2017 – Page 170

Minister of Environment Francisco Domínguez Brito spoke at the United Nations Oceans Conference, calling for greater support for Haiti to improve its natural resources. He explained to the assembly that the Republic of Haiti barely has 2% forest cover and not only has the surface been affected, but that the coral reefs have been devastated. …

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The mountain town of Jarabacoa is inviting to its annual Jarabacoa Flower Festival. Jarabacoa is a major flower farming center and during the festival growers show off many known and rare varieties of flowers and plants. Also on the program is a parade of fine gait horses, conferences, talks and artistic presentations. In its 8th …

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The Pan American and Norceca Senior Championships open today, 7 June 2017 with an inaugural event at 10am at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. Competitions start on Thursday, 8 June 2017 in Santo Domingo. The modern pentathlon championship will take place through 11 June. The venues are the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center’s Aquatics …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has announced that they have confiscated 578 packages of presumably cocaine or heroin in Santo Domingo West. Several people have been arrested and the authorities are looking for other people in connection with the matter. The operation was carried out yesterday morning, Tuesday, 6 June, 2017, and along with …

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Agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in the United States and police have arrested ten Dominicans, including two women, who made up a group of drug dealers, and confiscated heroin from them worth US$2 million, along with weapons and cash. The group was supposedly led by Wladimir Rosa Reyes, with his accomplices Antonio del …

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On Friday evening, 2 June, 2017, two men were arrested in Attleborough district of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States for allegedly trafficking nearly seven kilograms of cocaine from the Dominican Republic to Boston on a JetBlue flight, as reported in the Boston Globe. Juan Luis Perez Garcia, a 44-year-old Dominican national currently living in …

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A member of the security detail of the wife of Minister of Interior and Police, Carlos Amarante Baret, was killed on Monday night, 5 June 2017, when he was on his way to his home in the La Venta sector in Manoguayabo. National Police Corporal, 28-year old Charle Valerio, was killed in a presumed assault …

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The director of the Agency for Ethics and Government Integrity (DIGEIG), Lidio Cadet said he has opened an investigation into the claims by TV investigative journalist Nuria Piera on alleged irregularities in the wealth statement of engineer Julio César Correa Mena, general manager of EdeNorte. Cadet says he is acting based on his organization’s legal …

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The Senate rejected the veto and observations made by President Danilo Medina to the Penal Code regarding exceptions that would make abortion legal. Many understand the President has ten days to sign the Penal Code into law. However, there is confusion whether the legislation needs to be approved by two-thirds of the attending members of …

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Contrary to what he stated, that he did not sign any contracts with Odebrecht, Industry and Commerce Minister Temístocles Montás, apparently admitted in his interview with the Attorney General that he did sign contracts related to public works involving Odebrecht. The information was provided by the prosecutor, Francisco Polanco, when requesting coercive measures against the …

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