2024 – Page 168

National District Mayor Carolina Mejía announced on 24 April 2024 upon swearing in for a second term the construction of the Paseo 30 de Mayo and expansion of Malecón Sports areas on the southwestern side of the Caribbean Sea boulevard. The first phase of the Malecon Deportivo was delivered in December 2023 and has been …

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The Ministry of Labor confirms Monday, 29 April 2024 is a national holiday celebrating Labor Day in 2024. Labor Day actually falls on Wednesday, 1 May 2024, but the Ministry of Labor has moved the holiday creating the long weekend for those who can take the time off. Domestic tourism is big in the Dominican …

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Deputy Ana Mercedes Rodríguez (PLD-Peravia) called for more support for the protection and preservation of the natural monument Las Dunas de las Calderas in southcentral Peravia province. During the Wednesday, 24 April 2024 session, Rodriguez said: “It is a shame what happens when unscrupulous people try to silence the authorities, in their intention to take …

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The mountain valley municipality of Constanza has a new environment head after the murder of a farmer who denounced illegal sand extraction. The Ministry of Environment appointed Army Major Juan Francisco De Jesús Echavarría on Wednesday, 24 April 2024 as its new municipal manager based at the Constanza office. 39-year old Constanza farm owner Francisco …

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Compañía de Electricidad San Pedro de Macorís (Energas) has received a 30-year concession for a US$222 mn natural gas-fired power project. The power plant would be the 130 MW Energas IV plant and would be built in Guayaanes, San Pedro de Macoris. The combined cycle plant would be built at the Energas existing facility which …

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The judges of the Second Collegiate Court of the National District were unanimous in their sentencing of Alison de Jesús Pérez Mejía (Chiquito), Luis Brito Troncoso (Luisito) and Wesly Vincent Carmona, alias “el Dotolcito,” respectively, to 30, 20 and 15 years in prison on Thursday, 25 April 2024. The ruling for the high-profile trial was …

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Judge Yaritza Cabral de la Cruz, of the Judicial Office of the Permanent Care Services of Santiago, ruled three months of preventive detention against Rafael José de la Rosa Mateo and two other men, linked to the seizure of 161 pounds of marijuana. De la Rosa Mateo was ordered to await trial in a Dajabon …

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Rains are forecast for most of the country as a trough passes by. The National Weather Office (Onamet) said the rains will continue through Saturday, 27 April 2024. Read more in Spanish:Onamet Hoy 25 April 2024

The sports editor of Diario Libre, Nathanael Pérez Neró, profiles on 25 April 2024 the difference Dominican architect Jose Mella has made in sports in the Dominican Republic. Mella is the mastermind behind the Dominican Republic becoming the base for Major League Baseball academies. All 30 MLB teams have academies here and Mella has designed …

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The leading beauty pageant in the Dominican Republic, the Miss Universe contest is scheduled for a final on 5 May 2024. This year nine moms are participating. Magali Febles, the organizer of the contest says the moms are participating following the new rules. “I agreed because a woman’s beauty is not in her age. Beauty …

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