticia...conocer-reglamento-ley-de-partidos-NE10720937
More public fine arts schools to be opened
According to Culture Minister Eduardo Selman, Fine Arts schools will once again be a reality throughout the Dominican Republic before the end of 2018. He said that these schools disappeared 'in the blink of an eye' and left Dominican youths eager to learn about the arts.
The inter-institutional project between the ministries of Education and Culture, calls for opening of art schools in all the provinces of the country before the end of the year.
Currently, only 14 provinces have art schools, but 200 teachers have already been appointed and another 100 have been allotted more teaching hours.
Selman referred to the creation of 'free schools', which do not have the academic rigor of art schools and operate in neighborhoods of the country where young people have the opportunity to learn to dance, choir-based singing, performances of theater and visual arts.
https://www.plenglish.com/index.php...nican-republic-to-reopen-schools-of-fine-arts
Exports up 9.1% says director of National Statistics Office
In a presentation during the Second National Conference of Statistics, Alexandra Izquierdo says exports increased US$397.7 million in the first half of the year over 2017. She said exports were US$4,752.4 million from January to June 2018.
Her talk was on Statistics for the Promotion of Exports in the Framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. She said exports were US$8,855.6 million in 2017. She explained that the Dominican Republic exports to 146 countries, around 2,418 products. Among the leading exports is rum, cacao, tobacco products, apparel, beauty supplies, banana and plastics. 53.3% of Dominican exports are shipped to the United States.
https://www.diariolibre.com/economi...-us-4-752-4-millones-en-seis-meses-JH10718652
Deputy Lucia Medina blames supplier “error” in backpacks scandal
Deputy Lucia Medina (PLD-San Juan de la Maguana) denied that she intentionally used Ministry of Education backpacks to promote her foundation activities. She said she had ordered the backpacks from a Ministry of Education supplier and it was that company that used the Ministry of Education backpacks and sewed her logo on top of the Ministry of Education logo.
Deputy Medina is sister to President Danilo Medina. She aspires to run for senator for the PLD in the 2020 congressional election.
Medina told the press that she paid for the 3,000 backpacks she had ordered and presented the corresponding check for RD$708,000, as reported in Diario Libre.
She said the check was made to the company Ston Blue SRL owned by Felipe Isa. Isa, as reported in El Caribe, said he recognized the “error” of his company in placing the logo of the Lucia Medina foundation on top of the logo of the Ministry of Education backpacks. He said the 400,000 backpacks were manufactured with the added logo of the legislator due to a production error by the company.
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) announced it is investigating the case. Medina seeks to run for senator for San Juan de la Maguana, her home province. She is a past president of the Chamber of Deputies.
The case went viral after a video showed how the logo of the foundation of Medina (Fundación de Mujeres para el Desarrollo de San Juan - FUMUDESJU) covered up the logo of the Ministry of Education on the backpacks.
https://www.elcaribe.com.do/2018/09...a-mi-error-fue-mandar-a-hacer-3-mil-mochilas/
http://eldia.com.do/jce-investigara-caso-mochilas-de-medina/
https://www.diariolibre.com/noticia...isterio-de-educacion-con-su-nombre-HO10696724
Dominican baseball celebration in the United States
To honor the passion and contribution of Dominican Republic to the sport of baseball, ballparks across the United States are hosting a Dominican Republic Day at the Park. The series of events began on Wednesday, 29 August 2018 at Yankee Stadium in New York. In a press release, the organizers explained that the series salutes past and current Dominican players who have given so much to the game and helped make the sport what it is today.
As part of the event, videos honoring iconic players will be shown and there will be on-field presentations. Leading up to the game, attendees will have the chance to enjoy authentic Dominican music, with live bands performing before the game and also at select games. There also will be a raffle of a trip for two to the Dominican Republic.
Specific dates and locations still to come are the Houston Astros on 15 September 2018, the Philadelphia Phillies on 19 September and the Boston Red Sox on 26 September.
As of opening day for the 2018 MLB season, 30% of 864 players were born outside of the United States. Since 1995, Dominican Republic accounts for the largest percentage of those players with 93 players - representing 36% of all foreign players and 11% of all MLB starters.
Standout MLB players from Dominican Republic over the years have included Baseball Hall of Famer San Francisco Giants' Juan Marichal and of the trio of Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez and David "Papi" Ortiz that propelled the Boston Red Sox to win the legendary World Series in 2004.
https://www.marketwatch.com/press-r...ution-to-the-major-league-baseball-2018-09-04
Cement sales up
Local cement sales in the Dominican Republic increased 5.1% in the first six months of 2018 to 2,196,282 tons from 2,089,935 tons in the same time period in 2018, according to the country’s cement association, Adocem. In terms of sales revenues, a 12.9% rise was reported to RD$9.612 billion (US$192.176m) from RD$1.096 billion.
Output from the country’s cement plants rose by 4.8% to 2,738,284 tons in the first six months of this year from 2,612,099 tons in the equivalent period of the previous year. The production volume reflects a capacity utilization rate of 79.1%, an improvement of 3.7 percentage points when compared with last year, reported the online cement industry portal, Cemnet. Around 21.7% of this production volume was exported.
https://www.cemnet.com/News/story/164834/dominican-domestic-deliveries-up-5-.html
Villanueva coercive measures to be heard
The case of the death of 21-year old Andreea Celea who died after falling from the eighth floor of the W&P hotel in Bella Vista is on the court’s docket for today. Her former partner, Gabriel Villanueva, has been accused of her murder.
According to the file submitted by the Prosecution Service, the murder was premeditated. The file includes the account of how Villanueva requested his mother ask the family taxi driver to pick him up at the hotel, even though he and the victim had arrived in the hotel in their own vehicle.
The couple was to spend three nights in the hotel to celebrate the birthday of the accused, and during the 45 minutes at the hotel following their arrival, Villanueva had gone down to the lobby several times looking for a lighter or matches to light a cigarette containing presumably marijuana, as reported in the file, and could have acted under the influence of the drug.
It is then thought that later, both parties went to the car park to collect items from Villanueva’s car, but on returning they realized that the key to the room was still in the room, so they went to reception and asked for a copy.
The file states that fifteen minutes later, Gabriel left the hotel quickly in a taxi being driven by a trusted employee of his mother, Narciso Capellán. At the same time, security guards at the hotel, rushed to the victim who had landed on the terrace at the front of the hotel. They called the 911 emergency system and she was taken to the nearby Real Medical Center where she died shortly afterwards.
According to the medical certificate the accused showed injuries supposedly caused by the victim as she was defending herself.
The hearing is set for 5 September 2018 at 10:30am when pre-trial custody measures will be decided.
https://listindiario.com/la-republi...un-forcejeo-precedio-a-caida-fatal-de-andreea
Problems with the Nigua River
The Nigua River in San Cristobal, is turning into a virtual sewer and its banks mined for sand. The daily extraction of one to three cubic meters of river sand supplies construction material for contractors while the uncontrolled dumping of garbage in the river is a result of the lack of water treatment facilities and garbage collection services of businesses and dwellings along the banks of the Nigua River. As a result, the river is a source of a noticeable stench and floating garbage in the river empties onto beaches.
Those dumping the garbage and taking the sand say they earn RD$400 to RD$500 a day in this activity. The provincial director of the Environment in San Cristobal, Ángel Brea, says that they have started to remove plastic waste from the river in an attempt to clean up the environmental mess. Brea acknowledges the importance of the river for the local population.
http://eldia.com.do/rio-nigua-registra-un-progresivo-deterioro/
The dams do not have enough water for irrigation
According to the director of the National Institute of Hydrological Resources (Indrhi) Olgo Fernandez, only the Sabaneta dam in San Juan de la Maguana has enough water to guarantee irrigation for the next bean planting in November. A region-wide drought has severely reduced water in other dams and reservoirs.
Of the 32 large dams, only Sabaneta has a high volume of water, and the other dams such as Tavera, Monción, Rincón, Tavera, Hatillo, Bao, Sabana Yegua, Lope Angostura and Sabana Yegua, among others are below the minimum levels required.
Fernández said that due to these low water levels in key dams, INDRHI officials have met with the 32 irrigation boards and the 8 agrarian reform boards to determine which irrigation zones can be planted and which not while hoping for rain this month, October and November.
He said there had not been rain in the main river sources but they were trying to continue to provide water to the population and for agriculture and that the next challenge was to prepare for rice planning in December as well as for bean and tomatoes which all were obligatory but which needed a lot of water.
The president of the Dominican Association of Landowners and Agriculture (ADHA) Julio de Beras said that the east, south and northwest had been affected by a severe drought that had already caused severe damage to the production of meat and milk.
http://hoy.com.do/una-presa-con-agua-para-riego-otras-con-bajos-niveles-por-sequia/
Several yola journeys prevented
Over the last couple of days members of Naval Intelligence M2 from the Dominican Armada, have prevented five illegal journeys to Puerto Rico, arrested eight organizers of the trips and eight boat captains and confiscated several boats or yolas in operations from the municipalities of Miches and Sabana de la Mar. During the operation that also took place in La Altagracia and La Romana provinces, they dismantled illegal yola construction factories and confiscated boats which were in the process of being built.
Among those arrested were some who had a long history of taking illegal immigrants to Puerto Rico. All detainees were taken to the head office of Naval Intelligence in Santo Domingo for interrogation.
http://hoy.com.do/en-las-ultimas-72-horas-cinco-viajes-ilegales-a-puerto-rico-han-sido-frustrados/
Flood warnings
The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) has issued a flood warning for the provinces of
Monte Plata, San Pedro de Macorís, Monseñor Nouel, Hato Mayor, San Cristóbal, La Vega, Sánchez Ramírez and Greater Santo Domingo. More rain is expected as the tropical wave moves over the country as well as an increase in cloud and thunderstorms.
Onamet is also following Tropical Storm Florence, located to the west north west of the Cape Verde Islands and that is expected to increase slightly over the next day but is also not expected to affect the country.
An area of storms and rain located to the south east of the Cape Verde Islands has a low potential to develop into a tropical cyclone over the next few days.
Follow developments of storms as they move to the Caribbean at:
https://dr1.com/forums/showthread.php/171769-2018-Hurricane-Season?p=1909319#post1909319
https://listindiario.com/la-republi...onamet-vigila-otros-fenomenos-en-el-atlantico
https://listindiario.com/las-mundia...enera-fuertes-tormentas-en-avance-por-florida
http://elnacional.com.do/roberto-pigozzi-logra-record-mundial-en-esqui/
Roberto Pigozzi wins Magic Malibu Open water ski competition in France
Dominican water skier, 20-year old Roberto Pigozzi, won the Magic Malibu Open held at Grez-sur-Loing in Seine-et-Marne, in northern France. The event gathered several of the best water skiers in the world.
The 20-year old athlete from Boca Chica had recently broken the record of the U-21 at the Botaski Pro-Am World held in the Seseña Lake in Madrid, Spain.
http://www.proskiers.com/athlete/robert-pigozzi/
http://elnacional.com.do/roberto-pigozzi-logra-record-mundial-en-esqui/
Daddy Yankee and Bad Bunny at Altos de Chavón
Daddy Yankee and Bad Bunny will be performing at Altos de Chavón on Saturday, 3 November 2018. The performance is part of a series of concerts sponsored by Brugal rum and Casa de Campo Resort at the La Romana amphitheater. Daddy Yankee is known for his hit “Dura” and for his participation in “Despacito.” This will be the first time Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton singer Bad Bunny performs at Chavón. His participation is part of his tour “La Nueva Religión.”
Sergio Vargas show in Boca Chica
Merengue and bolero star performer, Sergio Vargas is announcing a concert for Boca Marina Restaurant & Lounge in Boca Chica. An area is set for those who want to dance to his catchy music. Tickets are for sale online at Uepa Tickets and at Jumbo and Supermercados Nacional stores and at the door.
Aura Toribio is new Passports director
JCE drafts first ruling for 2020 elections
More public fine arts schools to be opened
Exports up 9.1% says director of National Statistics Office
Deputy Lucia Medina blames supplier “error” in backpacks scandal
Dominican baseball celebration in the United States
Cement sales up
Villanueva coercive measures to be heard
Problems with the Nigua River
The dams have not enough water for irrigation
Several yola journeys prevented
Flood warnings
Roberto Pigozzi wins Magic Malibu Open water ski competition in France
Daddy Yankee and Bad Bunny at Altos de Chavón
Sergio Vargas show in Boca Chica
President Medina opens new school in Monte Plata
On Monday, 3 September 2018, President Danilo Medina was in Monte Plata province to officially deliver three school buildings with 40 classrooms for 1,190 students for the extended school day to the community. The schools are the Madre Ascension Nicol High School, the El Cacique Primary School and the Ercilia Pepin School in Batey La Altagracia.
All of the public schools have a science and IT laboratories, a library, offices, faculty room, infirmary, kitchen, dining room, and sports facilities. The schools were built by the Office of Supervising Engineers of State Works (Oisoe), a division of the Presidency, at a cost of over RD$150 million.
http://hoy.com.do/monte-plata-gobierno-entrega-tres-centros-educativos-40-aulas-en-total/
Aura Toribio is new Passports director
President Danilo Medina appointed Aura Toribio, director general of the Passports Agency (Dirección General de Pasaportes). She replaces Ramón (Monchy) Rodríguez, who died of a heart attack on 22 August 2018. The appointment is part of Decree 338-18.
In the same executive act, the President appointed Ana María Domínguez Hernández, governor of the province of Santiago and Martes Marcos Jorge Ventura as governor of the province of Montecristi.
https://presidencia.gob.do/noticias...aportes-y-ana-maria-dominguez-y-martes-marcos
JCE drafts first ruling for 2020 elections
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) will seek feedback from political parties and movements after the plenary approved on 4 September 2018 the ruling for the political party primaries. The draft is available on the JCE website where citizens can also share comments. A public hearing is set for 23 October 2018. The new Political Parties Law 33-18 establishes a more active role on behalf of the JCE in the election by the parties of their political candidates.
The JCE draft ruling now authorizes that political parties can choose their candidates by way of primary, delegate conventions, militant conventions, party director conventions and even polls. The decision of which method to use is left open to the party echelons. The statutes and bylaws of the political parties need to be amended to legalize any new method that is incorporated and not previously authorized by the party.
The political parties are given 75 days to decide and communicate to the JCE the method they will use to choose their candidates for the February 2020 municipal election and the May 2020 presidential and legislative elections.
The date set for primaries celebration is 6 October 2019. All parties choosing this method must carry out the primary on the same day. Parties choosing their candidates by other methods have until 29 October 2019 to do so.
The ruling also establishes that political candidates that have run for one party can no longer run for another.
The resources the JCE uses to organize the primaries will be deducted from the percentage the political parties receive from government funds.
As reported, voting now will be from 8am to 4pm. Previously, the vote was from 8 to 6pm.
The JCE also ruled to prohibit painting political propaganda on streets, sidewalks, electric poles, trees and any public property with the colors and symbols of political parties or movements.
The JCE establishes that 40% of all candidates need to be women, and 10% of candidates need to be under 35 years old.
http://jce.gob.do/DesktopModules/Br..._Download&language=es-ES&PortalId=1&TabId=190
http://eldia.com.do/reglamento-jce-establece-estatutos-de-los-partidos-definiran-tipo-primarias/
https://www.diariolibre.com/noticia...conocer-reglamento-ley-de-partidos-NE10720937
More public fine arts schools to be opened
According to Culture Minister Eduardo Selman, Fine Arts schools will once again be a reality throughout the Dominican Republic before the end of 2018. He said that these schools disappeared 'in the blink of an eye' and left Dominican youths eager to learn about the arts.
The inter-institutional project between the ministries of Education and Culture, calls for opening of art schools in all the provinces of the country before the end of the year.
Currently, only 14 provinces have art schools, but 200 teachers have already been appointed and another 100 have been allotted more teaching hours.
Selman referred to the creation of 'free schools', which do not have the academic rigor of art schools and operate in neighborhoods of the country where young people have the opportunity to learn to dance, choir-based singing, performances of theater and visual arts.
https://www.plenglish.com/index.php...nican-republic-to-reopen-schools-of-fine-arts
Exports up 9.1% says director of National Statistics Office
In a presentation during the Second National Conference of Statistics, Alexandra Izquierdo says exports increased US$397.7 million in the first half of the year over 2017. She said exports were US$4,752.4 million from January to June 2018.
Her talk was on Statistics for the Promotion of Exports in the Framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. She said exports were US$8,855.6 million in 2017. She explained that the Dominican Republic exports to 146 countries, around 2,418 products. Among the leading exports is rum, cacao, tobacco products, apparel, beauty supplies, banana and plastics. 53.3% of Dominican exports are shipped to the United States.
https://www.diariolibre.com/economi...-us-4-752-4-millones-en-seis-meses-JH10718652
Deputy Lucia Medina blames supplier “error” in backpacks scandal
Deputy Lucia Medina (PLD-San Juan de la Maguana) denied that she intentionally used Ministry of Education backpacks to promote her foundation activities. She said she had ordered the backpacks from a Ministry of Education supplier and it was that company that used the Ministry of Education backpacks and sewed her logo on top of the Ministry of Education logo.
Deputy Medina is sister to President Danilo Medina. She aspires to run for senator for the PLD in the 2020 congressional election.
Medina told the press that she paid for the 3,000 backpacks she had ordered and presented the corresponding check for RD$708,000, as reported in Diario Libre.
She said the check was made to the company Ston Blue SRL owned by Felipe Isa. Isa, as reported in El Caribe, said he recognized the “error” of his company in placing the logo of the Lucia Medina foundation on top of the logo of the Ministry of Education backpacks. He said the 400,000 backpacks were manufactured with the added logo of the legislator due to a production error by the company.
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) announced it is investigating the case. Medina seeks to run for senator for San Juan de la Maguana, her home province. She is a past president of the Chamber of Deputies.
The case went viral after a video showed how the logo of the foundation of Medina (Fundación de Mujeres para el Desarrollo de San Juan - FUMUDESJU) covered up the logo of the Ministry of Education on the backpacks.
https://www.elcaribe.com.do/2018/09...a-mi-error-fue-mandar-a-hacer-3-mil-mochilas/
http://eldia.com.do/jce-investigara-caso-mochilas-de-medina/
https://www.diariolibre.com/noticia...isterio-de-educacion-con-su-nombre-HO10696724
Dominican baseball celebration in the United States
To honor the passion and contribution of Dominican Republic to the sport of baseball, ballparks across the United States are hosting a Dominican Republic Day at the Park. The series of events began on Wednesday, 29 August 2018 at Yankee Stadium in New York. In a press release, the organizers explained that the series salutes past and current Dominican players who have given so much to the game and helped make the sport what it is today.
As part of the event, videos honoring iconic players will be shown and there will be on-field presentations. Leading up to the game, attendees will have the chance to enjoy authentic Dominican music, with live bands performing before the game and also at select games. There also will be a raffle of a trip for two to the Dominican Republic.
Specific dates and locations still to come are the Houston Astros on 15 September 2018, the Philadelphia Phillies on 19 September and the Boston Red Sox on 26 September.
As of opening day for the 2018 MLB season, 30% of 864 players were born outside of the United States. Since 1995, Dominican Republic accounts for the largest percentage of those players with 93 players - representing 36% of all foreign players and 11% of all MLB starters.
Standout MLB players from Dominican Republic over the years have included Baseball Hall of Famer San Francisco Giants' Juan Marichal and of the trio of Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez and David "Papi" Ortiz that propelled the Boston Red Sox to win the legendary World Series in 2004.
https://www.marketwatch.com/press-r...ution-to-the-major-league-baseball-2018-09-04
Cement sales up
Local cement sales in the Dominican Republic increased 5.1% in the first six months of 2018 to 2,196,282 tons from 2,089,935 tons in the same time period in 2018, according to the country’s cement association, Adocem. In terms of sales revenues, a 12.9% rise was reported to RD$9.612 billion (US$192.176m) from RD$1.096 billion.
Output from the country’s cement plants rose by 4.8% to 2,738,284 tons in the first six months of this year from 2,612,099 tons in the equivalent period of the previous year. The production volume reflects a capacity utilization rate of 79.1%, an improvement of 3.7 percentage points when compared with last year, reported the online cement industry portal, Cemnet. Around 21.7% of this production volume was exported.
https://www.cemnet.com/News/story/164834/dominican-domestic-deliveries-up-5-.html
Villanueva coercive measures to be heard
The case of the death of 21-year old Andreea Celea who died after falling from the eighth floor of the W&P hotel in Bella Vista is on the court’s docket for today. Her former partner, Gabriel Villanueva, has been accused of her murder.
According to the file submitted by the Prosecution Service, the murder was premeditated. The file includes the account of how Villanueva requested his mother ask the family taxi driver to pick him up at the hotel, even though he and the victim had arrived in the hotel in their own vehicle.
The couple was to spend three nights in the hotel to celebrate the birthday of the accused, and during the 45 minutes at the hotel following their arrival, Villanueva had gone down to the lobby several times looking for a lighter or matches to light a cigarette containing presumably marijuana, as reported in the file, and could have acted under the influence of the drug.
It is then thought that later, both parties went to the car park to collect items from Villanueva’s car, but on returning they realized that the key to the room was still in the room, so they went to reception and asked for a copy.
The file states that fifteen minutes later, Gabriel left the hotel quickly in a taxi being driven by a trusted employee of his mother, Narciso Capellán. At the same time, security guards at the hotel, rushed to the victim who had landed on the terrace at the front of the hotel. They called the 911 emergency system and she was taken to the nearby Real Medical Center where she died shortly afterwards.
According to the medical certificate the accused showed injuries supposedly caused by the victim as she was defending herself.
The hearing is set for 5 September 2018 at 10:30am when pre-trial custody measures will be decided.
https://listindiario.com/la-republi...un-forcejeo-precedio-a-caida-fatal-de-andreea
Problems with the Nigua River
The Nigua River in San Cristobal, is turning into a virtual sewer and its banks mined for sand. The daily extraction of one to three cubic meters of river sand supplies construction material for contractors while the uncontrolled dumping of garbage in the river is a result of the lack of water treatment facilities and garbage collection services of businesses and dwellings along the banks of the Nigua River. As a result, the river is a source of a noticeable stench and floating garbage in the river empties onto beaches.
Those dumping the garbage and taking the sand say they earn RD$400 to RD$500 a day in this activity. The provincial director of the Environment in San Cristobal, Ángel Brea, says that they have started to remove plastic waste from the river in an attempt to clean up the environmental mess. Brea acknowledges the importance of the river for the local population.
http://eldia.com.do/rio-nigua-registra-un-progresivo-deterioro/
The dams do not have enough water for irrigation
According to the director of the National Institute of Hydrological Resources (Indrhi) Olgo Fernandez, only the Sabaneta dam in San Juan de la Maguana has enough water to guarantee irrigation for the next bean planting in November. A region-wide drought has severely reduced water in other dams and reservoirs.
Of the 32 large dams, only Sabaneta has a high volume of water, and the other dams such as Tavera, Monción, Rincón, Tavera, Hatillo, Bao, Sabana Yegua, Lope Angostura and Sabana Yegua, among others are below the minimum levels required.
Fernández said that due to these low water levels in key dams, INDRHI officials have met with the 32 irrigation boards and the 8 agrarian reform boards to determine which irrigation zones can be planted and which not while hoping for rain this month, October and November.
He said there had not been rain in the main river sources but they were trying to continue to provide water to the population and for agriculture and that the next challenge was to prepare for rice planning in December as well as for bean and tomatoes which all were obligatory but which needed a lot of water.
The president of the Dominican Association of Landowners and Agriculture (ADHA) Julio de Beras said that the east, south and northwest had been affected by a severe drought that had already caused severe damage to the production of meat and milk.
http://hoy.com.do/una-presa-con-agua-para-riego-otras-con-bajos-niveles-por-sequia/
Several yola journeys prevented
Over the last couple of days members of Naval Intelligence M2 from the Dominican Armada, have prevented five illegal journeys to Puerto Rico, arrested eight organizers of the trips and eight boat captains and confiscated several boats or yolas in operations from the municipalities of Miches and Sabana de la Mar. During the operation that also took place in La Altagracia and La Romana provinces, they dismantled illegal yola construction factories and confiscated boats which were in the process of being built.
Among those arrested were some who had a long history of taking illegal immigrants to Puerto Rico. All detainees were taken to the head office of Naval Intelligence in Santo Domingo for interrogation.
http://hoy.com.do/en-las-ultimas-72-horas-cinco-viajes-ilegales-a-puerto-rico-han-sido-frustrados/
Flood warnings
The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) has issued a flood warning for the provinces of
Monte Plata, San Pedro de Macorís, Monseñor Nouel, Hato Mayor, San Cristóbal, La Vega, Sánchez Ramírez and Greater Santo Domingo. More rain is expected as the tropical wave moves over the country as well as an increase in cloud and thunderstorms.
Onamet is also following Tropical Storm Florence, located to the west north west of the Cape Verde Islands and that is expected to increase slightly over the next day but is also not expected to affect the country.
An area of storms and rain located to the south east of the Cape Verde Islands has a low potential to develop into a tropical cyclone over the next few days.
Follow developments of storms as they move to the Caribbean at:
https://dr1.com/forums/showthread.php/171769-2018-Hurricane-Season?p=1909319#post1909319
https://listindiario.com/la-republi...onamet-vigila-otros-fenomenos-en-el-atlantico
https://listindiario.com/las-mundia...enera-fuertes-tormentas-en-avance-por-florida
http://elnacional.com.do/roberto-pigozzi-logra-record-mundial-en-esqui/
Roberto Pigozzi wins Magic Malibu Open water ski competition in France
Dominican water skier, 20-year old Roberto Pigozzi, won the Magic Malibu Open held at Grez-sur-Loing in Seine-et-Marne, in northern France. The event gathered several of the best water skiers in the world.
The 20-year old athlete from Boca Chica had recently broken the record of the U-21 at the Botaski Pro-Am World held in the Seseña Lake in Madrid, Spain.
http://www.proskiers.com/athlete/robert-pigozzi/
http://elnacional.com.do/roberto-pigozzi-logra-record-mundial-en-esqui/
Daddy Yankee and Bad Bunny at Altos de Chavón
Daddy Yankee and Bad Bunny will be performing at Altos de Chavón on Saturday, 3 November 2018. The performance is part of a series of concerts sponsored by Brugal rum and Casa de Campo Resort at the La Romana amphitheater. Daddy Yankee is known for his hit “Dura” and for his participation in “Despacito.” This will be the first time Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton singer Bad Bunny performs at Chavón. His participation is part of his tour “La Nueva Religión.”
Sergio Vargas show in Boca Chica
Merengue and bolero star performer, Sergio Vargas is announcing a concert for Boca Marina Restaurant & Lounge in Boca Chica. An area is set for those who want to dance to his catchy music. Tickets are for sale online at Uepa Tickets and at Jumbo and Supermercados Nacional stores and at the door.