2013 – Page 268

Paola Santana, the Dominican lawyer who co-founded the startup Matternet in 2011 as part of a scholarship through Singularity University, envisions a world where small drones deliver packages instead of warfare intelligence. Santana is now back home in the DR and is working to launch the drones here and in Haiti. Yesterday, Monday 25 March, …

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Alain Afflelou, who owns Europe’s largest chain of optician franchises, is said to be “stunned” by the discovery of around 700 kilograms of cocaine on one of his planes at Punta Cana airport a week ago. The plane had been leased out to Lyon-based Transhelicopter Services company, and was due to fly from Punta Cana …

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The Attorney General’s office has incinerated more than 698 kilograms of different types of drugs, including more than 691 kilograms of cocaine that were recently confiscated during the operation at Punta Cana airport. The director of the National Institute of Forensic Science (INACIF), Francisco Gerdo said that the drugs related to 608 cases that had …

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A 35-year old father and his 10-year old daughter have drowned in the Sanata river, some 14 kilometers from Higuey. The victims were Mario Melvin Severino and his daughter Rosanny Mariel Torres who were swimming in the river yesterday afternoon, Tuesday 15 March. When Rosanny started to experience difficulties her father tried to rescue her, …

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The National Meteorological Office, (Onamet) has announced that due to a frontal system located over the western part of Haiti, that there is likely to be light or medium rainfall across the whole country over the next 24 to 48 hours Onamet said that most cloud cover would be in the northwest, north, north east, …

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For the first time ever, a children’s section will be singing with the Santo Domingo Cathedral Choir that traditionally performs for Easter and on Christmas Day. The child singers will make their debut during the traditional Good Friday concert by the Choir, on Friday, 29 March at 8pm. The 45-member Cathedral Orchestra conducted by Professor …

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On Saturday, 30 March, as part of the Easter Week celebrations, the Altos de Chavon amphitheater in Casa de Campo, La Romana presents the Mega Fest Mega Chavon. The stars of the evening are Fernando Villalona and Sergio Vargas, two of the legends of Dominican merengue music. Also starring that evening are urban balladeer Wason …

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President Danilo Medina says that he would back the Dominican Republic hosting a part of the fourth World Baseball Classic in 2017. The President stressed however that hosting the event would require the approval of all the political parties, since he will be leaving office in August 2016. Yesterday, Monday 25 March at the Presidential …

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The electricity pacts announced by President Danilo Medina with the aim of putting together a comprehensive plan for electricity in the Dominican Republic are now on way to becoming reality. Yesterday, Monday 25 March the government, through the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) and AES Dominicana signed the first memorandum of understanding for a joint public …

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Minister of Foreign Relations Carlos Morales Troncoso has announced that Turkey will open an Embassy in the Dominican Republic later this year. Morales Troncoso said this would strengthen the diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries. He said that more progress could be made in collaboration in technology and tourism, as reported in El …

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