2017 – Page 17

The National Police arrested two men for rape and death of an 11-year old girl in the Mama Tingó neighborhood of Higuey, La Altagracia. The child, Rosairis Maite Gil Rivera, had been reported missing. Her decomposed body was found in a sugar cane field days after her disappearance reported by her parents on 30 November …

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The Second Collegiate Court of Santo Domingo convicted former San Francisco de Macoris mayor, Felix Manuel Rodriguez Grullon and the payroll officer of his city government, Jerson Neris lLizardo for embezzlement to the state for more than RD$400 million. He was sentenced to five years in jail at the Centro de Correccion y Rehabilitacion Vista …

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100 Montaditos is the new small sandwich shop franchise to open in trending Downtown Center in Bella Vista neighborhood. The Spanish franchise’s first store in the Caribbean has a capacity for 120 patrons in its 160 square meter location at the mall that is located at Av. Romulo Betancourt corner Av. Presidente Antonio Guzman (Privada) …

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The United Nations Development Program in the Dominican Republic released the United Nations Human Development Report 2017 with a focus on the epidemic of teenage pregnancies in the country. In the DR, 22.3% of Dominican females ages 12-19 years had been pregnant. The adolescent fertility rate is an alarmingly 34% higher than the average in …

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In a belated response to an investigate report published in Diario Libre on favorable treatment given to the Dream Casinos operators over the years, Tax Agency (DGII) director, Magin Diaz told the newspaper that the casino tax debt had not elapsed. In a recent editorial, Diario Libre had demanded an explanation from the Tax Agency …

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The general commander of the Dominican Armada (ARD), Vice Admiral Miguel Enrique Peña Acosta said in an interview with El Dia that the main threat affecting the Dominican Republic is the scourge of drug trafficking. He said that given the 1,600 kilometers of coastline and its many islands, combatting drug trafficking is a major challenge …

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The Dominican Republic government is working with the private sector to consolidate a platform for consolidating cargo for export to the Caribbean. This would make possible for small exporters to unite to send boxes and packages that will be consolidated to fill freight containers to supply markets in the region. Carlos Flaquer, marketing manager for …

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Elder Quentin L. Cook, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was in the Dominican Republic in mid- November to address members and missionaries, as reported in the Mormon press and the LDS Church News, the official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of …

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President Danilo Medina toured the Downtown Center Punta Cana last week. The plaza has been in operation for around four years in an area of 27,000 square meters at the cross section of the Punta Cana Tourism Boulevard with Bávaro. Miguel Ricart, general director of the entertainment and shopping center, says it was built at …

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The Ministry of Interior and Police announced the lifting of the curfew for selling alcoholic beverages. As of Monday, 11 December 2017, and all the way through 7 January 2018, bars, discotheques and “colmadones”, liquor stores and restaurants are free to sell alcoholic beverages 24/7. The Ministry says that the measure is in place given …

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