2014 – Page 249

The former general manager of the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) is the next PLD member to formally announce his bid to be the party’s candidate in the 2016 presidential election. Other hopefuls that have announced their aspirations are Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia, Minister of Economy Temistocles Montas, and Senate president Reinaldo Pared …

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An editorial in Diario Libre today, Monday 17 March comments on the latest theft of metallic structures from the tomb of PLD party founder Juan Bosch and asks why should he be the exception. “To steal metal to be sold to be melted for export is a national sport with the complacent look of the …

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Revelations by new UASD rector Ivan Grullon expose why the promotional display preceding the state university electoral campaign is so similar to that of the national elections: politics prevails over academia, says Diario Libre in a back page editorial today, Monday 17 March. The newspaper writes there are spoils of war that are distributed according …

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The Police anti-narcotics unit (DICAN) has announced the arrest of 33-year old Yeimy Richiez de la Rosa for cocaine trafficking. As reported in El Caribe, Richiez was an employee of the Customs Department assigned to the Cap Cana Marina in Punta Cana. The arrest took place in Higuey where she was driving a Toyota Land …

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Young musicians Joshy Melo at the guitar, Salvador Gutierrez, drums, Nicolas Calcano bass and Abel de la Rosa on piano will be back at the Dominican Fiesta’s Sunset Jazz for another evening of tropical jazz music. Friday, 21 March at 8pm. Dominican Fiesta Hotel in Santo Domingo, Tel 809 562-8222.

Frank Baseman, regarded as one of the leading graphic designers in the United States, will be giving a lecture at the Altos de Chavon Regional Museum of Archaeology this Wednesday, 19 March at 6pm. Open admission to hear Baseman share his thoughts on graphic design today and his more than 30 years of experience creating …

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President Danilo Medina met with a commission of the Business Federation of Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic (FEDEPRICAP) yesterday, Thursday 13 March. The Central American business delegates are visiting the country from 12 to 15 March at the invitation of the National Business Council (CONEP). FEDEPRICAP is a federation of some 150,000 regional companies …

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19 Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal are attending the 5th Ibero-American Conference for Constitutional Justice (CIJC) organized by the Constitutional Court in Santo Domingo. In the opening speech for the event, yesterday, Thursday 13 March, the president of the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic Milton Ray Guevara said that the Constitution needed to …

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Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia has spoken out against the planned increase in highway tolls. Garcia is a PLD pre-candidate for the 2016 presidential election. “Public Works should find other options,” said Garcia. He backed recent suggestions by President Medina that the increase in the tolls from RD$30 to RD$100 was not definite. The …

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Minister of Environment Bautista Rojas Gomez was in Monte Cristi on Wednesday, 12 March to visit the Laguna Salidillo, a wildlife habitat that is reportedly being devastated by harmful farming and fishing practices. Rojas ordered immediate measures to protect the important natural habitat. The Ministry seized wood that had been cut for charcoal-making ovens, especially …

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