2016 – Page 13

The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Henry Ramos Allup, has said that the opposition does not accept holding any more meetings in the Dominican Republic. He said they are scratching off the DR for talks. According to the Venezuelan newspaper, El Mundo, Tamos Allup spoke about the meeting of the Organization of American States …

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Three thousand Dominicans who have completed sentences in the United States for drug dealing have been repatriated in the last 18 months and another 1,340 have been deported for other crimes. According to the Las Americas International Airport, last year 2,450 Dominicans were deported from the US after having completed jail time, for drug dealing …

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A 58-year old American doctor has died of a heart attack in a National District hotel where he was staying with a Dominican lady. According to the National Police, the man was identified as John James Oswald Jr. who lived in New York. He died in the early hours of Sunday morning, 26 June 2016 …

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A Belgian lady has been killed by stabbing and a German man also wounded by the attackers on Sunday night, 26 June 2016. The incident happened when two attackers entered her home in the residential area of Costambar to the west of Puerto Plata. Marina Henrietta Belmuls, aged 71, had been living in the country …

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The general manager of the Dreams La Romana, Jose Corletto passed away on Sunday. He was treasurer of the Association of Hotels of La Romana-Bayahibe (AHRB) since March 2016. The wake is held at the Funeraria Blandino of Av. Abraham Lincoln in Santo Domingo and he will be buried on Tuesday, 28 June 2016 at …

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The former lead vocal for the Tribu del Sol music group, Laura Rivera will be performing at 8pm at Hard Rock Cafe at the Blue Mall in Santo Domingo on Thursday, 21 July 2016. She sings romantic songs. The concert, “Mas que ayer,” is a production by NG Productions. Tickets for sale online at Uepa …

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The Soberano Awards winners in the merengue, salsa and bachata orchestra categories this year will be performing on Saturday, 16 July 2016 at the Nuryn Sanlley Amphitheater at Parque Iberoamericano. The concert, “3 Generos, una Noche” presents Miriam Cruz, Chiquito Team Band and Raulin Rodriguez. This is a Nail Eventos Musica Latina production. The show …

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President Danilo Medina was in Panama on Sunday, 26 June 2016 at the invitation of Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez to attend the inaugural ceremony for the Panama Canal expansion. “We are celebrating, together with Panama, the opening of the expansion of the Panama Canal,” said Medina. “As a member of the Central American …

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President Danilo Medina has moved Guarocuya Felix from his post as director of the Tax Agency (DGII) to serve as the new general manager of Bandex, the newly created export bank. Felix entered into controversy with the Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta over the level of tax evasion in the country. Peralta …

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Former Central Bank governor Guillermo Caram predicts that Dominicans will be paying more taxes in the near future. Caram says that the fiscal reform the government seeks to push through will mean new taxes because the government’s economic policy is inefficient when it comes to tax collections and government spending is backed by taking on …

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