2014 – Page 9

According to a report from the Inter-American Development Bank, the 7% increase in exports from the Dominican Republic in 2014 is above the average for Latin America. The study showed the DR posted the third fastest growth in exports of 18 countries analyzed by the IDB. Gold exports, which were up 35% this year, made …

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Santo Domingo provincial judge Bernardo Coplin has jailed on remand a police officer and a civilian accused of murdering a 15-year old girl on Saturday, 13 December 2014 in the Villa Espana motel on the Las Americas highway, in Santo Domingo East. Francisco Tavarez Portorreal and Geudys Gady Trinidad have been sent to La Victoria …

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A Santo Domingo court headed by Judge Josefina Hubiera has released Avelino Junior Figueroa Rodriguez, the rapper better known as “Lapiz Conciente” on bail. He is accused of physical and psychological aggression against minors, after he uploaded onto the Internet a photograph of another singer known as “Guariboa” posing with two boys drinking alcohol. Bail …

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Puerto Rican singer Daddy Yankee hosted a lunch for more than 200 children from low-income families at an event sponsored by his foundation in Santo Domingo province yesterday, Tuesday 16 December 2014. The reggaeton artist traveled to El Tamarindo, a residential neighborhood located in Santo Domingo East, where several years ago he established an eatery …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) says that a front off the Caribbean coast and the north west wind will bring rain to the provinces of Sanchez Ramirez (Cotui), Monsenor Nouel (Bonao), La Vega, San Cristobal, Espaillat (Moca), Maria Trinidad Sanchez (Nagua), Samana, Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris), Hermanas Mirabal (Salcedo), Monte Plata, Hato Mayor, El …

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President Danilo Medina swore in Jose Tomas Perez as ambassador to the United States at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Monday 15 December 2014. Perez takes over from Anibal de Castro who moves to the post of Dominican ambassador in Spain. Perez is a former senator for the National District and also served as head of …

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President Danilo Medina hosted a visit by former President of Costa Rica, Jose Maria Figueres Olsen at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Monday 15 December 2014. As reported by the Presidency, Figueres congratulated Medina on the progress made in education in the Dominican Republic, especially the construction of new schools with the addition of 10,000 classrooms. …

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The National Foreigners Regularization Plan, which has been in operation for over five months and expires at the end of June 2015, is now entering its second stage, which involves handing over identity cards to the applicants who have met the requirements. According to the Deputy Minister of Interior and Police, Washington Gonzalez, around 300 …

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