2016 – Page 11

The Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Monsignor Nicolas de Jesus Cardenal Lopez Rodriguez, has completed 25 years at the head of the Dominican Catholic Church. Monsignor Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez will be 80 years old on 31 October 2016. He was appointed by the late Pope John Paul in 1991. In recent months it is known that …

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In the Dominican Republic, every day 13 babies die before they are a month old and another 7,000 die every year before they are five years old. The infant mortality rate is 25 for each 1,000 live births. This situation is among the worst in the whole of Latin America. Child mortality is only higher …

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The Department of Criminal Investigation and High Technology Crimes (DICAT) of the National Police warns that there are large groups of foreigners operating in the country who use advanced technology to steal identities, clone credit cards and steal from ATM machines. The director of DICAT, Colonel Licurgo Yunes said that the areas that are especially …

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Members of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) have confiscated hundreds of portions of cocaine, crack and marijuana weighing over 3,000 grams and arrested around 15 people. Two of those arrested were in possession of a pistol and a revolver. DNCD agents also confiscated weighing scales, motorcycles and cell phones. The arrests took place around …

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Bones belonging to several people have been discovered in an uncultivated piece of land in the Copey sector of Maimon, in Monsenor Nouel province. The identity of the victims has not yet been revealed but the police have said that one of the victims was wearing khaki jeans, a grey cloth belt, green and black …

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The Costambar Owners’ Association in Puerto Plata is calling for Police Chief Major General Nelson Peguero Paredes to increase patrols in the area after the murder of 71-year old Belgian Marina Henrietta Belmuls, who was stabbed to death in her apartment in the Holland Park building. A German, Mike Scheider, age 58, who attempted to …

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Grass roots singers, Fefita la Grande and El Prodigio are performing on the same stage, the Hard Rock Cafe at Blue Mall on Thursday, 30 June 2016. Fefita la Grande is the winner of the Grand Soberano Award and El Prodigio of the Typical Music Award at the 2016 Soberano Awards ceremony. El Prodigio studied …

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President Danilo Medina is traveling on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 to Honduras to participate in the 47th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Central American Integration System (SICA). The event will take place 29-30 June in Roatan, Honduras. This is Medina’s third trip this month. Previously he traveled to Cuba and Panama.

While in Panama on Sunday, 26 June 2016 for the opening of the Panama Canal, President Danilo Medina held a private meeting with President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen. As reported by the Dominican Republic Presidency, the meeting discussed Taiwanese investment in the DR. The President of Taiwan said this would continue to increase. President Tsai …

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