2014 – Page 111

The Ibero-American Gastronomy Academy has plans for the Dominican Republic. Yesterday, Monday 18 August 2014, key representatives met with President Danilo Medina to exchange ideas on the initiatives outlined for the country. Defense Minister Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez gave details on the visit. He highlighted that the gastronomy academy would contribute to the integration of …

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President Danilo Medina received Miss Universe 2013, Gabriela Isler of Venezuela and the new Miss Dominican Republic, Kimberly Castillo at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Monday 18 August. The beauty queens spent 20 minutes with the President. Miss Universe was here as a judge in the Miss Universe Dominican Republic competition. The Presidency reported that she …

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The Economist magazine has published a profile of Dominican President Danilo Medina saying that for a politician who is two years into his term of office, Medina “is enviably popular”. The publication highlights that Medina’s approval ratings are sky-high; they reached around 90% in one poll, a level usually associated with dictators rather than democrats. …

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National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) chief Major General Julio Cesar Souffront Velazquez, German Ambassador Victoria Zimmermann Von Siefart, and the director of the Haitian anti-drugs agency, Joris Mergelus, headed a graduation ceremony for 27 officers and agents from both agencies yesterday, Monday 18 August 2014. The agents had attended a training course on “The Fight …

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According to Doctor Rafael Ledesma, the country is facing a need to increase agricultural production for export, improve the health, safety and quality of foodstuffs, and reduce costs to compete in international markets. Ledesma, who has 35 years of agriculture experience in several countries, is president of the Greenhouse Cluster and executive director of Farmer …

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The continuing economic crisis affecting Spain and other European countries had led to a mass return of Dominicans to the country. Many have lost their jobs or their small businesses have gone under. In addition, in the last few weeks hundreds more have returned with tickets bought by the Dominican consulates in the United States, …

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The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources has confiscated more than a 100 carvings made out of turtle shell. Trading in turtle shells is illegal according to Environment Law 64-00. The measure is part of a nationwide conservation plan by the environmental authorities aimed at eradicating the hunting and killing of turtles and selling …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito has ordered the arrest of San Jose de Ocoa public prosecutor Jose Miguel Cuevas Paulino after proof that he had planted a firearm under a bed during a search of suspect Erin Miguel Andujar’s (alias Pena) house was presented. Andujar has confessed to being a drug distributor in Ocoa, but …

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Star Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon made it back in time to say goodbye to his mother, 63-year old Adriana Morales who had been suffering from breast cancer. She died of heart attack, her doctors told Listin Diario. She was taken to the Intensive Care Unit at the Corominas Clinic in Santiago on Friday 15 August …

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