2016 – Page 16

The Ilegales Concert Party will take the stage of the Hard Rock Cafe at Blue Mall in Santo Domingo on Saturday, 9 July 2016. This is a SugarEvents production. Bladimir Dotel’s group tickets are going for RD$1,400, RD$2,000 and RD$3,400. They are for sale at Uepa Tickets, Supermercados Nacional, Jumbo and Hard Rock Cafe Blue …

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President Danilo Medina is traveling to Havana, Cuba today, Thursday 23 June 2016, where he will attend the signing of the accord reached between the government of Colombia and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). The agreement includes the announcement that the Colombian rebels will lay down their arms. The peace deal marks the …

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President Danilo Medina has attended the inauguration ceremony of a new textile factory, at the site of the former Quisqueya sugar mill in southeastern San Pedro de Macoris. The project came about after President Medina made one of his “surprise visits” to the mill and committed to helping the wives of the employees of the …

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The director of the Santo Domingo Water and Sewer Corporation (CAASD), Alejandro Montas, announced on Wednesday 22 June 2016 that more than one million people would benefit from the expansion of the Santo Domingo East aqueduct system. The government is spending RD$1.4 billion on the expansion to improve water supplies for eastern Santo Domingo. Montas …

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The Senate approved the bill known in Spanish as “Proyecto de Ley sobre Juicios de Extincion de Dominio para el Decomiso Civil de Bienes Ilicitos” on Wednesday, 22 June 2016. Its aim is to prevent drug traffickers from recovering their seized assets after serving their sentences. Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito and National District prosecutor …

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The Ulises Francisco Espaillat irrigation canal is full of waste that pollutes its waters that supply several aqueducts in the northwestern border provinces and are used by thousands of farmers. The problem is that the people who live along the canal, which begins in Santiago and goes through the western part of the city, throw …

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The Association of Private Educational Institutions (Ainep) disclosed on Wednesday 22 June 2016 that they are in disagreement with the trial implementation of a new registration and report card system that is being developed by the Ministry of Education (Minerd). In a press release from the Association, executive director Julia Muniz Subervi said that the …

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In response to a complaint by a group of environmentalists expressing concern at the deforestation of the Bahoruco National Park, the Environmental Secretariat of DR-CAFTA says that it will request an answer from the Dominican Republic. In a letter dated 27 May 2016, signed by Jorge Guzman, the general coordinator of the Environmental Secretariat, states …

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The new director of the Central Cibao Regional Command of the National Police revealed on Wednesday 22 June 2016 that local police have been unable to patrol some densely populated neighborhoods because of the high crime rate. Nevertheless Brigadier General Jose Acosta Castellanos declared that this situation began to change as soon as he took …

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According to the National Meteorological Office (Onamet), a tropical wave and a low-pressure trough are moving past the country but scattered showers and occasional thunderstorms are expected. Rainfall is forecast for Monsenor Nouel (Bonao), Sanchez Ramirez (Cotui), Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris), La Vega, La Altagracia, La Romana, San Pedro de Macoris, Hato Mayor, Monte …

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