2014 – Page 148

The deputy director of the Robert Reid Cabral children’s hospital, Virgen Gomez, says that there appears to be a decrease in the number of newborns affected by the chikungunya virus. She said that between four and six children were affected last week, but no cases were reported over the weekend of 5-6 July. She went …

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The impact of mining taxation revenues on government finances is evident this year. As reported by Analytica, Barrick Pueblo Viejo Dominicana mine contributed US$1,208.7 million to last year’s GDP. The impact of the mine on total exports in 2013 was US$1,214 million. The company reports making an investment of US$4.47 billion during the 2009 to …

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Advocates of the mining of Loma Miranda, Dominican Geology Society president Eduardo Verdeja and geologist Osoris de Leon, and opponents Luis Carvajal of the state university and Academy of Sciences president Milciades Mejia, will be leading a debate on the controversial proposal for declaring the mountain a National Park to permanently outlaw mining at the …

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The new mayor for Bayaguana, Amarilis Sosa, was sworn in yesterday, Monday 7 July 2014, taking over from Nelson Sosa who is currently in jail in San Pedro de Macoris for three months on remand, while investigations continue into the murder of councilor Renato Castillo. Sosa was sworn in by the council leader, Jose Francisco …

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Specialized Corps for Airport Security and Civil Aviation (CESAC) director General Miguel Pauline Espinal has announced an increase in security in all of the country’s airports, following an alert issued by the United States that groups linked to Al Qaeda may be planning bomb attacks in airports. He said that they would be concentrating on …

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Tourist Taxis Federations are warning that they will strike at airports, hotels and ports if the Minister of Tourism does not remove an illegal taxi fleet that they say belongs to their competitor group, head by Antonio Marte. National Tourist Transport Federation (Fenatratur) president Santiago Zamora says that the illegal operation is operating at the …

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Tamaris Moronta, the prosecutor in charge of the Unit Against Domestic Violence has been attacked and robbed in her own house in Sorangel Residence in south Santiago. She and her brother, Felix Antonio Moronta, were threatened at gunpoint and made to lie on the ground by two individuals who arrived on a motorcycle. The thieves …

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The General Office of Prisons has announced that 28% of people who committed crimes were repeat offenders who had already spent time in jail, some having been sent to jail as many as 15 times. Lawyers Ruben de los Santos and Jose Calazan Mateo said this was a cause for concern and they blamed the …

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Spirituosi is a trio of Dominican sisters Nathalie, soprano, Nicole, violoncello and Evelyn, flute). Join them together with guitarist Damien Lancelle (France) and Jonathan Bolivar (Venezuela) for a night of classical music on Wednesday, 9 July at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo at 8:30pm. This is a production by MD Producciones (Monika …

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