2014 – Page 6

Results released by the National Statistics Office (ONE) show that 54,497 businesses are located in the province of Santiago. ONE director Pablo Tactuk presented the results at the Pontifica Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) recently. He said that 269,575 businesses are registered by ONE nationwide. He also announced that ONE will be conducting the …

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A video on acento.com.do shows AMET agents stopping a Lamborghini Aventador on a city street in Santo Domingo, apparently for a traffic infraction. The video shows how AMET agents realize that it is David Ortiz, are seen making a phone call, and allow him to go.

More than 22,000 Dominicans are being held in US jails, according to a report in “La voz del periodista,” a New York City-based Spanish language publication. 80% are jailed on drug trafficking charges. In recent years, the US government has deported 16,000 Dominicans who served time in US jails. En EEUU hay más de 22 …

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The Police have identified a man who was murdered on Wednesday, 17 December 2014 after being shot in the head at the intersection of Marginal Primera Street at the corner with Miguel Angel Monclus street in Santo Domingo, as 32-year old Cedric Sergio Jadoe of Suriname. Listin Diario quotes a witness as saying that Jadoe …

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A Christmas video by the JetBlue airline company portrays a Dominican family living in New York City sharing their feelings about their ties with the DR and their lives in New York City. The moment when the large family receives a free trip to the DR to visit their grandmother for the holidays is captured …

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