2013 – Page 279

Airplanes from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have been overflying Dominican Airspace since last year, when then-President Leonel Fernandez issued a resolution permitting drones as well as manned aircraft. Then-Presidential military advisor Major General Rafael Pena Antonio made the request, and operations began on 1 April 2012 and will end on 1 April this year. …

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This evening, Monday 18 March at 9pm local time, the team from the Dominican Republic will face the team from the Netherlands at the AT&T Park in San Francisco, California. The last time these two teams met, the Dutch team eliminated the Dominican team n a major upset. Tonight, Edison Volquez will take the mound …

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Later today, Monday 18 March, the National Music Conservatory in Santo Domingo opens its Fifth Clarinetisimo Festival with a performance by Michael Norwsworthy from the United States. He will be accompanied by musician Elionai Medina at the concert in the Sala Juan Francisco Garcia. The Festival will be open to the general public all this …

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An exhibition of works by outstanding Dominican artist Rosa Tavarez is on show from Wednesday, 27 March to 5 May at the Salon de la Rotonda at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo. Sculptures and paintings by Benjamin Paiewonsky will also be on display at the Salon de la Cupula from Thursday 28 …

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The Ministry of Public Works rebuilt or paved 500km of streets and highways between August 2012 and February 2013. This asphalting program includes urban areas in the Greater Santo Domingo, and the provinces of Santo Domingo, Barahona, San Cristobal, La Vega, San Juan, Espaillat (Moca), Barahona, Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris), Sanchez Ramirez (Cotui), Hermanas …

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A gold shipment that had arrived by helicopter to be exported on a commercial flight to Miami, Florida, was grounded on Wednesday, 13 March at Las Americas International Airport cargo terminal. El Caribe reports that the shipment of dore from the Barrick Pueblo Viejo mine was retained because the company had violated Law 140-00 and …

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The director general of Customs (DGA), Fernando Fernandez told the audience at a Dominican Export Association gathering that the Medina government would not implement the controversial cargo X-ray screening contract signed during the President Hipolito Mejia government. “The Dominican Customs Department’s position is clear: We will not implement the contract. The DGA will not engage …

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The Central Bank reports that the Consumer Price Index for February was up 0.33% compared to January 2013. The report says that accumulated inflation from January-February was 1.59%, and inflation for the past 12 months was 4.73% as of February 2013. This is lower than the 6% reported for the previous year-long period. The report …

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The Dominican Republic has been exporting queen bees to Costa Rica and has received requests for purchases from Nicaragua and Puerto Rico. Ramon Quinones, from the Ministry of Agriculture’s Cattle-Ranching Department, says that exports increased from 240,000 kilograms in 2010 to 492,000 kilograms in 2011. In 2012, exports totaled 518,000 kilograms. The main shipments were …

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National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso has told El Dia that state prosecutors are working to complete the paperwork for the Bahia de las Aguilas title forgery case. She admitted that key papers had gone missing since 2003 but that the case is being rebuilt. She said that around 20 people linked to the case …

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