2015 – Page 342

Yesterday, Monday 5 January 2015, the bi-national market in the southwestern border town of Pedernales did not take place following a series of violent confrontations between Haitians and Dominicans last week. The gate that allows access to Anse-a-Pitres in Haiti stayed closed while the shopkeepers hung around hoping that the market would open. At the …

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The army, the Specialized Border Security Corps (Cesfront) and the Dominican Armada (Navy) have detained at least 8,300 Haitians as they were trying to cross into the Dominican Republic by land and sea in the provinces of Dajabon and Montecristi. The head of the Tenth Infantry Battalion of the Dominican Army in Dajabon, Colonel Made …

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According to the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET), the number of vehicles impounded and drivers fined this year for not having a tax sticker (marbete) is now over 1,600 as of yesterday, Monday 5 January 2015. AMET urged all drivers to purchase their tax stickers, warning that everyone who fails to do so will be fined …

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Chicken is at RD$55 a pound, plantains are RD$20 each, a pound of onions costs RD$70 and oil is RD$60. Other products that have also increased in price include chocolate, sugar, coffee and yoghurt that were all affected by the increase in sales tax (ITBIS) as established by the 2012 tax law. Some less than …

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Predators including fishermen are depleting the numbers of iguanas and American crocodiles around Lake Enriquillo and the authorities will have to intervene quickly to stop their extinction. Jose Antonio Matos Pena told El Caribe that both crocodiles and the iguanas are looking for fresh water that is not as salty as the lake water and …

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The head of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), Julio Cesar Souffront Velazquez, has called on Gregorio Vilorio Perez (Dario Gasolina), who is accused of heading a network of drug dealers that was taken down last month, to turn himself in to authorities. He said that they were on his trail and that he should …

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One of the Dominican Republic’s best singers of all time, Maridalia Hernandez will be performing a greatest hits concert at Hard Rock Cafe Santo Domingo at the Blue Mall. The show is booked for this Friday, 30 January at 9pm.

Fernando Madera with Ciguapiano & Amigos is at Las Terrazas del Meson de la Cava on Tuesday, 6 January 2014. The group plays jazz, blues, rock, bossa nova. Free admission. 8:30pm. For more on upcoming events, see http://dr1.com/calendar

Edinburgh-based Dominican musician Karel Kalaf is back in the country for a visit and will be playing British pop and rock greats at the Camden Bar in Plaza Andalucia on Av. Gustavo Mejia Ricart in Santo Domingo this Saturday, 10 January 2015 at 8pm. His set features classics by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks, Oasis, …

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The Office of Supervisory Engineers of Public Works of the Presidency announced the opening of a provisional parking area in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo. The parking area is in the Plazoleta Espana, on Calle Vicente Celestino Duarte with Atarazana. It can hold 200 vehicles, and another 100 will be soon available. The parking …

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