2015 – Page 327

The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) has authorized telephone service providers to temporarily suspend services to anyone who abuses the 911 system by making obscene, insulting or hoax calls. All Dominican telecommunications companies were informed of the decision and callers misusing the 911 system will be blocked from using it for a three-week period. The telecoms …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) has announced that operation “Our Lady of Altagracia 2015” will start at 2pm today, Tuesday 20 January 2015 with 3,521 people deployed at strategic locations along highways and roads leading to La Altagracia province (Higuey). COE director General Juan Manuel Mendez said that the operation would end at 6pm on …

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The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that the Cardinals plan to renovate and upgrade a baseball field in the late Oscar Taveras’ hometown of Sosua, so that, in the words of one official, young people there can have a place to dream of reaching the majors as Taveras did. On Sunday, 18 January 2015, Cardinals …

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Virginia Tech University civil and environmental engineering professors and students are implementing a pilot program to tackle the problem of well water pollution in Veron, population 60,000, home to thousands of employees in Punta Cana area hotels. The programs are being coordinated by the Punta Cana Ecological Foundation. A small-scale wastewater treatment system as a …

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According to Dominican Rehabilitation Association (ADR) executive director Arturo Perez Gavino, of the 300,000 patients a year who attend their 29 affiliated centers, some 62% were injured in motorcycle accidents. He was speaking at a press conference yesterday, Monday 19 January 2015, after receiving a RD$1.3 million donation from Canadian clothing manufacturer Gildan for the …

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A former director of the Ground Transport Office (OTTT) is calling on the government to retake control of the country’s transport routes. As reported in El Dia, Andres Martinez said that the deaths caused by rival transport groups would continue in disputes over ownership of the routes. Martinez said that despite the large number of …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has announced major changes to the staff of the country’s main drug fighting body, coming at a time when an investigation by the Attorney General has revealed widespread and large-scale corruption in the National Police drug fighting division (Dican). The changes include a reshuffle of the DNCD’s investigative department …

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Four people were killed on Sunday night, 18 January 2015 in a series of incidents in the southwestern city of San Cristobal, reportedly linked to motorcycle racing and drug dealing. Yenly Aneurys Heredia Felix, alias Morado, was named as the man responsible for the murders. According to Diario Libre, he went through the neighborhoods of …

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Retired General Rafael Percival Pena is in custody in the Palace of Justice in Santo Domingo, accused of the attempted murder of Higher Electoral Court Judge Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero. Percival Pena was arrested yesterday, Monday 19 January 2015, and was taken to the holding cells on the fourth floor. It is not yet known …

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Appeal Court Judge Wendy Martinez Mejia has released Police Major Ruddy Japa Alvarez, one of the Police Central Anti Narcotics Unit (DICAN) officers arrested over the robbery of almost 1,000 kilos of drugs. She rejected the Public Prosecution service’s application for bail and periodic court appearances and instead freed him unconditionally, after hearing his defense …

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