2015 – Page 227

Dominican Wings, a new airline based at Las Americas International Airport has taken delivery of its first aircraft, an A320-200, which arrived on Sunday, 3 May 2015. The aircraft was formerly owned by Avion Express in Lithuania and will be used to complete as estimated by the middle of this month the carrier’s certification with …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario says that he met with Hacienda Minister Simon Lizardo on Friday, 1 May 2015 to discuss a solution to the funding crisis at the JCE. Rosario said he had set out everything that was needed for the 2016 elections, a year before they are to be held, with …

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Internal confrontations were evident within the Leonel Fernandez and Danilo Medina factions of the PLD in Congress yesterday, Tuesday 5 May 2015. Tourism Minister and PLD presidential pre-candidate Francisco Javier Garcia directly accused former President Leonel Fernandez of obstructing the bill to reform the constitution to allow President Danilo Medina to run for election again. …

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Lawyer Carlos Balcacer has presented a complaint against Petroleum Refinery head Felix Jimenez, Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta, Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo, Economy Minister Temistocles Montas and Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia to the Supreme Court of Justice on behalf of Gregory Castellanos Ruano. The officials are accused of offering bribes …

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The Justice First Foundation has asked for the withdrawal of four of the five Supreme Court judges due to hear a case against the decision to stop proceedings against the former Minister of Public Works, Victor Diaz Rua, for alleged corruption and money laundering. The judges who were withdrawn were Esther Agelan Casasnovas, Frank Soto, …

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The Dominican Armada (Navy) has announced that 46 people who were stranded in the Atlantic Ocean on a small boat were rescued yesterday, Tuesday, 5 May 2015. They were trying to reach Puerto Rico illegally. The group had run aground off the coast of Cabrera in Maria Trinidad Sanchez province. Speedboats from Rio San Juan …

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Banking Superintendent Luis Armando Asuncion has announced that the 320 depositors who had more than RD$500,000 in the dissolved Banco Peravia can now have their money refunded but only up to RD$500,000 as established by the Contingency Fund guarantee. They should go to the Banco de Reservas with identification documentation together with the Deposit Validation …

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Swift has announced that the Dominican Republic is the first country to implement the Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry as a financial community with nearly all of the Swift member banks in the country now registered with KYC. According to Fabiola Herrera, Director of Payments and Systems at the Dominican Central Bank, by using the …

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The United Kingdom National Criminal Investigations Unit has donated equipment to the Dominican National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) for the fight against drug trafficking to Europe. The United Kingdom announced the creation of a new tool against drug dealing networks that use boats and ports to take drugs to Europe by sea. It is known …

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Dominican authorities have arrested 13 people for alleged involvement in starting the forest fires that have affected several parts of country over the last few weeks, including environmentally protected areas like Los Haitises National Park. Environment Minister Bautista Rojas said that they would be formally accused, as setting a fire is a criminal act. The …

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