2017 – Page 163

Army colonel Rafael Collado Ureña was arrested at the San Juan, Puerto Rico Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU), while allegedly attempting to complete a drug trafficking operation with undercover DEA agents. The operation was carried out jointly with National Drug Control Agency agents who in Dominican territory seized 12.3 kilos of cocaine part of the …

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Colombian John Perozo was arrested in a National Drug Control Agency operation in Juan Dolio, San Pedro de Macoris. The authorities seized 860 packages of cocaine stashed inside a closet in a villa in the Cabamar development in Juan Dolio. During the operation, the authorities also seized two guns, cell phones and other items to …

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The National Drug Control Agency announced the seizing of a cargo of 341 packages of white powder, presumed to be cocaine, at Multimodal Puerto Caucedo port in Boca Chica municipality. The DNCD says the drugs arrived in a freight container from South America. The packages were sent to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences for …

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Media reports say that the 14-year old Fausta Antonia Sena García who was attacked by a Haitian with a machete is recovering. The child lost her arms severed by the unnamed Haitian citizen who reportedly was enamored by the child. Three of the 24 machete injuries were to her neck. The child is recovering in …

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Listin Diario reported on Sunday, 18 June 2017 of the privileges granted at the Najayo Model Jail to the government officials in pre-trial detention. The rules of the Najayo Model Jail are that all inmates are treated equal. However, the reality is much different. Listin Diario reports an exclusive entrance has been prepared for the …

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Authorities of Cabarete are expected to deliver a construction stop order to Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Resort for the construction of a hotel on the beach that is considered to be in violation of zoning laws. Rafael Martínez, president of the council issuing the order, said that the executives of the company have not been able …

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The National Committee to Combat Climate Change (CNLCC) denounced that the recent issuing of US$500 million in sovereign bonds to finance the Punta Catalina thermoelectric power central violates the tender conditions of the project that explicitly said this type of financing would not be valid for the construction of the project. CNLCC says despite the …

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Economist José Rijo Presbot commented when interviewed on El Dia on Channel 11 TV by Huchi Lora and Javier Cabreja that the government has had to make new bond placements to keep up to date with interest payments on public debt. Rijo said that the foreign debt has grown significantly during the Danilo Medina administrations …

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With 70% invested in government CDs and bonds issued by the Central Bank and the Ministry of Hacienda, the pensions of the Dominican System of Pensions have reached RD$455,322.1 million as of 31 March 2017, according to Bulletin 55 of the Superintendence of Pensions (SIPEN). Of the total, RD$449,873.5 million corresponds to individual accounts of …

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The Ministry of Environment announced a two-year ban on the capture and sale (either domestically or for export) of all species of sharks, rays, parrotfish and sea urchins within the jurisdictional waters of the Dominican Republic. Minister of Environment Francisco Dominguez Brito made the announcement when accompanied by entrepreneur, philanthropist and environmentalist Sir Richard Branson, …

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