2012 – Page 301

According to Gazprom communications representative Denis Ignatiev following a visit to the Dominican Republic last week, Gazprom International SA, a subsidiary of Moscow-based oil and gas company Gazprom, will begin offshore oil and gas exploration in the Dominican Republic. In a press statement Gazprom said they would consider helping the Dominican Republic to reduce its …

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With the objective of improving investigative capacity to prevent the trade in people and juvenile sex tourism in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, representatives of the police, Public Prosecutors office, Tourist police (Politur) and other international organizations participated in a training conference last week given by the American Department of National Security Investigation (HSI). The …

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According to Listin Diario, the ownership of firearms in the country has shown a notable increase recently, with 333,436 people now holding permits to own and carry a weapon. This shows an increase of 45% over the last eight months, as on June 30 the Ministry of the Interior and the Police had issued 181,381 …

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Yesterday, Tuesday February 14, the Banco de Reservas and Wells Fargo Express Send signed an agreement to facilitate sending money by Dominicans who live in the United States to their families in the Dominican Republic, at low cost and with better national distribution. The agreement was signed by the head of Banreservas, Vicente Bengoa Albizu, …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) announced the arrest of three Canadian women due to fly to Toronto from Punta Cana International Airport yesterday, Tuesday February 14. They were carrying over 18 kilos of suspected cocaine attached to their bodies in 1,382 capsules. They were identified as Daniela Maria Pea Ruggiero and Carla Lopes, both …

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On 18 February, Lavern Morris, a physician liaison at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD) in the US, will travel to Santo Domingo, where she will deliver 480 bi-lingual children’s books to the Resource Mothers program, a project that pairs experienced mentors with young pregnant mothers from some of Santo Domingo’s poorest neighborhoods. Since …

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World No.2 tennis player, Rafael Nadal will be receiving the keys to his multi-million dollar home located in the Residential Playa Nueva Romana on the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic at a ceremony during the first weekend of March. Nadal’s home is next to the Bahia Principe Club & Resort between the cities of …

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The weeklong ProCigar Festival, now in its fifth year, will take place from this coming Sunday February 19 till Friday February 24 nationwide. ProCigar consists of seven cigar-manufacturing companies in the Dominican Republic, and all the member companies take part in the festival. They are General Cigar Dominicana, the factory that produces cigars like Macanudo, …

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The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources says that its office in the municipality of Villa Altagracia was set on fire by persons unknown on Sunday night, 12 February, and asked National Police Chief, Jose Armando Polanco Gomez, to order an investigation into the incident. Environment Minister Ernesto Reyna Alcantara visited the site, given …

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The accusations by the PRD presidential candidate, Hipolito Mejia, who said that military commanders are carrying out campaign duties in favor of the government’s PLD candidate, drew reactions yesterday Monday February 13 from the Minister of the Armed Forces and the ruling PLD party. In a statement, Lieutenant General Joaquin Virgilio Perez Feliz said that, …

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