2017 – Page 175

The Colonial City renovation program announced that EdeEste will be working on the intersections of Arzobispo Meriño and Emiliano Tejera streets to advance in works for the installation of underground electrical systems. The streets will be closed to traffic on 3 and 4 June. To facilitate traffic, drivers circulating north to south on Arzobispo Meriño …

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The Episcopal Conference of the Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic congratulated the Senate for rejecting the observations made to the Penal Code on abortion. The Senate passed the Penal Code leaving out exceptions to the ban on abortions in the cases of rape, incest or malformation of the embryo. Women’s rights groups protested …

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Andres Mateo writes in Hoy today that the Odebrecht scandal has brought a new spirit prevailing in the Dominican Republic that works against those who felt secure in their niches of power, well covered by the blanket of impunity. Mateo writes that the public has discovered its power and are obliging the Dominican political bestiary …

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The Attorney General Office claims it “adhered to standard procedures to request information and documents” related to the scandal that encompassed the years 2001-2014. The Attorney General Office was compelled to respond to accusations that there was apparently a discrepancy in the original Spanish text and subsequent Portuguese translation of request for Odebrecht documents related …

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The Attorney General (PGR) Office said on Thursday, 1 June 2017, that in none of the documents provided by the Brazilian authorities of Brazil does it refer to paying bribes for the tender for the Engineering Procurement and Construction Contract for the Punta Catalina thermoelectric central. Nevertheless, in the same press release, the PGR says …

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Former deputy Hugo Tolentino Dipp spoke up yesterday calling for all former presidents and incumbent President Danilo Medina also be included in the Odebrecht bribes scandal investigation. In a televised interview on Channel, he called the relationship between the Dominican government and Odebrecht “a scheme that certainly involved more than 14 people in and out …

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Soberano Award- winning urban music singer-songwriter, Mozart La Para will be performing on Saturday, 3 June 2017 at 7pm at the Plaza Juan Barón on the eastern side of the Malecón. “Mozart La Para directo al corazón” (Mozart La Para straight to the Heart) is the name of the concert. The concerts are free. Special …

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Sergio Vargas and Diomary La Mala are booked for a Friday, 2 June 2017 performance at the Hotel Barceló Santo Domingo (former Lina). Tickets at the Barceló Santo Domingo box office. For more information, call Tel 809 563-5000. 1 June 2017

The Ministry of Environment and the National Botanical Gardens, Dr. Rafael Moscoso, is inviting the public to celebrate an “Environmentally Friendly Family Day” at the Santo Domingo botanical gardens. This is on occasion of Global Environment Day. Admission will not be charged on 5 June 2017. The event is celebrated as per Decree 363-13 that …

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According to newspaper reports and information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the 2017 Atlantic cyclone season might see between 11 and 17 tropical cyclones in the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean area. Local newspapers are reporting that perhaps three or four of this year’s hurricanes might come very close …

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