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Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service Director Viktor Ivanov and his Dominican counterpart, Rolando Rosado Mateo, have signed a drug enforcement agreement during the International Drug Enforcement Conference in Moscow. Ivanov said that, “The Dominican Republic is a major travel destination which welcomes up to three million tourists every year and has a population of nine …

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Seven people, including a doctor, were injured during an attempted robbery at the San Lorenzo Maternity hospital in Los Mina yesterday, Wednesday 5 June. Dr. Paulino Dias Osoria said that two unidentified men came into the hospital to steal, but when they were stopped, one tried to attack the head of security, Arsenio Batista, and …

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National Police (PN) and Interpol agents together with the legal authorities are carrying out raids in hotels in Boca Chica today, Thursday 6 June, looking for several Swiss nationals who are apparently part of a network of murderers. According to sources there is information that these individuals, using false identity documents, are staying in Boca …

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The leading exhibition of mangos in the Caribbean, Expo Mango opens today, Thursday 6 June at the central square in the southwestern city of Bani, in Peravia province. The fair is open to the general public through Sunday, 9 June. Visitors can enjoy great prices on farm-to-fair mangos, sale of mango saplings, tours of the …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 4 June President Danilo Medina inaugurated a RD$48 million computerized parking system built for the Superintendence of Insurance offices in Santo Domingo. The parking system has capacity for 98 vehicles. Superintendent of Insurance Euclides Gutierrez Felix said that the parking lot was built with funds from the Superintendence. The Superintendence parking lot was …

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President Danilo Medina made a visit to a small school run by the Carmelite Sisters in the Community Center for Integrated Education yesterday, Tuesday 4 June. He was welcomed by some of the children and was given explanations about the workings of the small school during his two-hour visit. Later on he spoke to stallholders …

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Vice President Margarita Cedeno’s office has announced the launch of an educational bond aimed at benefiting 61,176 high school students. The Vice President made the announcement of the new Bono Escolar Estudiando Progreso (Beep) at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Tuesday 4 June, together with Minister of Education Josefina Pimentel. Beneficiary students will receive RD$500 to …

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The Dominican swimmer who accomplished the feat of swimming across the English Channel, Marcos Diaz, has announced his retirement from the sport. Last year, President Danilo Medina appointed him to the post of Deputy Minister of Sports. Diaz says he will swim across from the Bahia de Ocoa to Salinas in Peravia on Sunday, 9 …

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National Free Zones Council director Luisa Fernandez says that free zone companies based in Greater Santo Domingo, Santiago, San Pedro, Punta Cana, Hato Nuevo, Navarrete and Hato Mayor have thousands of unfilled vacancies. The posts are for industrial and mechanical engineers, technicians, operators and business managers and accountants. She said that 3,513 operators are being …

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For 2013, the government took on US$4.992 billion worth of loans for financing new public investment projects, as well as for supporting other projects already underway, according to a report published by CREES and released by Diario Libre today, Wednesday 5 June. The new loans will increase the country’s external debt with multilateral financial agencies, …

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