2015 – Page 246

Speaking at a workshop “Corruption: the role of the civil society and business sector in its prevention and prosecution” yesterday, Thursday 16 April 2015, the US Ambassador in the Dominican Republic James W. Brewster said that corruption in the country demands a Dominican solution. He said no external force could be a catalyst for changes …

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A World Bank report, “Latin America: In Search of Lost Growth,” released on Tuesday 14 April 2015, says that the DR is in a better position to maintain its economic growth than most countries in Latin America. The World Bank economists highlight that the recent decline in commodity prices resulting from weaker demand from China …

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The corner of Bolivar and Abraham Lincoln avenues is the location for the new Nike Factory Store in the Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic general manager Paola Martinez says the store offers the most complete selection of Nike brand merchandise in the country. She encouraged the general public to make the most of the opening sales.

A Florida judge sent Dominican ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen to jail yesterday, Thursday 16 April 2015, after establishing that he was a flight risk in a Medicare fraud case. Assistant US Attorney Carolyn Bell said that the extradition agreement with the Dominican Republic would not apply in a case of healthcare fraud. Melgen is accused of …

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The newly appointed Dominican Republic national basketball team head coach, Kenny Atkinson, has told the Atlanta Constitution newspaper that he is leaving it up to Al Horford to decide whether he will play with the Dominican national basketball team in its bid to qualify to play in the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Dominican Republic qualified …

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The Fundacion Armid inaugurated the first Real Madrid Foundation Football Academy in the Americas at the PUCMM university football field in Santiago yesterday, Thursday, 16 April 2015. Retired Real Madrid star player Emilio Butragueno who is also the club’s institutional relations director was here for the event. Real Madrid Foundation member Manuel Parreno also attended …

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Pina Duluc Project is live jazz merged with merengue at the Hotel Dominican Fiesta as part of the weekly Sunset Fiesta event, starting at 8:30pm. Friday, 17 April 2015. A Tribute to Spanish singer-composer Joaquin Sabina is scheduled for Las Terrazas del Meson on the Mirador del Sur for Friday, 17 April at 9pm. Cinema …

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Amidst calls for his re-election during a ceremony being held for the farm sector yesterday Wednesday 15 April 2015, President Danilo Medina said that given the imminent global shortage of farm products, the country is preparing itself to guarantee food security and become a meat exporter. He said that in the next 25 years the …

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To compensate for the losses caused by the export ban issued by the United States on several varieties of fruit and vegetables from the Dominican Republic, producers in Jarabacoa and Villa Trina have reached an agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture for selling bell peppers and hot peppers grown for export. According to the Jarabacoa …

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The Minister of Defense Lieutenant General Maximo William Munoz Delgado says that Haitian law enforcement officers have failed to comply with the agreements signed with the Dominican authorities to protect Dominican truckers. “They have failed to comply with that part, only that part, they have not given protection to the Dominican truckers. On our part …

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