2016 – Page 29

Advanced Television Systems (ATSC) chairman Mark S. Richer has announced that the US standards body is willing to provide technical and logistical support to the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) and Dominican operators for the implementation of the US digital TV standard in the country. The ATSC would send technical personnel to the Dominican Republic to …

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Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta has been prompt to state that ITBIS tax evasion in the country is running at 40%, up from 27%, and a fiscal reform is imminent to compensate for government deficits, as reported in El Nacional. He had stated earlier that the government would be holding talks for …

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The Attorney General office has begun to issue good conduct certificates online. The certificates, which have been issued on request since 1 June 2016, state whether the applicant has a criminal record, according to the AG Office database. All applications for the document must now be submitted online. The service was formally inaugurated yesterday, Thursday …

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Father Rogelio Cruz was back in his old Santo Domingo neighborhood, Cristo Rey yesterday, Thursday 9 June 2016 for the signing of an agreement with the mayor-elect of the National District, David Collado. Collado was elected to replace three-term mayor Roberto Salcedo. The agreement includes renewed initiatives for restoring citizen safety, eliminating open-air garbage dumps, …

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United Women’s Movement (Modemu) president Jackeline Montero ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies on the PRM ticket and was elected. A former prostitute, she says she will focus on promoting the creation of training and reorientation centers for sex workers in each province of the country, as well as the installation and …

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As well as retired sex worker Jackeline Montero who won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies on the PRM ticket, Listin Diario reports that other newcomers to Congress will include veteran politicians Rafaela (Lila) Alburquerque, Alfredo Pacheco and Ginnette Bournigal. The new session will also mark the debut of the children of several established …

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Santiago judge Ingrid Liberato has disregarded surveillance video evidence and discharged eight employees who were under investigation following accusations of stealing more than US$136,000 of a total of US$292,000 from a passenger who arrived at the Cibao International Airport on 29 June 2015, on the grounds of insufficient evidence. The video of the Customs employees …

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Judge Honorio Suzana has sent Carlos Manuel Berroa and Yojander Reyes Castillo (Marana) to three months pre-trial custody at La Victoria Jail. They are accused of robbing Monica and Ana Isabel Cuadra Riestra at gunpoint in the La Esperilla sector in the presence of several children. A surveillance video of the robbery went viral on …

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Two men injured the security guard at the ADEMI Bank branch in La Vega and committed an armed robbery yesterday, Thursday 9 June 2016. The guard was hospitalized and his condition is described as stable. The armed robbers were standing in line at the bank before shooting at the security guard who was identified as …

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Dominican weightlifter Beatriz Piron won two of three gold medals for the 53 kg division during the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia yesterday, Thursday 9 June 2016. Piron was competing in the 52 kg division for the first time, after making a career in 48 kg. She defeated reigning champion …

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