2015 – Page 281

Mexican cement manufacturer Cemex has announced it will be making investments worth more than RD$315 million this year in a new packaging line at its San Pedro de Macoris factory. The investment is aimed at increasing production capacity and meeting the estimated demand for the next five years. The company reports it has just completed …

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19% more tourists have used their credit cards in the country, compared to an increase of 13% of Dominican credit card holders, says Eduardo del Orbe, executive vice president of CardNet, which handles Visa and Mastercard credit card transactions in the DR, about 82% of the total credit card volume. He estimated that some RD$195 …

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Farmers and market experts, with the mediation of the Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD) are meeting to find markets for a surplus of 375 thousand quintals of onion that will reach local markets in the next three months. Producers from San Juan de la Maguana, San Jose de Ocoa, Bani, and Constanza are concerned about the …

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Two Dominican police officers were shot and wounded by a Haitian on Sunday, 9 March 2015, Haiti Libre reports. A Haitian man named as Wilber Nicholas was arrested for drunkenness and disturbing the public order and taken to a cell at the police post in Gualey, in the National District. Nicholas reportedly shot at Sergeant …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) says that a cocaine shipment was seized from a speedboat being operated by four Colombians in international waters in a joint operation with the United States Coastguard and other Dominican agencies. The Dominican Air Force with four Super Tucano planes and the Navy with speedboats also took part in …

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Three foreigners who had been hiding in the Dominican Republic as a way of evading justice in their own countries have been caught over the last couple of days by the National Police working for Interpol in Santo Domingo. One was detained in the capital, another in Punta Cana and the third in Boca Chica. …

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A Santo Domingo Judge, Josefina Ubiera, has sent the four Venezuelan pilots and the two Dominican mechanics accused of trying to steal a plane confiscated from Bank Peravia executive Jose Luis Santoro to three months’ pre-trial detention. Venezuelans Alexander Lira, Victor Daniel Alvarez Rincon, Armando Jose Gutierrez Gil and Jorge Luis Yzghen have been sent …

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Puerto Rican star singer Chayanne will be giving a live show at the Palacio de los Deportes in Santo Domingo on Saturday, 2 May 2015, as part of his En Todo World Tour to promote his latest album. Listen to the hits “Humanos en Marte, “Tu respiracion,” and “Madre Tierra” from his new album. Tickets …

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The Sixth Festival of Living Statues will take place on 29 and 30 August 2015 at Plaza de Espana in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City and in the Parque Central in Bani. For information on how to take part, see http://festevivas.blogspot.com To read more news, see the DR1 News Archives at: http://dr1.com/premium/news/2015/index.shtml

At the Central American Integration System (SICA) summit in Antigua, Guatemala yesterday, Monday 9 March 2015, President Danilo Medina highlighted that SICA would be successful when barriers to trade and integration between the countries were eliminated. He highlighted the importance of involving countries in other parts of the world to help with investment and development …

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