2016 – Page 139

According to reports, the Santo Domingo Metro Line 2 went out of service from 4pm on Tuesday afternoon, 9 February 2016. Thousands of people depend on the Metro, the city’s most efficient traffic system. As reported in El Dia, stations on the line from Maria Montez to Freddy Beras Goico were operating, but not the …

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On Monday afternoon, 8 February 2016 the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) board approved a proposal by the rector, Ivan Grullon Fernandez to increase professors’ expenses allowance by 25%. University Communications’ Director Cesar Amado Martinez said that the proposal was being considered by the Professors’ Union (Faprouasd) yesterday, Tuesday, 9 February. The proposal could …

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Migration director general Major General Ruben Dario Paulino Sem has revealed that more than 20,000 foreigners who were living in the country illegally have been repatriated since deportations began in August 2015. He said that so far this year more than 5,000 people of various nationalities have already been deported, mostly Haitians. http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2016/02/09/407150/migracion-ha-repatriado-mas-de-20-mil-extranjeros

In a report published yesterday, Tuesday 9 February 2016, the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (ICHR) calls on the Dominican Republic to restore nationality to everyone born in the country who was affected by Constitutional Court ruling 168-13 mostly people of Haitian descent. In a document that is very critical of the Dominican government, they …

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During several raids last week, the National Police Anti-Noise Department arrested 117 people, confiscated 117 vehicles, 485 music systems, 785 speakers and 2 illegal gaming machines in 602 operations in several locations including the National District, Santo Domingo province, San Francisco de Macoris, Puerto Plata, Barahona, Santiago, Bani, San Pedro de Macoris, La Romana, San …

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According to a report by Nassim Jose Alemany, economics’ partner at the Deloitte Consultancy firm, the cruise industry that serves the Caribbean, Mexico and Central and South America brought in a contribution to the local economy of US$3,160 in the 2014/2015 season. The Dominican Republic represented 2% of this total with US$61 million spent by …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito says that the change in the remand terms for Pascual Cordero Martinez (a.k.a El Chino) from pre-trial custody to house arrest is both imprudent and worrying. He said his office would appeal the house arrest on the grounds that Cordero is accused of heading the drug trade in Greater Santo …

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Five men have been convicted and sent to jail for 20 years each for a haul of 700 kilos of cocaine that was found on 13 August 2013 in the National Park of the East, in a cave near San Rafael del Yuma. The sentence was imposed by a court in La Altagracia province presided …

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According to the director of the National Police Central Anti Narcotics Agency (DICAN), General Edward Sanchez Gonzalez, they have impounded 3,224.64 pounds of marijuana from August 2015 to January 2016. There have also been 8,864 raids during which 196,076 grams of cocaine, 3,103 grams of crack and 2.1 grams of heroin were also confiscated. During …

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Merengue group Los Hermanos Rosario is booked for this Saturday, 13 February at Neptuno’s in Boca Chica. Tickets priced at RD$1,200 general admission and RD$1,500, are for sale at Neptuno’s in Boca Chica and Restaurant Ziva in Santo Domingo. Hermanos Rosario will be performing their current hit, “Nuevecita de caja” as well as several old …

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