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Representatives of the Spanish Development Funding Company (Cofides) were in Santo Domingo to invite Dominican companies to access its EUR500 million fund. The money will be available for Dominican businesses with ties to Spain through the Spanish Chamber of Commerce & Industry in the DR. Loans range from EUR250,000 to EUR25 million. Remedios Romero Garcia, …

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The Santiago Metropolitan Hospital (HOMS) has launched a medical check-up program for executives, providing a health service aimed at preventing illnesses or providing early detection for optimum health. The service, which will be provided in a modern unit at HOMS was presented to the press with a meeting of business executives, representatives of insurance companies …

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Geologist Osiris de Leon says that the areas currently being flooded by Lake Enriquillo form part of its historical territory, but as the waters evaporated, local residents used the lands for crops, cattle and housing. “All these lands that people think that the lake has invaded do not belong to humans. They belong to the …

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The Director General of Customs (DGA) says that in a “non-extendible period of 60 working days”, beginning today, it will restrict the entry of motor vehicles that are more than five years old in accordance with current laws. In a paid announcement published in the national media today, the DGA said that the disposition does …

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The District Prosecutor for the National District says that the Armed Forces and National Police need to be stricter in their screening of candidates for new recruits. Alejandro Moscoso Segarra told reporters from El Caribe, “I think that they have to be more rigorous at the moment of recruiting new members of the Armed Forces …

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The private and corporal who acted swiftly in the sensational Parmalat robbery case, and who were promoted to the ranks of corporal and sergeant for their efforts, have asked the National Police chief to issue them with new firearms, because their current weapons are in very poor condition. According to Hoy newspaper, policemen Wilman Cueva …

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The police has carried out ten searches in different places, including three yesterday, looking for evidence needed to solve the Parmalat robbery attempt. Felix Ortega, who was arrested on Sunday and has been linked with the gang led by Air Force Major (now dishonorably discharged) Jose Luis Vargas Cuello, and considered to be a key …

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A study by the National Drugs Council (CND) shows that there has been a slight increase in the consumption of narcotics among grade school and middle school students over the last four years. The role of the CND is prevention. Most vulnerable are young people aged between 12 and 14 and those who do not …

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During a visit to the National Drug Control Department, the head of the US Drug Enforcement Administration for the Caribbean, Javier Pena said that drug trafficking in the Caribbean is a leading concern for the US government department. He added that they have special interest in dismantling the shipments of cocaine that are entering Puerto …

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Dominican authorities have seized nearly one thousand kilograms of cocaine over the last six months, according to the National Drug Control Department (DNCD). In total, drug agents have seized 1,573 kilograms of drugs, especially cocaine and marijuana, and arrested 11,383 people. As well as cocaine, agents have seized 500 kilograms of marijuana and 2,503 marijuana …

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