2016 – Page 170

The Government Communications Office (DICOM) has begun the new year with what appears to be financial problems. Dicom is the press and advertising division of the Presidency. As reported, Dicom is in arrears for around the last five months of 2015 in advertising on numerous radio and TV shows and digital and press media. When …

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At a recent meeting of evangelical Christians, pastor Ezequiel Molina spoke out against corruption calling political parties “dens of vipers that deplete taxpayer money.” Speaking in the presence of President Danilo Medina, leading opposition candidate Luis Abinader and other politicians, Molina said that politicians have two options: to attack corruption or act with indifference. He …

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A report in acento.com.do focuses on the growing wealth of judge Rafael Leonidas Ciprian Lora. The online news outlet says that according to his declared assets, he is wealthier than the president of the Supreme Court of Justice. Recently, he was removed from the position as judge of the First Hall of the Administrative Disputes …

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Economic think tank Analytica RD reports that payments via mobile phones are up 38.64% this year. Bank transfers via mobile are also up 19.9% in 2015 compared to 2014. In 2015, 97,000 transactions of payments via mobile were registered, and 108,000 fund transfers. Platforms used in the DR include Tpago, Orange M-Pesos using the platform …

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Torre Stanza is a leader in renewable-energy friendly apartment complexes in the Dominican Republic. The building includes chargers for electrical vehicles. The common areas are powered by solar energy. The system was developed by Solar Mobility, said promoter Peter Weinerth. The company is developing its second sustainable building after the sales success of its first …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) reports that 21 people were killed on the roads on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in 468 accidents, with 589 people injured. The COE reported 219 accidents involving 281 people over the New Year holiday from 2pm on Wednesday 30 December to 6am on 1 January 2016. In …

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The Police says it has recovered the Samsung Galaxy S5 mobile phone that had been stolen from National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso. The mobile was recovered by the Police Central Agency for Criminal Investigations (Dicrim) inside a home in Palave, Manoguayabo on Wednesday, 30 December 2015. The Police said that the phone had been …

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The Police has shot, injured and arrested one of three men suspected of holding up a bus that transported passengers on the Santo Domingo-Barahona route on Wednesday, 30 December 2015. The suspect was identified as Ronald Perez, 27, who was found in possession of a 9mm gun and a tablet belonging a woman named as …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) reported on Wednesday, 30 December 2015 a joint operation in Samana with the Dominican Armada (Navy) and the Air Force that ended in the confiscation of 79 packages of cocaine or heroin on a boat flying the St. Martin flag that was bound for Puerto Rico. Seven Dominican crew …

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Major General Julio Cesar Souffront Velazquez, president of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) says that suspected drug dealer Jesus Pascual Cordero Martinez (El Chino) should go on trial in this country to make sure he receives the correct sentence. He said that there is enough evidence against El Chino to ensure this but the …

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