2017 – Page 115

The Specialized Prosecution Office for the Persecution of Administrative Corruption (PEPCA) suffered another setback on Monday 7 August, 2017, when a National District court dismissed the charges against the for Prosecutor of the National District Ysidro Vásquez, who was accused of supposedly receiving bribes from Nelson Cabral, accused in the Banco Peravia bankruptcy case. In …

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The Centers for Diagnosis and Advanced Medicine and Medical Conferences and Telemedicine (CEDIMAT) in Santo Domingo is inviting the medical community to the 15th Medical Conference Dr. Juan Manuel Taveras. The meeting is regarded as the most important open training event for the local health sector. For the discussions on 29 and 30 September 2017, …

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According to the director general of the Passports Agency, Ramón (Monchy) Rodríguez, from 2015 to date they have renewed 635,798 passports. Nearly 13% of the newly issued passports were replacements for either lost or damaged passports. Rodríguez considers the 81,439 lost or damaged passports an unusually high number and a significant cost for the government. …

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The Sixth Regional Meeting of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Customs Organization Global Container Control Programme (CCP) in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held at the convention center of the Ministry of Foreign Relations from 20-24 November 2017, announced Foreign Relations Minister Miguel Vargas. He made the …

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Foreign Relations Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado justified that 45 advisors are on the payroll of the Ministry of Foreign Relations. He says they make RD$100,000 to RD$150,000 a month. Vargas said that the number of advisors is low for the 35 agreements he has signed during his present term at the Ministry that began in …

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According to the Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP) the school year will not start in Villa Altagracia nor will there be pre-school workshops if the Ministry of Education (Minerd) does not resolve the cases of the 28 teachers who were not paid last month’s as their accounts were blocked. According to the ADP regional president, …

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Education Minister Andrés Navarro announced the cancellation of 3,929 who received wages for teaching at public schools but were found to not be at the posts where they were assigned. Navarro said that a technical commission that was accompanied by officers of the Dominican Association of Public School Teachers (ADP) visited the 18 regional education …

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The Customs Agency (DGA) wants to make sure tax-free online purchases are just for individual use and are not being used by businesses to import goods for resale. The DGA has uploaded the proposed guidelines online for consultations. Customs allows for online purchases up to US$200 to enter tax-free. The publication of the guidelines is …

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The Office of the First Lady and the National Housing Institute (Invi) have agreed to repair 100,000 homes of low income families across the Dominican Republic. Both institutions, via a press release, have said they will install bathrooms and change dirt floors for cement in the homes of the families who request the improvements via …

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In a personal best time on Monday, 7 August 2017, 22-year old Juander Santos made the finals in the 400m hurdles in the IAAF World Championship taking place in London, England. He had made the semi-final heat with a time of 49.19 among 24 competitors, and then made the finals clocking in third, with a …

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