2015 – Page 301

Brazilian construction company Odebrecht has begun building an east-west return at the intersection of the Ortega y Gasset and John F. Kennedy avenues bypass in Santo Domingo, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Public Works. The solution, which will allow westbound vehicles to return to their previous direction, is aimed at easing traffic …

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According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative in the country, Maria Jesus Conde, the Dominican state invested RD$90 billion in children, from infancy up to the age of 18 from 2010 to 2013. Nonetheless, Conde is still calling for an improvement in spending on education. She made the comments while presenting the results …

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In a meeting held yesterday, Monday 16 February 2015, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) announced that 46 centers abroad would now be able to issue the new identity card (cedula) to Dominicans living overseas. A total of 33 new centers have been added. The JCE overseas centers in the US include locations in Brooklyn, the …

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Dominican Republic Export and Investment Center (CEI-RD) director Jean Alain Rodriguez says that exports to Europe grew from US$589.9 million in 2010 to US$702.1 million in 2013, a 16% jump. Speaking at the opening of a workshop “How to Export to Europe,” held on Thursday, 12 February 2015 Rodriguez said that the country is Europe’s …

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The local food market is a haven for a clique of middlemen who engage in profiteering, depriving both farmers and consumers of fair prices. A report in Diario Libre today, Tuesday 17 February 2015 reveals that these intermediaries take the biggest cut from the price of fresh food. The report found that food produced in …

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Yesterday, Monday 16 February 2015, Antonio Abreu (Tonito) passed away at his home in Piantini in Santo Domingo. He was the co-founder of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and the party’s first Secretary General. He also served as Dominican consul in Paris. His remains were transferred to the Blandino Funeral Home and he will be …

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The National Police have announced the arrests of seven people in connection with a robbery of safe boxes from the house of the Haitian Ambassador, Fritz Cineas on 5 February 2015. Police corporals Yeferi Joel Rosa Gomez and Silfredo Encarnacion Rosa were arrested. Police say they patrolled in the Simon Bolivar area of the capital …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has announced the confiscation of 100 packages of a substance believed to be either heroin or cocaine at the Caucedo Port from a ship that arrived from Peru with a cargo of wheat. DNCD spokesman Dario Medrano said that the haul was made on the ship Bella Schuulte. When …

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A notorious drug dealer, Kelvin Hernandez Flaquer, alias Coto, has been arrested in a joint operation by the Public Prosecution Service in La Romana and the National Police in order to rescue a Spanish-Dominican national, Antonio Juan Farias. Hernandez Flaquer is said to belong to the network that used to be run by convicted Puerto …

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The rate of femicides has not let up in 2015, with six in January and two so far in February. In February there was also an attempted murder of a woman who had reported her husband for domestic violence on 20 occasions. One of those killed was a young pregnant girl trying to protect her …

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