2015 – Page 334

Senator Adriano Sanchez Roa and deputies Teodoro Reyes Ursino and Vinicio Castillo have rejected a proposal to create a two-year non-resident visa as suggested by the Minister of Interior and Police, Jose Ramon Fadul, after only a small number of undocumented foreigners have legalized their status under the National Foreigner Legalization Plan. Sanchez Roa believes …

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The director of the Seismology Institute at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Eugenio Polanco has called on the population to remain calm following widespread panic yesterday, Tuesday 13 January 2015 when there were 15 earthquakes, the biggest felt in Barahona, registering 4.7 on the Richter scale. According to a preliminary report by the …

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The United States government will donate an additional US$18.4 million to the already agreed upon US$189.9 million in the five-year cooperation plan (2014-2018). The sum is contained in a new amendment to the cooperation agreement between both countries via the United States Development Agency (USAID), announced yesterday, Tuesday 13 January 2015 from the Presidential Palace. …

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Gold Quest, the Vancouver-based Canadian mining company, has announced that the Dominican government has granted it the 550-hectare Los Lechones gold and copper concession next to its Romero Project. This is in addition to two concessions totaling 1,151 hectares announced earlier this month. “We are now in a position to drill all of the La …

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The Attorney General’s Office has asked for one year remand in jail for 11 people out of the 25 people arrested and implicated in the case of the theft of 950 kilos of cocaine from the Central Police Anti Narcotics Division (Dican). The 11 include Dican director Colonel Carlos Fernandez Valerio, head of operations Lieutenant …

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The El Soberano Awards, sponsored by Presidente Beer and honoring the best in the performing arts in the Dominican Republic will take place on 14 April 2015 at the National Theater in Santo Domingo. The Dominican Republic’s only Miss World, Mariasela Alvarez, has been chosen to host the event, together with comedian Cuquin Victoria. The …

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A film based on the life of Puerto Rican drug lord Jose David Figueroa Agosto will have its premiere in selected cinemas on Thursday 29 January 2015. The film was first shown in Puerto Rico on 4 December 2014. The film is called “The Kings: The True Story of Buster and the Chameleon” (“Los Reyes: …

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Games through Saturday, 17 January 2015 will decide which two teams will reach the playoffs of the 2014-2015 Dominican Winter Professional Baseball League. Seattle Mariners’ Robinson Cano was in San Pedro de Macoris yesterday, Tuesday 13 January 2015 to lead his team, the Estrellas Orientales, to a 7-2 win over the Gigantes del Cibao at …

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Technical difficulties caused by the moving of the extensive dr1.com database to a faster server are the reason why the DR1 Forums are temporarily off line. The faster server will guarantee improved access to dr1.com Technicians working on the issues expect to resolve this soon.

The Dominican Republic and the United States have agreed on their first new Extradition Treaty in 105 years. The revision is aimed at strengthening law enforcement cooperation and enhancing the extradition process between the two countries. The parties agreed to extend the range of extraditable offenses and establish new clear and contemporary extradition procedures. The …

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