2017 – Page 125

President Danilo Medina hosted a delegation of US legislators at the Presidential Palace on Saturday, 29 July 2017. The delegation was head by Adriano Miguel Espaillat, D-NY, a member of the US House of Representatives. The visiting legislators were Jeff Duncan, Albio Sires, Doug Lamborn, Robin Kelly, David Schweikert, Norma Torres, Matt Gaetz, Scott Taylor. …

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President Danilo Medina was in La Altagracia province in the East on Friday, 28 July 2017, for the start of construction of the Higuey City Homes low-cost housing development. The project calls for a RD$1.2 billion investment and is located at Km 2 of the Higuey-Yuma road. On an area of 1,110,000 square meters, 944 …

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The Dominican Republic men’s volleyball team defeated Team USA in the 12th Men’s Pan American Volleyball Cup on Tuesday, 26 July 2017. The tournament is taking place in Gatineau, Canada. The win was described as “surprising” and was in three sets (24-14, 24-12 and 24-19) in just over an hour. Players Elvis Contreras and Wilfrido …

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The Police said that 34-year old Eddy Peña was murdered by a former employee of his father. Peña was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head on the road leading to the Balneario La Toma in San Cristóbal. He had been reported missing on Monday, 24 July 2017. Relatives of the victim had …

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The Race for Water vessel is coming to Santo Domingo to promote solutions for ocean preservation. The Race for Water vessel conducts scientific studies to learn more about the preservation of the oceans, while promoting solutions to combat pollution in oceans worldwide. The ship is built with Swiss engineering that uses clean and renewable energy …

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Juan Miguel Castillo Pantaleon, a former instruction judge, told reporters he would be filing with the Superior Administrative Court (TSA) a case against the resolution issued on Tuesday, 25 July 2017 by the National Migration Council that extends the National Foreigner Status Legalization Plan (PNRE) for another year. The court is responsible with reviewing if …

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Deputy Faride Raful (PRM-National District) criticized the mega spending of the Ministry of Education in advertising. Raful is referring to the data in the “Quality of Spending by the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic Study” carried out by Educa that pinpoints exorbitant spending in advertising. The study revealed that the Ministry went from …

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The president of the Herrera Industrial Association (AEIH), Antonio Taveras Guzman says the reduction in money in circulation is an effort by the Central Bank to reduce pressure on the exchange rate due to the sudden increase of imports. He told reporters this cyclical behavior ratifies the urgency to rethink the pillars of growth upon …

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More than 150 companies that operate in Herrera, in western Santo Domingo, announced yesterday that they are frustrated with the lack of action from both municipal and national authorities in the repair roads, street lighting and drainage systems and improve public safety. Antonio Taveras Guzman told reporters from the nation’s newspapers that the manufactures have …

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Two important banks for fish reproduction in the Bay of Samana and the Bay of San Lorenzo are under a pitiless attack by unscrupulous fishermen who have settled in Los Haitises in tents with their families. These predators of the marine resources are using illegal fishing methods to trap both large and small fish and …

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