2015 – Page 58

The president of the Dominican Society of Dailies, Persio Maldonado, criticized the practice of recent administrations in the Dominican Republic to restrict media access to the President. Instead of journalists being able to ask questions directly to President Medina or high-ranking members of his administration, the media is flooded with official government press releases. Maldonado …

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Political scientist Luis Gonzalez told Acento.com.do that the DR is on the verge of attracting major direct investments from People’s Republic of China, especially in transport infrastructure. He mentioned ongoing contacts with China National Complete Plant Import and Export Corporation (COMPLANT), already a major investor in Jamaica, and China Railway International Group Limited (CRIG). He …

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With the outcome of the election in Haiti yet unknown, the Martelly government signed on Saturday, 23 October 2015 a US$50 million border “surveillance” agreement for land, air and sea with an Israeli company named HLSI. As reported in the media, the transitional Haitian government has transferred the border management to the Israeli company in …

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Judge Awilda Reyes Beltre ordered the immediate release of Pedro Brand alderman Eriknson de los Santos Solis (Ney) who was accused by prosecutors of being the alleged head of a contract murder group to which at least five deaths are attributed. The judge accepted the habeas corpus motion presented by the lawyers of De los …

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The Central Cibao Regional Command of the National Police reported the arrest of three individuals in Santiago and in Gaspar Hernandez, Espaillat province. Fifty nine cloned credit cards and debit cards were seized from the suspects. Those arrested were identified as 38-year old Guillermo Avelino Luciano, 32-year old Gilberto Contreras Bonilla and 27-year old Jose …

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Listin Diario reports that the two French pilots that recently fled the Dominican judiciary, Pascal Fauret and Bruno Odos, were last seen when they closed the rental contract on Apartment D-2 on the second floor of Las Terrazas, in El Cortecito, Bavaro in the Punta Cana area. As reported in the Listin Diario, the two …

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One of the greatest Dominican bachata singers of all time, Zacarias Ferreira, was close to becoming another traffic death statistic when he was involved in an accident last week on the Duarte Highway. After surviving a horrific accident, Ferreira filmed a video in which he stresses the importance of wearing seat belts. He said that …

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The Dominican Academy of History presented the Spanish version of the book The Barrio in Arms on the 1965 Dominican Revolution. Historian Jose del Castillo made the presentation of the book written by sociologist Jose Antonio Moreno. The book is part of the digital editions collection of the University of Pittsburgh. Read the book in …

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Too many years missing a World Series? Call in the Dominicans. What happened with Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz for the Boston Red Sox in 2004 has happened again for the Kansas City Royals in 2015. The Kansas City Royals were the first to use three pitchers born outside the United States (Dominicans …

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The National Social Security Council (CNSS) announced on Thursday, 29 October 2015, the approval of a resolution that increases coverage of pharmaceuticals under the Basic Health Plan from RD$3,000 to RD$8,000 a year. New pharmaceuticals have been added to the approved list. Also approved was a coverage of RD$1 million in high cost procedures for …

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