2014 – Page 119

The Ministry of Economy announced that it is working with Korean experts to conduct a study with the goal of improving local road and traffic safety systems and reviewing and revising traffic regulations in the Dominican Republic. The study, that is to be presented in a seminar sometime in November 2014, also includes an assessment …

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72% of all cases of chikungunya virus registered by the Pan American Health Organization are in the Dominican Republic, according to Ministry of Public Health Bulletin No. 11. The virus was first reported in the Caribbean in the island of St. Martin in 2013, from where it traveled to the Dominican Republic this year. Government …

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The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) Dr. Pedro Sing urged that more sanitary controls at the border with Haiti be established. As reported in Acento.com.do, Dr. Sing said that the border with Haiti is the most vulnerable entry point for Ebola to enter the Dominican Republic. He stressed to the officials at the …

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The president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Judge Mariano German Mejia, favors the creation of alternative justice options to facilitate conflict resolution. Speaking during the III Summit on Alternative Methods for Conflict Resolution for Access to Justice and Municipality organized by Participacion Ciudadana and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the president of …

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Judges Pilar Rufino Diaz, Daira Medina and Clarivel Nivar Arias imposed the maximum sentence of 30 years each on Miguel Angel Bautista Mota (El Bola), Maximo Darvin Almanzar Guerra (Warrior), Jesaisas Benjamin Mota Lorenzo (Nino), Jorge de Jesus Mancebo and Argenis Antonio Batista Rodriguez (Prototipo) for the murder of artist Jose Carlos Hernandez. Hernandez was …

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A freight truck rammed into a hardware store located at Km. 48 on the Duarte highway when vehicle’s operator fell asleep at the wheel. The accident killed the driver and five passengers on board. The truck, that was transporting wood, crashed into the Ferreteria Ciriaco. Preliminary reports from the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) indicate that …

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Reservoir water levels are still below normal, and effects of the drought still prevail. Now a tropical wave is moving through the Dominican Republic from Puerto Rico and is expected to bring welcome rains this weekend, says the National Weather Office (Onamet). Rains are forecast practically for the entire country, with sunny skies returning on …

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Will soccer become as popular as baseball in the Dominican Republic? The new football league is expected to launch its inaugural season with at least 10 teams that will be selected among the 25 requests received by the recently created Dominican Professional Football League. The promoters of the league say that the long-term goal of …

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The Dominican national men’s basketball team defeated Cuba 75-66 to win the bronze medal and qualify for the Toronto Pan American Games basketball in 2014. Mexico won Centrobasket 2014, and Puerto Rico took home the silver medal. At the event, the Dominican men also earned a spot in the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship to be …

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