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A Bolivian national who was accused of murdering the representative of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on 28 March 2010 has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by the Fourth Court of the Penal Chamber of Santo Domingo. Luis Antonio Baldelomar Tirina (Tony) was found guilty of the murder of Japanese Tadaomi Nakai …

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Singer Martha Heredia received post-operative treatment in her cell in the Palace of Justice in Santiago, after her lawyer created an incident during the hearing that sought to order preventive measures against the artist, claiming that she should be treated in a private medical facility due to doctor’s orders. Lawyer Felix Portes said that his …

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With a total of eight fatalities and ten injured, a group of returning churchgoers traveling in a Daihatsu truck were struck by a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck when, according to local AMET officers, a front tire exploded. The blue Daihatsu went off the road and rolled over. Only some of the victims have been identified, …

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Businesses from all around the country will be participating in the first Dominican Tourism Competitiveness Consortium (CDCT) Sustainable Tourism Fair, Aventurate 2013 from 2-3 March at the central plaza of the National Botanical Gardens. Ten tourism clusters from all around the country will be taking part along with their members. The event is sponsored by …

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Canada Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird was in Santo Domingo yesterday, 21 February, winding up a five-country tour to Latin America. The Latin American tour drew attention because it was a Canadian foreign affairs minister’s first visit to Cuba in 15 years. The tour included stops in Mexico, Peru and Panama, and would have included …

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The Presidency has announced it will not proceed with the controversial Bahia de las Aguilas deal. The Presidency announced the deal after it was exposed in 7dias.com.do. In an statement by Presidency spokesman Roberto Rodriguez Rodriguez Marchena yesterday, Thursday 21 February, the Presidency acknowledged what experts have been saying all along: that the lands in …

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Leading Canadian property development company Lamb Development Corporation is lined up to participate in the development of Pedernales. The company already mentions “the five-hundred acre resort at El Cabo Rojo on the south-west coast of the Dominican Republic” among its overseas projects. Listin Diario reports that the Canadian company has purchased the lands and presented …

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Reports on differences in the mining operations regarding concessions granted by the Dominican government in Cabo Rojo, Pedernales are emerging. The mining operations are located in areas where many believe priority should have been given to more environmentally-friendly tourism development. Two companies, Nova Mining and Sierra Bauxita, are challenging decisions by new mining director Alexander …

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The president of the Chamber of Accounts (CCRD), the governmental accountability office, says that many government entities retain taxes from their employees, but do not report them to the Department of Taxes (DGII). As reported in Listin Diario, Licelot Marte de Barrios said that she met with directors and financial offices of several delinquent government …

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A new study reveals that 87% of Haitians working in the country do so without legal status. The research paper, Status and Contributions of Haitian Labor to the Dominican Economy, was produced by the Centro de Formacion y Accion Social y Agraria (CEFASA) directed by economist Agustin Gonzalez. The study says that the only sector …

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