2013 – Page 339

Police authorities, in coordination with the Justice Department, have dismantled an illegal rum laboratory that was used to distill and bottle fake rum. The lab was in Bani, in the province of Peravia. The authorities told El Nuevo Diario reporters that they had also seized hundreds of bottles of various sizes ready to be sold, …

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With clouds continuing to move across the national territory, pushed by the winds from the east/southeast, the forecast is for light rains in the northeast, southeast, southwest and the Central Mountains. As a result, temperatures will be cooler during the evenings and nights. According to the National Meteorological Office (Onamet), for the next 24 to …

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Only a few days left for viewing the winning works in the 11th International Architecture Biennial of Santo Domingo (BIASD) that this year is dedicated to Spain. The event, which is taking place at the Museum of Modern Art, closes on 27 January. It includes several exhibitions, both national and international works, and conferences and …

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In his latest unannounced but now customary outing, President Danilo Medina visited San Francisco de Macoris over the weekend of Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 January and travelled to the Lower Yuna area where he spoke to farmers’ groups about the recurring problem of flooding. Every time it rains heavily in the eastern Cibao Valley, …

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With the participation of many sectors of society, more than 70,000 people have enrolled to start the first cycle of the National Literacy Plan (Quisqueya Learns With You), to learn to read and write. An estimated 850,000 Dominicans are illiterate. The formal launch is set for 4pm at the Nelly Biaggi School in El Almirante …

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Minister of Interior and Police Jose Ramon Fadul has reminded the public that the extended drinking hours of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays ended at midnight of Sunday night. He called on owners and employees of establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to follow the law. The minister told Listin Diario reporters that his inspectors …

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The Supreme Court of Justice will celebrate the Day of the Judicial Branch today, Monday 7 January. For the first time President Danilo Medina will head up the formal event that includes a speech by the Chief Justice of the high court, Mariano German Mejia. The judge, who also chairs the Judicial Branch Council will …

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An enterprising young man has set up his informal food stand at the corner of Beller and Cuba streets in Santiago. He sells freshly boiled corn on the cob from Monday to Saturday, and on Sunday he sells at other places around town. What makes this different is that the seller is dressed somewhat like …

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Almost a quarter of the babies born in this country are born to young girls between the ages of 13 and 16. Dr. Rosanna Lugo revealed on Sunday, 6 January that the Dominican Republic is number five on the list of Latin American countries in terms of teenage pregnancies, according to the World Health Organization. …

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Army units together with local police and members of the Specialized Corps for Frontier Security have blocked hundreds of Haitians, led by Father Regino Martinez, from returning to the Dominican Republic in Dajabon. Hundreds of these workers are gathered in Juana Mendez (Ouanaminthe), Haiti, and are trying to return to their jobs in the DR. …

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