2013 – Page 342

Four men were killed and another was injured during a gun battle between rival gangs of suspected drug traffickers in the Las Palmas de Herrera area of Santo Domingo at around 10pm last night, Wednesday 2 January. The men were reportedly involved in dispute over a drug sales point. The deceased are Joan Fernando Batista …

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An enraged man tried to kill his former wife Ivelisse Adames, 30, and their three children aged 13, 7 and 2 by locking them in and setting the house ablaze, but a vigilant neighbor came to their rescue. The family’s lives were saved, but the neighbor and residents of seven neighboring homes in the slum …

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A group of 16 tourists from Honduras learned the hard way that they have to double check to make sure their tour boat is equipped for an outing at sea. As reported in El Nacional, the group of 16 that included Roosevelt Aviles, mayor of the city of Talanga and several Honduran government officials, found …

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The Weather Office (Onamet) says that for the Three Kings long weekend Dominicans can expect sunny skies. The forecast is for brief showers, but Onamet warns that there will be high surf, especially to the north east. It recommends small boats to keep within the protected Samana Bay and not head out to the Atlantic …

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The tough have gotten going as the semi-finals or round robin for the Dominican Winter Baseball League is in full force. There will be games at all the stadiums as the Toros, Estrellas, Aguilas and Leones battle it out to decide who will go to the playoffs. As of Wednesday, 2 January, The Toros of …

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President Danilo Medina traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico on Wednesday, 2 January taking an 8:25am private flight from La Isabela International Airport to attend the inauguration of the new governor, Alejandro Garcia Padilla. He is scheduled to return this afternoon. He was accompanied by Minister of Foreign Relations Carlos Morales Troncoso, Minister of Public …

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The Executive Branch has decreed that 2013 will be the Bicentennial Year of Duarte, the founder of the Dominican nationality. Duarte was born on 26 January 1813. Duarte represents much of what Dominicans would like to restore. He is known for his collective thinking, his constructive spirit, and for being a man of action and …

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The Ministry of Education has announced a contest for designing a school desk to be manufactured in the Dominican Republic. The Ministry is appealing to architects, industrial designers, interior decorators, university students and artisans with the challenge of creating a Dominican school desk for use in elementary and middle schools of the public school system. …

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Faced with the effects of the tax reform, which came into full force on 1 January 2013, President Danilo Medina called on the Dominican people to work harder to overcome the difficulties. After attending a Mass for a Day of Peace at the Santo Domingo Cathedral on New Year’s Day, the President also asked his …

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The Tax Department (DGII) began applying the carbon tax that sets a price for carbon dioxide emissions as of 28 December 2012. The new tax is established in Art. 16 of Law 253-12 passed in November 2012. It applies to all imported vehicles new and used and is based on the grams of CO2 per …

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