2013 – Page 236

The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) and the United States Anti Drug Department (DEA) have seized 39 packets of cocaine and arrested three people, including a Canadian of Russian origin, who they say are members of a drug network that uses Punta Cana and Bavaro to receive drugs from South America for onward shipment to …

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Agora Mall in Santo Domingo will be hosting the CTN Travel Show from Friday 17 May to Sunday 19 May. The annual event seeks to help residents in the Dominican Republic choose their vacations. Now in its twelfth year, this year’s fair will focus on environmental conservation while offering a wide selection of vacation alternatives. …

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Rolando Baez, the director of the Jose Maria Cabral y Baez Hospital, the largest public hospital in Santiago, the country’s second largest city, says that President Danilo Medina has ordered major improvements and expansion works for the important medical center. He announced that the President had ordered the present structure to be reinforced and prepared …

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After a private meeting that took place on the sidelines of the Fifth Summit of the Association of Caribbean States on Friday, 26 April, President Danilo Medina and his Haitian counterpart Michel Martelly announced that the DR would make space available at Dominican government offices to support the identifying of Haitians. Although life without identification …

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Leading Dominican salami manufacturers want to increase their sales in Haiti. A big campaign to promote Dominican-made salami in Haiti was announced, coinciding with President Danilo Medina’s visit to Haiti. Medina was in Haiti on Friday, 26 April to attend the Association of Caribbean States Fifth Summit of Heads of State and of Governments. Salami …

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President Danilo Medina is scheduled to meet with President Barack Obama this Friday, 3 May at the Central American System of Integration (Sica) Summit that will be held in Costa Rica, starting on Thursday, 2 May. At present, it is not know at what time the two leaders will get together, and it is still …

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The Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Gazprom International and Transgaz Caribe for importing Russian natural gas, as reported in Hoy. The companies’ representative in the Dominican Republic is Ricardo Canalda. Ruben Jimenez Bichara, executive vice president of CDEEE, the government electricity holding company, signed for the Dominican government. Jimenez …

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A total of 201,000 people spread out over 16,213 learning centers nationwide are benefitting from the National Literacy Plan “Quisqueya Learns with You,” that the government launched in January. According to the Presidency’s National Special Programs Directorate, they have delivered 16,993 kits with teaching materials and there are 19,919 literacy facilitators, trained by the Ministry …

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has convened a meeting of Petrocaribe for next weekend (6-7 May) where he will host 16 heads of state attending the Petrocaribe Summit. El Caribe newspaper says that the summit will be held on the island of Margarita off the coast of Venezuela. The Petrocaribe partners are Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, …

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Some two months ago the Minister of Public Works and Communications, Gonzalo Castillo announced the resumption of construction work on the North Beltway and other road projects of the city with an investment of US$350 million. Castillo said that the projects are at the “stage of budget and engineering studies, in order to later sign …

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