2017 – Page 141

According to the Central Bank, inflation for June was 0.06%. The accumulated rate for the first six months of the year was 1.02% and the yearly rate from June 2016 to June 2017 is 2,55% which is below the target limit set by the Monetary Program. The report states that the highest levels of inflation came …

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Despite intense pressure by Catholic and Evangelic church groups, the Chamber of Deputies again voted against eliminating from the Penal Code three exceptions to the ban on abortion in the Dominican Republic. The 84 deputies voted to reject the recommendations made by the Chamber of Deputies commission that had studied the bill that had been …

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The National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) begins public hearings this Thursday, 13 July 2017 at 4pm. These will continue all day on Friday, 14 July and on Saturday, 15 July in the morning. The selection jury expects to be able to interview 20 to 25 candidates per session. The judges will be reviewing the …

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On Monday, 10 July 2017, President Danilo Medina inaugurated three elementary public schools in Hato Mayor province. The Matías Ramón Mella, La China and Las Cañitas schools have 35 classrooms between them, serving up to 1,120 students. The three schools were inaugurated during a ceremony at the La China public school. The government construction projects …

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The Billini Hotel is inviting the public to a plated three course dinner to be prepared on the evenings of Friday, 28 July, Saturday, 29 July and, Sunday, 30 July 2017 to celebrate Father’s Day in the Dominican Republic. Father’s Day in the Dominican Republic falls on the last Sunday in July, this year is …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) is forecasting rains due to a tropical wave and a high level system of weather fronts. This will also cause the high temperatures to continue. The thunderstorms are more likely to happen in the afternoons especially in the border area, the northeast, the east and the southeast. The tropical wave …

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Four workers were killed and two seriously injured when two motorcycles crashed near the asphalt plant on the way out of Higuey on the stretch Jagua Mocha-Higüey, towards La Romana on the Coral Highway. The victims were identified as 33-year old Mileyi Noel, 31-year old Daniel Castillo, 28-year old Paul Pie and 18-year old Pepe …

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The first Collegiate Court of the National District upon completing the hearings of witnesses on Monday, 10 July 2017 and the National District prosecutors requested a 30-year jail sentence for the president of the Dominican Truckers Association (Fenatrado), Blas Peralta. The prosecutors also requested five years in jail for former Police colonel Rafael Herrera Peña (two …

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According to Emil Serafino of New Jersey-based Exp. Group LLC in the United States, coconuts are currently expensive and there is a shortage of them for export to the United States. He points to the explosion of the Dominican’s hospitality industry that has upped the demand for coconuts that previously would be exported. Moreover, he …

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A delegation representing 1,000 farmers in province of San Juan de la Maguana visited the Presidency to deliver a request to President Danilo Medina to not authorize gold exploitation in the province. The argument is that the exploitation would contaminate the waters that are essential for farming in the southwestern province. The farmers are united …

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