2014 – Page 299

Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo headed a ceremony in which 200 new motorcycles were delivered by the Presidency to the Metropolitan Transport Authority for patrolling. The government has invested in new equipment for the police and AMET for improved city safety. The motorcycles were received by AMET director General Juan Brown Perez.

The Ministry of Public Works has again extended the deadline for obtaining the transit inspection sticker known locally as the “revista.” The new date now is 28 February 2014. Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo called on vehicle owners to get the RD$45 sticker.

Presidential spokesman Roberto Rodriguez Marchena has confirmed that President Danilo Medina will not opt to run for re-election now that he has an approval rating of 89% in recent polls. Rodriguez was responding to press questions about the actions of Alberto Pelaez Andina, who has been collecting signatures looking for a way to enable President …

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A survey of readers of online newspaper El Nacional Digital on the lack of news concerning the health of Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso reveals that 95% think that the government should make some sort of announcement about him. It is known that Morales Troncoso was treated in a US hospital for leukemia in September 2013 …

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Falcondo has reiterated that their continued operations in the country were conditional upon receiving authorization for mining in Loma Miranda, a rural area between La Vega and Bonao. Company president David Soares told Diario Libre that the company needed to extend the duration of their mining operations to make viable the installation of a new …

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The president of the Dominican Republic Lawyers Association (CARD) says that the association would appoint a commission of five specialists to draw up a new and modern law for the association. Diego Jose Garcia said that they accept and respect the ruling of the Constitutional Court that declared them to be in violation of the …

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The Cordillera Oriental is now known as a major amber-producing region. As reported in Diario Libre, the amber mining is now the leading economic activity in the municipality of El Valle in the province of Hato Mayor. Diario Libre reports there is little regulation of the mining operations for yellow, red or blue amber – …

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Last week, the media published a photo of the members of the Conference of the Episcopate posing together to accompany their traditional La Altagracia Day open letter to the Dominican people. Shortly after, Diario Libre published a story revealing that the photo had been manipulated. The original photo had the former Papal Nuncio Josef Wesolowski, …

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The National Police have announced that three members of the force have been arrested and arraigned on suspicion of involvement in an armed robbery from a Caribe Express security truck carrying RD$38 million on the Duarte highway last Monday, 13 January. The accused, corporals Angel Gregorio Garcia Perez and Johan Manuel Terrero Ortega, and Private …

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The teenage runaways who went missing from their boarding school in England last week have been found safe and well at a five-star resort in the Dominican Republic, police confirmed today. The Police ascertained that Edward Bunyan, 16, and Indira Gainiyeva, 17, were staying at the Occidental Grand resort in Punta Cana before renting an …

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