2017 – Page 183

According to the National Meteorological Office, Onamet, the first tropical wave of the 2017 hurricane system, has arrived early as the season begins on June 1. The wave is currently over the Mona Channel and heading towards the Dominican Republic. It is expected to bring rain and isolated storms to the country especially in the …

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According to a new report from the Boston Police Department, Dominican drug trafficking gangs dominate the heroin distribution in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC) “2016 Heroin Overdose Report” provides data on trends in opiate use in the city. An analysis of arrest data for Class A drug trafficking which includes selling heroin, …

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On Sunday, 21 May 2017, according to General Edward Sánchez, director of the Central Anti Narcotics Division (DICAN), two people were arrested transporting 144 pounds of marijuana. The vehicle used to transport the marijuana was impounded. Those arrested are Bruno Antonio Torrez Uceta and Leonardo Toribio Pérez. Torrez Ucerta, resident in San José de las …

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The Dominican medical community is alerting for people to keep their hands away from their eyes to avoid catching conjunctivitis. The “pink eye” is spreading rapidly with many cases being reported. Conjunctivitis is highly contagious, spreading easily in family, school and office environments. There are three primary causes of pink eye: viral infection, bacterial infection, …

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Once again Haitian military would not allow those who had bought products at the bi-national market on Monday, 22 May 2017, in Dajabón to enter Haiti, alleging that the products they had bought were banned. The Dominican government has not been officially informed about the import ban. The Haitian authorities did exactly what they did …

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The president of the Audit Chamber, Hugo Álvarez Pérez has revealed that he has handed over the results of the audit into the management of the former director of the Santo Domingo Metro Office (OPRET), Diandino Peña to the Attorney General. He said he could give no more information as speaking to the press on …

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The director of the National Police, Major General Nelson Peguero Paredes, has denied that there is an institutional policy to persecute members of the Green March Movement. His denial was in response to the concern expressed by the Bishop of La Vega, Monsignor Antonio Camilo, following the supposed planting of drugs and attacks against those …

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The president of the Dominican Audit Chamber (CCRD), Hugo Álvarez Pérez, has said that corruption is a pandemic that adds 7% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and urged the implementation of mechanisms to prevent and stop it. Álvarez Pérez said that support and collaboration with legislators was needed to change certain laws in order …

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The Attorney General’s office has issued a press release stating that they have still not completed a list of those people supposedly involved in the Odebrecht corruption case. The Attorney General office argued they are strictly adhering to the legal process and all information related to the case would be released in due time and …

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Industry and Commerce Minister Temístocles Montás met with Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez for six hours on 22 May 2017 in connection with the Odebrecht bribe scandal. Montas said he asked to meet Rodriguez after seeing that his name is on a list that is circulating in social networks in connection with the bribes for …

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