2017 – Page 124

The Dominican men’s volleyball team once again put up a good fight in match against Team USA. The match for the 5th place in the 12th Men’s Pan American Cup at Gaineau, Canada’s Robert Arena ended 3-2 in favor of the USA (25-15, 22-25, 25-20, 25-27, 13-15. In an earlier game, the DR had defeated …

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The Dominican Republic’s U17 basketball team defeated Puerto Rico in the showdown on Sunday, 30 July 2017 for the Centrobasket U17 gold at the Pabellón de Voleibol in Santo Domingo. It was never easy and the score reflects this – 81 to 80. The Dominican team was ahead in the first half 35-26, but had …

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38-year old Adrian Beltré became the first Dominican Republic native to reach the 3,000 hits in Major League Baseball milestone. He is also the 31st player in Major League Baseball history to reach 3,000 hits. On Sunday, 30 July 2017, Beltré got hit number 3,000 in the fourth inning of the game of the Texas …

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The National Police announced on Friday, 28 July 2017, the arrest of four men accused of being part of a gang, including five other persons, that allegedly stole US$223,000 from a Los Ríos residence in Santo Domingo. The arrested are Jorge Luis Valdez Figuereo, Salvador Antonio López (alias Pinguilo), Cuban Junior Correa González, and Matías …

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A report in El Nacional reveals that despite efforts by the government, the sale of illegally manufactured charcoal continues strong in Enriquillo, in the southwest part of the country. The report explains that despite the efforts of the Ministry of Environment the destruction of forests to produce charcoal and its commercialization continue. The Ministry reported …

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A contraband shipment of 700 boxes of 10,000 units each of Patroncito Menthol cigarettes from Panama was seized at Haina Oriental port. The shipment was coming from Panama, said the General Customs Agency (DGA). The merchandise was not declared and was camouflaged with water bottles. The shipment should have paid RD$95 million in taxes. The …

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The airwaves were ablaze on Friday as talk shows covered from end to end the El País Spanish newspaper story that revealed that Odebrecht paid for parties with women brought from Brazil to “entertain” politicians in the Dominican Republic. Odebrecht legal advisor, Rodrigo Tacla, is being tried for complicity, money laundering and criminal organization in …

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A story in Diario Libre reveals that Congress in the first half of the year has spent double what had been budgeted for per diem and representation expenditures. The budget allotted RD$64,138,045 for expenses. However, the Chamber of Deputies legislators spent RD$110 million for per diem from 1 January to 30 June 2017. Diario Libre …

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On Thursday, 27 July 2017, the Monetary Board approved that commercial banks be able to use RD$20 billion from the bank’s legal reserves to make low interest loans at a maximum of 8% interest to finance productive sectors, including manufacturing, small business and exports. Mortgage loans are capped at 9% because of the longer terms. …

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Minister of Interior and Police Carlos Amarante Baret demanded that the government of Haiti fulfill its responsibility of providing legal documents to their nationals so that Haitians who have applied under the National Foreigner Status Legalization Plan (PNRE) in the Dominican Republic can complete their paperwork. Amarante urged that President of Haiti Jovenel Moise help …

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