2014 – Page 220

Speaking at a press conference, the Mayor of the National District, Roberto Salcedo announced that the third celebration of Easter Week in Guibia Park will start on Thursday, 17 April at 9am. The city government is recreating the water play area at the Guibia Park, at a cost of RD$8.6 million, as reported in Diario …

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The director general for traffic from the Ministry of Public Works, Luis Estrella has called for drivers to practice prudence and restraint during this Easter Week, the peak domestic holiday travel period. He noted that the institution had issued a very limited number of permits to a few, select trucks to transport goods during the …

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Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo has announced that the new National Emergency and Security System 911 will be able to be accept calls even though a pre-paid telephone being used to make the call may not have sufficient funds available. Montalvo asked the population to take the new system seriously when it enters into …

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The National Council of Social Security (CNSS) authorized the government health plan, Senasa, to enroll senior citizens that live in government-run retirement and nursing homes. The manager of CNSS, Rafael Perez Modesto, said that hundreds of senior citizens will be allowed to enroll in Senasa if they meet the legal requirements for the subsidized social …

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The Legal Branch of government announced that it is closing at noon, Wednesday, 15 April for the Easter Week holiday and that the judicial offices will reopen returning on Monday, 21 April. However, The Ministry of Labor lists only Good Friday as a national holiday. A spokesperson for The Judiciary explained that this special vacation …

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The Dominican Armada (Navy) has announced that they have successfully managed to refloat the Chinese ship “Great Qin” that ran aground on 7 April off Cabo Rojo in southwestern Pedernales province. The operation involved two tugboats, two floating cranes and two barges together with the support of two coast guard ships. The Armada said that …

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The Director General of Migration Jose Ricardo Taveras Blanco has reiterated that all foreigners who do not comply with the requirements of the National Foreigner Legalization Plan face possible deportation. He stressed that the Plan clearly lays out the process to comply with the law and that all foreigners will be protected by due process …

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Agents from the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) have confiscated 479 packets of drugs found inside three containers that came from Peru and Colombia and docked in the Multimodal Caucedo and Haina ports. In Haina, they found 173 packets of drugs that arrived on the ship Warnow Whale from the port of Barranquilla, Colombia. Three …

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Judges in the National District have handed down the maximum 30-year jail sentence to Misael Mejia Paredes who was found guilty of murdering American citizen Jay Emerson Poers aged 80 and injuring his German wife, Ana Dorothee Geb Muller. The court, presided over by Judge Sarah Veras, assisted by Judges Ingrid Fernandez and Gissel Soto, …

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On 14 April, the Executive Branch agreed with the recommendations of the Upper Police Board to forcibly retire or dismiss for bad conduct 27 police officers: four majors, two captains, nine first lieutenants, seven second lieutenants, two sergeant majors, two corporals and one private, yesterday, 14 April. The dismissals were related to acts of extortion, …

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