2013 – Page 8

Under the auspices of President Nicolas Maduro and the Venezuelan government, Dominican President Danilo Medina and his Haitian counterpart, President Michel Martelly agreed to resume talks on issues of mutual interest for their respective countries. Both leaders were in Caracas, Venezuela from 16-17 December for the II Extraordinary Summit for Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples …

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Latin America’s biggest phone company, America Movil (Claro) said yesterday, Tuesday 17 December it had connected its Mexican lines to a newly built US$1.1 billion submarine cable that stretches from South America to the United States. America Movil is the dominant telecom provider in the Dominican Republic. The cable, designed for high-speed data transmission, will …

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The general administrator of the State Subsidized Canteens (Comedores Nacionales), Ramon Rodriguez (Monchy) has announced that the government will hold 172 Christmas dinners across the country, starting on Thursday 19 December in the south, through the Cibao region, then the east and finally Santo Domingo on Monday 30 December, at a cost of over RD$180 …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has handed over accreditations authorizing 14 evangelical pastors to celebrate religious marriage services with civil recognition. The pastors are Manuel Cruz, Mauro Vargas, Daniel Oscar, Manuel Lopez, Humberto Dechamps, Williams Rivas, Freddy Jimenez, Tomas Mota, Agapito Frias, Severo Cordero, Salomon Ramos, Daniel Soliver and Persio Paulino. The accreditations, valid for …

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The Dominican Business Federation (FDC) has threatened to bring trade to a standstill across the whole country in January, if the authorities do not postpone their plans to install tax printers and to increase sales tax (ITBIS) on several food products from 8% to 11%. FDC president Ivan Garcia says that if this does not …

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According to General Juan Geronimo Brown Perez, head of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET), his agents have imposed 410,251 fines on drivers breaking traffic laws in the first 11 months of this year. The highest number was 53,696 motorcycle riders for not wearing helmets and 45,373 drivers for not wearing a seatbelt. This is followed …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 17 December General Juan Geronimo Brown Perez apologized for a photograph published in El Dia newspaper showing a group of AMET agents travelling on the bed of a tow truck on the Coral Highway between La Romana and Higuey. He said that whoever had allowed them to travel to work in this unsafe …

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Some 15 police units have been drafted in to patrol the highways from the Juan Pablo Duarte Bridge to the Las Americas airport and Boca Chica to stop robberies and assaults being carried out on arriving passengers during the Christmas period. Colonel Omar Garcia, head of police at the airport has said that the increased …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), in coordination with the Anti Drug Agency from the United States (DEA), has arrested two Colombians in the El Millon sector of Santo Domingo. They were in possession of an unconfirmed sum of money in dollars, suspected to be the proceeds of international drug dealing. DNCD spokesman Miguel Medina …

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The Police killed two men in San Isidro on Tuesday night, 17 December in the midst of a gun battle with five men who had kidnapped the owner of a chicken producing plant and were demanding RD$1.5 million for his release. The victim of the kidnapping was released safe and sound. Police spokesman Colonel Jacobo …

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