2024 – Page 146

With the elections behind him, high-ranking party official and 2024 campaign director for the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Minister of Public Works Deligne Ascensión again has time to concentrate on his job as Minister of Public Works. In an inspection of the works at the Duarte Highway Km 9 intersection point, the feeder for …

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The Technology Institute of Santo Domingo (Intec) announced it has signed an alliance with Coursera to offer free online courses to its community. The courses are part of continued actions on behalf of the university to strengthen its virtual education modality. Intec Rector Julio Sánchez Maríñez and Dorota Zawistowska-Ford, leader of Coursera for Central America, …

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On 28 May 2024, the Second Penal Court of the Supreme Court of Justice sentenced the ruling party legislator Rosa Amalia Pilarte to five years in prison for her ties to the drug trafficking-related activities of her family. A separate court case is held against her family in the regular jurisdiction. In addition to her …

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Two men have been arrested in the investigation into the Banco de Reservas branch at La Barranquita, on Av. Antonio Guzman. The identities of those arrested was not revealed. A Listin Diario source says these two provided information on others who acted in the robbery. General Pedro Ignacio Matos Pérez, director general of the Central …

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The rains recorded in the last few weeks have not contributed to less heat in the Dominican Republic. On the contrary, Noticias SIN makes the point the intense humidity in the atmosphere has generated even more heat. Despite summer not yet officially starting, in most of the Dominican Republic the high temperatures are here to …

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The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Dallas Mavericks 105-100 in game four of the Western Conference playoffs. The series is now 3-1 in favor of Dallas. No team has done a comeback from losing three straight games in an NBA semi-final. Game 5 is set to be played on Thursday, 30 May 2024 in Minneapolis. ESPN …

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President Luis Abinader and First Lady Raquel Arbaje invited Pope Francisco to visit the Dominican Republic during their visit with the Pope at the Vatican. The Abinader-Arbaje family gifted the Pope with a rosary crafted in larimar, the native blue precious stone. During the meeting at the Vatican with the Pope and high officials of …

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President Luis Abinader, on a work-vacation in Italy, met on Monday, 27 May 2024 with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinal Palace in Rome. The Dominican Presidency reported that President Luis Abinader asked for backing from the Italian President for both countries to work on increasing direct flights from different parts of Italy. At …

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President Luis Abinader upon accepting he won his bid for reelection announced he would use his next term to set his mark in the Dominican Republic and leave a legacy. President Abinader says he will focus on needed social and institutional reforms. Now Anibal de Castro, executive editor of Diario Libre, writes that it is …

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Upon winning the presidential election, President Luis Abinader called for meeting the two runner ups in the election, Leonel Fernandez (Fuerza del Pueblo) and Abel Martinez (Dominican Liberation Party) to open a stage for consensus talks, mainly regarding the most pressing reforms that are pending. The invitation was made at a time when it was …

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