2014 – Page 82

The Ministry of Environment is heading an operation scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, 20 September 2014 to clean up more than 150 beaches nationwide, in a major public-private initiative. 600 companies are supporting the operation. Refuse will be recycled when possible. 600 companies, city governments, non-governmental entities, neighborhood associations, schools and provincial governments will be taking …

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Josefina Stubbs has been appointed vice president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development. IFAD is a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to ending rural poverty. She previously served as director of its Latin America and Caribbean Division. She has also been a senior social development specialist at the World Bank, and regional …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito says the homicide rate is the lowest it has been in the past 10 years. He said that in the first eight months of the year there were 1,063 murders, or 140 fewer than in 2013 when the total death toll in this category was 1,203. The DR has a …

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The Samana tourism sector will be holding its main stakeholders meeting, the II Meeting for Tourism Development in Samana for 30 September 2014. Private business, national and regional government authorities and community representatives are invited. The theme of this year’s event is “Towards integrated tourism management”. Speakers include Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia, Asonahores president …

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The Dominican National Transport Federation (Fenatrado) that represents the largest number of truck owners in the Dominican Republic has announced what it is calling “a show of strength” for Tuesday, 23 September 2014. The truckers have imposed a monopoly with government complacency that has enabled them to fix prices and force companies to use their …

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Judges of the Second Penal Hall of the Supreme Court of Justice have confirmed the 18-year jail sentence imposed on Rafael Emilio Gonzalez Alvarez, accused of the murder of Guillermo Moncada in a row over a parking spot in a condominium in the upscale Santo Domingo area of Piantini. The family had opposed the sentence …

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Toronto newspaper The Globe and Mail has published an update on the case against Canadian Derek Elliott who along with a US business partner James Catledge of Rancho Santa Fe, California, is accused of having masterminded a fraud that raised US$91.3 million from hundreds of investors to renovate and launch a second luxury hotel in …

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Local authorities must be sighing with relief at their decision to ban Miley Cyrus from performing in Santo Domingo in October 2014 as part of her current international tour. According to news reports, when appearing in Monterrey, Mexico on 16 September 2014 in front of an audience of 16,000 fans, she used the Mexican flag …

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