2017 – Page 112

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) announced that civil registries in the Dominican Republic will now all have the same business hours. JCE offices will be open from Monday to Friday from 8am to 4pm. In the past, some JCE offices remained open until 5pm. The measure does not affect the offices that operate at public …

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The Ministry of Public Works announced the opening to traffic of another overpass for traffic headed to and from Santo Domingo from the East. The Boca Chica overpass is the third roadwork built in the vicinity of Las Americas International Airport and the Multimodal Caucedo Port area to expedite the flow of traffic moving from …

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Former US ambassador in the Dominican Republic, James Brewster met with President Danilo Medina and Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo on Friday, 11 August 2017, as reported in Diario Libre. Neither Brewster nor the Presidency has commented on the reason for the meeting. Brewster resigned as ambassador at the start of the Trump administration …

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The Dominican Republic is keeping to its position of passive action in the Venezuelan conflict. Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado and former President Leonel Fernández this weekend expressed their opposition to outsider military intervention in Venezuela. They believe this would not contribute to the resolution of the political and social crisis affecting Venezuela. On the …

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Minister of Environment Francisco Domínguez Brito announced the signing of an agreement with the Jaragua Group for the co-management of the Bahoruco mountain range in the southwest on the border with Haiti. The agreement will establish guidelines for the co-management of the natural areas in the southwestern border region. Over the course of the next …

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Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo tweeted yesterday that President Danilo Medina would not seek his re-election in the general election scheduled for May 2020. He urged the ruling PLD party to present new candidates for the 2020 general elections. Montalvo posted: “President Danilo Medina will be in government through 16 August 2020. Not a single day …

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On Wednesday evenings, starting 23 August 2017, some of the most learned Dominicans in Santo Domingo Colonial City history will be speaking as part of the Fray Vicente Rubio Talks. The talks will be at the auditorium of the Convento de los Dominicos on Padre Billini starting at 7:30pm on Wednesday, 23 August. The talks …

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Duke University announces that the Blue Devils basketball team is scheduled to play the Dominican national basketball team in Santiago de los Caballeros at 5pm on Sunday, 20 August. The game could be moved to a 1pm schedule if Santiago hosts game seven of the Dominican Republic pro league finals. Duke is scheduled to play …

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22-year old Juander Santos took sixth place in the 400m hurdles finals of the IAAF World Championship, taking place in London. This is the same city where his brother, Luguelin Santos, ran the 400 m dash in the 2012 Olympics and won a silver medal for the Dominican Republic. Juander Santos ran the race in …

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A woman referred to as the “Queen of Grifters” who had defrauded more than 100 persons of over RD$10 million has been captured by the National Police. According to the press communiqué referred to by the Diario Libre, the woman, Adalgilsa Reyes Mota (alias Amanda), is accused of fraud, extortion and cheating over 100 persons …

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