2016 – Page 14

2016 News

Energy & Mines Minister hospitalized in Miami

Minister of Energy and Mines Antonio Isa Conde was hospitalized at the Baptist Hospital in Miami over the weekend of Saturday 26 – Sunday 27 June 2016. According to medical reports he is recovering from pneumonia and his heart pacemaker was replaced. Isa Conde was taken to the Plaza de la Salud in Santo Domingo …

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MITUR starts archaeological study of San Francisco Monastery

The Ministry of Tourism has announced that a one-year-long archaeological study of the San Francisco Monastery will be carried out by unnamed Dominican experts under Spanish archaeologist Ildefonso Ramirez Gonzalez. The ruin was the first European monastery in the Americas. The Ministry of Tourism’s Colonial City Promotion Program Coordinating Unit (PFTCC), a subdivision of the …

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Nassim Jose Alemany says Brexit will be felt

Deloitte economist Nassim Jose Alemany says that as far as the Dominican Republic is concerned, the main impact of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union will be felt in the areas of trade and investment. He said that the DR currently exports US$130 million worth of products to the UK, which imports the …

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Weddings and divorces in the DR

A total of 573,733 weddings took place in the Dominican Republic between 2001-2014, reports Diario Libre. There also have been 234,663 divorces in the DR, or about 41% of the weddings, according to figures from the National Statistics Office (ONE). The highest number of divorces was recorded in the National District with 56,721 and the …

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Four arrested in Swiss Embassy murder case

The Police have arrested four men suspected of involvement in the murder of 56-year old Wolfgang Heimann, a German citizen employed at the Swiss Embassy during a robbery at his residence in Los Rios in Santo Domingo on 13 June 2016. The men are 28-year old Bryan Rafael Ortiz Serra, 26-year old Richard Anthony Perdomo …

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Colombian drug traffickers get only 10 years in jail

Colombian brothers Hurber Oswaldo and Angel Maria Buitrago Vacca were sentenced to 10 years on Friday, 24 June 2016 by the judges of the National District Third Collegiate Court for drug trafficking, asset laundering, forgery, illegal possession of firearms and double identity. They are also awaiting trial in a separate case for their involvement in …

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Marielis Sanchez qualifies for her third Olympics

During a meet in Switzerland last week, Dominican 200-meter runner Marielis Sanchez qualified for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, which open on 5 August 2016. She is the first Dominican woman to have made the team on three occasions. She competed in Beijing in 2008, London 2012 and now Rio 2016. She came first …

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Made in Dominicana to Teatro Las Mascaras

A play that focuses on Dominican immigration is set for Teatro Las Mascaras of Calle Arzobispo Portes 56 in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo starting Friday, 1 July 2016. The show is scheduled for 8:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays and at 6:30pm on Sundays in July and August. The play is an adaptation of …

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CEI-RD Exports Trade Show opens 27 June

The Center for Exports and Investments (CEI-RD) has announced the celebration of the DR Exports Trade Show at the Sans Souci Convention Center in Santo Domingo East from 27-29 June 2016. President Danilo Medina is expected to attend the inauguration on Monday, 27 June 2016 at 7pm. CEI-RD director Jean Alain Rodriguez said that the …

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DR-UK trade to be affected by Brexit

The United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union will have immediate effects on Dominican trade with the European Union. Dominican ambassador to the UK, Federico Cuello has warned that Dominican exporters and importers will be the biggest losers. The decision (51.9% leave, 48.1% stay) will have almost immediate effects on Dominican exports of bananas, …

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2016 – Page 14

Energy & Mines Minister hospitalized in Miami

MITUR starts archaeological study of San Francisco Monastery

Nassim Jose Alemany says Brexit will be felt

Weddings and divorces in the DR

Four arrested in Swiss Embassy murder case

Colombian drug traffickers get only 10 years in jail

Marielis Sanchez qualifies for her third Olympics

Made in Dominicana to Teatro Las Mascaras

CEI-RD Exports Trade Show opens 27 June

DR-UK trade to be affected by Brexit