2014 – Page 16

The National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE) is reiterating its call to the government to eliminate the long-standing monopoly on cargo and passenger transport, which violates the Constitution. In a press release, ANJE president Biviana Riveiro says that the subsidies the transporters are receiving do not translate into efficiency or lower costs for the service. …

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Workers from Barrick Pueblo Viejo mine held a protest at the Barrick headquarters in Santo Domingo yesterday, Tuesday 9 December 2014 asking for a salary increase, better working conditions and the right to join a trade union. According to Jacobo David Colon, General Secretary of the Union for Workers at Barrick, they decided to hold …

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The Public Prosecution Service has closed the Dubai discotheque in Santiago following an incident on Sunday, 7 December 2014 in which four people were injured. It happened following the attendance of bachata Singer, Anthony Santos and urban music singer Antonio Peter de la Rosa (Omega). The shooting involved two major league baseball players and at …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito has supervised the destruction of another 2,800 illegal firearms of several types and calibers, which had been confiscated from people who have been arrested for a range of offences. This now takes the number of weapons destroyed since July 2014 up to around 5,000. Minister of Interior and Police Jose …

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National District Prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso says that she will be seeking international cooperation in the investigation into the Banco Peravia executives, who have now had their bank accounts frozen and their assets in the country confiscated, including an airplane. She said that they are also investigating several armed forces members who were apparently providing …

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A San Cristobal Judge says that a verdict is imminent in the case of Colombian brothers Husber Oswaldo Buitrago Ruiz and Angel Maria Buitrago Vacca, as well as another four people, linked to the case of a drug-making and distribution laboratory that was discovered in the province. The other four people involved are John Jairo …

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Ballet Studio presents “La Fille Mal Gardee” with its ballet students at Palacio de Bellas Artes, Santo Domingo, Friday, 19 December at 7:30pm, and Saturday, 20 December at 7pm and Sunday, 21 December at 5pm. Directed by Doris Infante. For more on upcoming events, see http://dr1.com/calendar

At the Ibero-American Summit taking place yesterday and today 8-9 December 2014 in Veracruz, Mexico, President Danilo Medina spoke about his government’s top priority of providing quality education. In his address to the summit, Medina focused on the National Pact for Education Reform that was signed in 2014. He said that the education system was …

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Ruben Jimenez Bichara, executive vice president of the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) says that the government will make an advance payment of US$400 million on the US$1,013 million owed to the power generators before the end of the year. Power companies recently complained about the increasing arrears. Gobierno pagará US$400 millones a generadores