2015 – Page 24

Central Electoral Board (JCE) press director Felix Reyna says that the department has placed the lists of beneficiaries of Law 169-14 in visible places at the civil registry offices nationwide. Of 55,000 beneficiaries, only 10,000 have visited the civil registry to get their birth certificates or ID and voting card (cedula). The law benefitted the …

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Research by economic intelligence and strategy think-tank Analytica RD has found that 387,128 jobs have been created since 2013. Of this total, 83,349 were government jobs, and 238,442 were in the private sector, and 118,389 are self-employed. The gender breakdown of the new employees is 36.54% women and 63.46% men. In the last quarter of …

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Government spending on farming activities has been cut by half, according to the latest edition of the Vigilantes Agricultura bulletin. The bulletin is an initiative by Articulacion Nacional Campesina (ANC), which has the support of Oxfam and the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA). The report says that compared to other productive sectors, the agriculture …

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Opposition candidate Luis Abinader says that the next polls to be released will show the collapse of President Danilo Medina’s popularity rates, which up until recently have been consistently high. Leading into the 2012 general elections, in November 2011 the leading poll companies operating in the country had released their polls. This year, the latest …

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Interviewed by Huchi Lora on El Dia con Channel 11 together with his husband Bob Satawake yesterday, Thursday 3 December 2015, US Ambassador James Brewster said that the comments by Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez were mere “noise.” The Cardinal had stated: “That man needs to go back to his embassy,” he said. “Let him focus …

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National District prosecutor, Yeni Berenice Reynoso said on Thursday, 3 December 2015, that the case against the Unatrafin transport union leader Arsenio Quevedo began in February 2015, and not now. The case was merged with that of Pedro Brand councilor Ericsson de los Santos who is accused of ordering contract killings. The case acquired notoriety …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has confirmed the seizure of 36 packages of cocaine weighing 18.95 kilograms that were being smuggled to Spain in a freight container laden with coconuts. The container was being shipped through the Puerto Multimodal Caucedo, where a trained dog detected the drugs, which were hidden inside the body of …

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Maria Pena, a resident of the Netherlands, traveled to the Dominican Republic and brought around EUR370,000 with her (approximately RD$20,350,000) when she arrived at Las Americas International Airport on 26 May 2015. In violation of the law that only authorizes US$10,000 in undeclared money, she did not declare the money. However, a security officer at …

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The annual Punta Cana Christmas Bazaar takes place tomorrow, Saturday 5 December 2015 in the Galerias Punta Cana in Punta Cana Village from 11am to9pm. As well as a large variety of stalls selling handicrafts and homemade food, there will also be a Christmas Nativity Scene competition and a visit from Santa.

Supermercados Nacional is promoting their 2015 schedule of live Christmas music concerts at their supermarkets nationwide. The dates and branches are: Sunday, 6 December: Maximo Gomez (SD): Grupo Faena at the Maximo Gomez at noon Estrella Sadhala (Santiago): Coro de Luz at noon Monday, 7 December: El Millon (SD): Alexandro Segui at 6pm Wednesday, 9 …

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