2014 – Page 298

The celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the PRD was a vivid reflection of the obvious split in its leadership. The events that took place yesterday afternoon, Wednesday 22 January, put former President Hipolito Mejia on one side and party president Miguel Vargas on the other side, as if it were a …

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Political scientist Daniel Pou said yesterday Wednesday 22 January that the members of President Danilo Medina’s inner circle are giving him “false information on the public safety issue.” Pou said that agencies such as “the National Police, the Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior and the Police” do not have a real strategic …

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A total of 446 members of the military forces and the National Police have been tried by the District Attorney for the National District over the past 15 months. The statistics cover the last quarter of 2012 and all of 2013. According to El Nuevo Diario, Yeni Berenice Reynoso reported that 61% of the agents …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has announced the confiscation of 1,250 kilos of cocaine yesterday, Wednesday 22 January on a speedboat bound for Saona Island. The Puerto Rico-based US Coast Guard participated in the arrest of three Colombians and a Dominican. The DNCD said the operation took place at 5:15pm when the four individuals, …

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Aerodom, which manages the Las Americas, Puerto Plata and Samana airports reports that flights are back to normal today, Thursday, 22 January. The airport recommends double checking flights with their website or the airline to ensure that the flight is on time and will happen. The polar vortex and the resulting massive snowstorms had left …

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Fourteen local cycling teams and several from abroad, including Canada, Colombia, Guadeloupe and the United States, have confirmed their participation in the 35th Independence Cycling Tour. The leading event of its kind in the Caribbean, the annual tour is divided into eight stages that take cyclists on a 1,010km trip all throughout the country. This …

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The Tigres del Licey, a team that struggled to make the Round Robin portion of the Dominican Winter League Championship, and which had to win a play-off game in order to reach the final play-off series, is now in the “catbird seat” with a three games to none advantage over the mighty Leones del Escogido …

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President Danilo Medina and First Lady Candida Montilla de Medina attended the Altagracia Day mass yesterday, Tuesday, 21 January at the Basilica Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia in Higuey. Thousands of pilgrims also went to Higuey, with the roads leading to the east of the country busy for several days prior to Altagracia Day. The …

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On Sunday 19 January, President Danilo Medina was in San Jose de las Matas where he delivered a check for RD$15 million to support vegetable farmers in the area. RD$5 million is for working capital and RD$10 million will be used for the completion of a modern farm produce packaging plant. The farmers who received …

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Minister of Agriculture Luis Ramon Rodriguez has announced that Haiti has not lifted the ban on imports of poultry and eggs. He said that a phyto-sanitary agreement still needed to be signed. Last week he reported on the Ministry of Agriculture web site that the ban had been lifted. The president of the Northern Region …

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