2015 – Page 315

President Danilo Medina inaugurated the 40.5 km repaved and improved El Seibo-Miches road yesterday, Monday 2 February 2015. The new road is described as a boost to economic and social development in the east of the country. An estimated 100,000 people live in the towns of El Seibo, La Nabajagua, Pedro Sanchez, El Ocho, Los …

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According to Boca Chica mayor Daniel Ozuna, work will begin this week to widen the Las Americas Highway at the intersection with Boca Chica Beach. This area is often affected by major traffic jams, delaying east-west traffic. The extension will be carried out in three phases and will involve building pedestrian bridges, overpasses and access …

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The Ministry of Education has announced the purchase of 24 buses for transporting children studying in schools along the Duarte Highway, from Pedro Brand to Navarrete in Santiago province. The buses have been purchased to improve the safety of children who currently get to school by walking or hitching rides along the highway, mainly on …

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A new version of the bill that politicians have spent decades trying to agree on has again been sent to Congress via the Senate. The Political Parties Bill (Ley sobre Partidos y Agrupaciones Politicas en la Republica Dominicana) and a Bill that creates the Fundamental Electoral Regime (Ley Organica del Regimen Electoral) were presented yesterday, …

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President Danilo Medina has now become involved in the case of the Dream gambling corporation and has set up a commission made up of several state security members given the repercussions that the case could have on foreign investment. National District prosecutor, Yeni Berenice Reynoso, Police chief Major General Manuel Castro Castillo, Attorney General Francisco …

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Minister of Interior and Police Jose Ramon Fadul has reiterated that the Law for the Special Naturalization Regimen will not be extended. He said that 8,755 people had applied for the fast-tracked citizenship. Applicants registered as having been born here before 2007 now have two years to qualify for Dominican citizenship. Foreigners still have time …

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In an announcement made yesterday, Monday 2 February 2015, the US Ambassador in the Dominican Republic James Brewster unveiled a partnership between the US government and Major League Baseball aimed at helping young Dominican men. The alliance seeks to reduce the problems created by the aspirations and athletic efforts of young Dominican men to make …

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Banking Superintendent Luis Armando Asuncion Alvarez says that they have discovered several violations of the law by Banco Peravia including, fraud, abuse of trust, money laundering, forgery and criminal association. He said that a legal process would begin involving the shareholders, members of the administration board and senior directors in order to submit them to …

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Five Haitian workers were injured by shotgun pellets during a fight yesterday, Monday 3 February 2015 at the Dario Contreras Trauma Hospital that is in its final stages of remodeling. The injured workers were taken to the Ney Arias Lora hospital. Fernando Lamarche from the Supervisory Office of Public Works (OISOE) denied that the problem …

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Twelve Dominicans have been detained and an unknown number have disappeared after a nine-meter long boat sunk off Camuy beach on the northwest coast of Puerto Rico. United States Customs spokesman Jeffrey Quinones said that the boat sank on Friday, 30 January 2015 and the rescue operation went on for several hours. Some people are …

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