2014 – Page 55

The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has confiscated 73 packages of a substance believed to be either cocaine or heroin at the port of Haina, inside a container on a ship that arrived from Cartagena, Colombia. DNCD spokesman, Dario Medrano said that the case was being investigated to see who was responsible as there was …

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Germans and guests are invited to enjoy Oktoberfest in Santo Domingo at the Centro Dominico-Aleman, the German community center, at Calle Isabel la Catolica 212, opposite the Telecommunications Museum in the Colonial City. The event is scheduled for Saturday 25 October 2014 at 10am. German food, German music and lots of fun-loving German people. For …

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According to the Dominicans in Statistics 2014 report issued by the National Statistics Office (ONE), between 2009 and 2013 some 43% of the violent deaths in the country were due to homicide, 35% traffic accidents and 11% due to suicide. ONE director Pablo Tactuk presented the results yesterday, Monday 20 October 2014 and highlighted that …

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The Mayor of San Cristobal Raul Mondesi was interrogated yesterday morning, Monday 20 October 2014 by the Specialized Prosecution Service for the Prevention of Corruption, following a report from the Audit Chamber that noted irregularities amounting to more than RD$76 million in the town hall in the province. The former baseball player and Mayor was …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) says that the recent rains that drenched parts of the country will now diminish and that temperatures will stay high in the east and south east. Forecasters are warning of two low-pressure systems, one of which is in the Atlantic Ocean several hundreds of kilometers to the south east of …

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A large Dominican government delegation was in Puerto Rico since Wednesday, 15 October 2014 for meetings with the Puerto Rican government to coordinate cooperation programs. Then yesterday, Monday 20 October 2014, the governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garcia Padilla met with the delegation to discuss ways of collaboration. The day began with a breakfast meeting, …

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The bi-chamber congressional committee that is studying the 2015 national budget will reallocate RD$200 million to the Constitutional Court that had been assigned to another government department by mistake. The committee took the decision after hearing from the president of the Constitutional Court, Milton Ray Guevara. Committee chairman Senator Tommy Galan said that the RD$200 …

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Following on from its report yesterday on the overall increase in the government payroll, today’s Diario Libre, Tuesday 21 October 2014 focuses on the areas where the main increases are taking place. In the last two years, the Ministry of Education (MINERD) has taken on 31,317 new employees, an increase of 20.5%, and the monthly …

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