2016 – Page 98

The architectural community is complaining that the government has pushed aside the Direccion Nacional de Patrimonio Monumental (DNPM), whose role is to oversee heritage monuments in the Colonial Cities, and are instead putting the Office of Supervisory Works of the State (OISOE) in charge of construction and renovation projects. Lawyer Edwin Espinal says that the …

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Damage to a 69-kilowatt transmission line affected electricity supplies in Puerto Plata province yesterday, Monday 28 March 2016, according to regional power distributor Edenorte. According to the company, the power failure was caused by a tree falling onto a high-voltage cable. According to Edenorte, the accident occurred on the road between Playa Dorada and the …

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Dr. Ernesto Rodriguez, director of the Jose Maria Cabral and Baez Hospital in Santiago has confirmed that the number of cholera cases at the hospital has risen to 12 but denied reports that a woman had died of the disease. He said that of 89 suspected cases in the Cibao region, 12 (seven men and …

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She was the Dominican Gloria Steinem. The founder and long time director of the Research Center for Women’s Action (Cipaf), women’s rights campaigner Magaly Pineda passed away in the early hours of this morning, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 after a 12-year battle with cancer. She was 73 years old. A sociology professor at the UASD …

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Once again, a technicality is being used to justify the release of drug traffickers caught red-handed. The reason given for the decision to release the Venezuelans who had arrived on board a plane with 359 kilos of cocaine is that there was a procedural error because the number was missing from the warrant authorizing an …

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National Police spokesman Maximo Baez Aybar says that three people have been arrested following an attempted robbery of the offices of a transport organization linked to the Fenatrano transport association in the Los Girasoles area in Santo Domingo. Baez Aybar said that two of the men who were arrested were members of the Preventive Police …

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According to the Minister of Public Health, Altagracia Guzman Marcelino, emergency attention for critical patients is a right under the law as defined in the Constitution and the General Health Law 42-01. She went on to say that they are investigating the case of former guerrilla Claudio Caamano Grullon who died following a car accident …

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Twenty-five year old Luisa Maria Figaris Almonte, who underwent a liver transplant at the Plaza de la Salud hospital almost two years ago, says she is now suffering from possible organ rejection. However, even though her liver is being possibly rejected she says that the hospital is refusing to treat her until she finishes paying …

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Catch the comedy show, “El Bueno, la mala y el feo” starring Cuquin Victoria, Diomary La Mala and Fausto Mata at the JetSet nightclub on Av. Independencia in Santo Domingo on 20 April 2016. Tickets are RD$1,000 and RD$800. Read more about upcoming events at http://www.dr1.com/calendar To read more news, see the DR1 News Archives …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations has confirmed that three Dominicans were among the more than 300 people who were injured in the Tuesday, 22 March terrorist attacks. Two were nationalized Spaniards and one was a nationalized Belgian citizen. They have been named as Manuel Antonio Martinez, Austria Antonia Duval Sierra and her son Kelvin Osvaldo …

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