2017 – Page 188

The office of the Attorney General (PGR) announced that on 17 May 2017 it received the Dominican Republic file that is part of the Brazilian judiciary’s Car Wash (Lava Jato) investigations. The file contains the list of the names of the persons who Odebrecht executives say received bribes to ensure contract work in the Dominican …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations (Mirex) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Chile for cooperation in migratory and consular affairs that could affect the status of thousands of undocumented Dominicans residing in Chile. The agreement defines strategies of interest for each country and calls for the exchange of …

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The Medina administration has announced contract renegotiations with the Barrick Pueblo Viejo gold mine in Sánchez Ramírez province could generate an additional US$181 million in revenues for the government during 2017-2019. The renegotiation was carried out by technicians from the Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Taxation Agency (DGII). The government reported that Barrick …

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The JW Marriott Santo Domingo is hosting the Santo Domingo Wine Fest 2017, the Sommelier Edition on Friday, 19 May and Saturday 20 May. The keynote speaker of the event is Professor Raimundo Gaby of the Professional Wine Studies at the Culinary Institute of America. The program was created by Karen MacNeil, chair emerita at …

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The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) has increased the number of provinces under alert to 19, with two on yellow alert and the remainder, green. In addition, they announced that 80 people have had to leave their homes and 16 homes have been affected in the community of Rancho Abajo in La Vega due to …

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Police in San Juan, Puerto Rico have informed that two Dominican tourist guides who drowned yesterday, when they were caught in a riptide off the beach in Vega Alta in the north of the island. The Dominicans who died were 19 year old Romedarys Mesa Santos, and 34 year old Antonio Santana, who lived in …

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A poll published in Diario Libre that was carried out by Geodata Survey, a Dominican market research company, reveals that corruption is now becoming an important issue for Dominicans. 37.8% told pollsters there is “a lot of corruption” in the country, while 58.4% said “plenty corruption.” Only 2.9% admitted there was just “a little.” In …

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Sergio Cedeño, member of the Social Reformist Christian Party (PRSC), observes that over two months since the murder of the two radio broadcasters, Leónidas Martínez and Luis Manuel Medina in San Pedro de Macorís on 15 February 2017, no one has been brought to justice by the authorities. The former deputy and mayor of San …

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Yesterday, Tuesday, 16 May 2017, members of the National Police confronted legislators, students and members of the Popular Front (Falpo) who were setting up camp outside the Attorney General’s office to await the list of names of those involved in the Odebrecht scandal. Students had been authorized to do so recently by a deputy prosecutor. …

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Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez said on Tuesday, 16 May 2017, that in regard to the Odebrecht bribes case “it is not a matter of names, but of due process”. Rodriguez explained that although he expected to receive the names of those who may be implicated in the Odebrecht bribery scandal, being locked into a …

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