2014 – Page 8

Three alleged members of a gang suspected of committing telecommunications fraud using the “bypass” technique have been arrested by the authorities, according to the Special Prosecutor for High Tech Crimes and Activities. The three men were arrested after warrants were served simultaneously in the provinces of Santo Domingo, Santiago, San Francisco de Macoris, San Pedro …

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Last night, Wednesday 17 December 2014 in one of what might be the last games in Santo Domingo’s venerable Estadio Quisqueya the Tigres del Licey suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Estrellas Orientales, 10-0. The defeat consolidates the first place standing of the Estrellas and the fifth place standing of the Tigres, …

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Milly Quezada Unplugged show will take place at the Hard Rock Cafe Santo Domingo on 23 December 2014 at 10pm. Milly’s “Llego Juanita” is one of the most popular holiday songs ever. It tells the story of Dominicans returning home for the holidays and the happiness this brings to relatives and friends. Enjoy her merengue …

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Urban musicians Vakero and Mozart La Para plus popular DJs are booked for the 31 December 2014 party at the Hotel Embajador in Santo Domingo. For more on upcoming events, see http://dr1.com/calendar

President Danilo Medina inaugurated Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes School in Los Alcarrizos yesterday, Tuesday 16 December 2014 and announced that the target of 10,000 new classrooms for this year offering the extended school day program had been met. As reported, new 10,017 classrooms have been added to the public school system for afternoon educational …

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President Danilo Medina left from San Isidro Air Force base at 8am this morning, Wednesday 17 December 2014, on his way to Belize to attend the 44th Summit for Heads of State and Government of the Central American Integration System (SICA). He was accompanied by Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo, Administrative Minister of the …

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Taiwan has agreed to allocate US$23 million for the implementation of regional cooperation projects in the countries of Central American isthmus and the Dominican Republic, for the period 2015 to 2016. The amount was defined during the 16th Meeting of the Joint Commission on Cooperation between the Countries of the Central American Isthmus and the …

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In its session yesterday, Tuesday 16 December 2014, the Chamber of Deputies bent to pressure from religious groups and voted to maintain the ban on abortion in most cases, including rape, incest and fetal malformation. The legislators did modify the Penal Code article to authorize doctors to decide in favor of the life of the …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has decided that the deadline for the expiration of the old identity card or cedula should be 10 January 2015. From that date on the new cedula will be required. The issuing of the new cedula began in April 2014. JCE communications director Felix Reyna said that the same offices …

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