2016 – Page 67

National Commission for the Information and Knowledge Society (CNSIC) coordinator Mirna Gonzalez says that the percentage of Internet users in 2015 in the Dominican Republic was 53.5% and the target for 2020 is 70%. The percentage of households with Internet access was 23.6% in 2015 and the target that has been set for within four …

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El Dia reports that Juan Manuel Moline Rodriguez will be released from jail this Thursday, 5 May 2016, after spending 20 years in jail. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail for complicity in the brutal murder of 12-year old Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar who was stabbed 34 times by his cousin Mario Jose …

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A British tourist who had to go to hospital after falling ill while on holiday has won a five-figure payout. Dirk Ord spent two days in a hospital after suffering severe diarrhea, nausea, stomach pains, joint pains, headaches and cold sweats while in the Dominican Republic. The 54-year old said that during his all-inclusive stay …

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A judge from Constanza has been fired by the Council of the Judicial Branch due to dereliction of duties. The council, chaired by Supreme Court President Mariano German Mejia, along with other council members, Victor Jose Castellanos Estrella, Etanislao Radhames Rodriguez Ferreira, Fernando Fernandez Cruz and Leonardo Recio Tineo, made the decision. The council said …

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On Sunday, 1 May 2016 the Puerto Rican authorities intercepted a boat around 16 nautical miles off the coast of the island with 30 Dominicans on board who were trying to get to the island illegally. The 24 men and six women on board were handed over to the United States Coast Guard for deportation. …

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The Greek police have arrested three Dominicans who were trying to fly to Athens from the island of Lesbos using false documentation. The Dominicans, a 38-year old male and two women aged 20 and 47, were intercepted by a police checkpoint at the Mitilene airport in Lesbos. All three are now in custody charged with …

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Yesterday, Monday, 2 May 2016 Civil Defense brigades recovered the body of 14-year old Yandeili Quezada who drowned in the Yaque del Norte River when bathing with her father and brother. Later the bodies of 45-year old Juan Isidro Quezada, along with 16-year old Yefri Quezada were also found. The three went missing from the …

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According to the Emergency Operations Center at least 5,455 people have been displaced from their homes, 21 communities are cut off and five bridges under water or destroyed due to the rains the last week. In addition 18 provinces and the National District are under alert, 11 of them on a yellow alert and seven …

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Santo Domingo’s Ricardo Arias Volleyball Pavilion will host the 15th Pan American Volleyball Women’s Cup from 30 June to 11 July 2016. Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, president of the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (Norceca) announced the tournament last week. The best volleyball teams in the Americas will be coming for the event, including …

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The National Gallery at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo is holding an exhibition of the works of Dominican artist Oscar Abreu. “My Psycho-Expressionism,” sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, is open to the public from Thursday, 5 May through the end of June. Abreu is known for his abstract paintings, drawings and …

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