2015 – Page 14

Horacio Bautista Garcia is accused by the state prosecution service of murdering Claro telecom executive 64-year old Ruben Daniel Nunez Pina when the latter resisted theft on the evening of Wednesday, 9 December 2015. As reported, the executive was walking inside the park at around 8pm accompanied by 48-year old Aida Taveras de Kim when …

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The Wine Bible author, Karen MacNeil will be in Santo Domingo for the Santo Domingo Wine Fest on Saturday, 13 February 2015 at the Hotel Jaragua Renaissance. Tickets for sale at Uepa Tickets for CCN, Supermercados Nacional and Jumbo. General admission RD$2,925-RD$3,750. There are additional charges for admission to beginner and advanced master classes and …

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The Ministry of Education has clarified to parents with children in Catholic Church-run schools that not all Catholic schools will be providing free tuition to students. Last week, the Ministry announced the signing of an agreement with the Conference of the Episcopate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic. The executive secretary of …

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Yesterday, Sunday 13 December 2015, the Minister of Public Works, Gonzalo Castillo inaugurated a two-lane overpass one hour-and-a-half drive north of Santo Domingo, at the Piedra Blanca intersection of the Duarte Highway. The new overpass, which was built by the Odebrecht construction company, is part of the 83-km Piedra Blanca-Rancho Arriba-San Jose de Ocoa mountain …

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Las Americas Expressway is one of the roads with the highest number of traffic accidents. The Ministry of Public Works has told Diario Libre that five underpasses and six pedestrian and motorcycle passes are currently under construction in an attempt to tackle this problem. Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo said the government is investing …

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According to the Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015 recently released by the World Health Organization, the Dominican Republic is a global leader with 29.3 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. Over the past three months alone, 421 people have been killed in traffic accidents, including 42 on the Bavaro, Veron and Punta Cana roads. The …

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If you hit or are hit by a motorcyclist, you’d better have full coverage insurance. The former president of the Insurance Brokers’ Association (Adocose) Jeanidalia Guzman says that 90% of motorcyclists are using the roads without any kind of insurance coverage. She says this is a consequence of the government’s failure to enforce the law. …

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The number of vehicles on Dominican roads has almost doubled in the past 10 years, and continues to increase every year. An estimated 500,000 vehicles were added in 2015 alone. Diario Libre reports that while in 2004 there were 1,717,000 vehicles on the roads, by 2014 this had increased to 3,398,000 by 2014. Traffic jams …

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The ruling PLD party described its primaries held yesterday, Sunday 13 December 2015 as successful, despite two people being killed when things got out of hand during the proceedings in Santiago and Barahona. The results are due to be announced at noon today Monday, 14 December 2015. Preliminary results suggest that the president of the …

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After several months of failed negotiations with the ruling PLD party, PRSC president Federico Antun Batlle (Quique) announced an agreement under which Batlle would be the most likely vice presidential candidate on the PRM ticket in the 2016 presidential election. The pact ensures that the PRM will have additional funding because the PRSC receives RD$18 …

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