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A three-month pre-trial custody order was imposed on Canadian Antonio Carbone, while National District prosecutors continue to investigate the international scandal around Dream Casinos Corporations SRL. As reported, the Sixth Instruction Court of the National District ordered the custody after a complaint presented by Canadian Andrew Michael Pajak, representing Dream Casinos Corporation. As reported in …

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Investigative journalist Alicia Ortega has revealed details of the accusations by 17 students from Baní involving the recently elected president of the UASD Student Federation (FED) that serves as voice of students in the state university. Yimi Zapata replaces the long time president of the FED, a professional medical student with more than 25 years …

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According to the Regional Center of Sustainable Economic Strategies (CREES), between 2010 and 2016 tourism was responsible for 79% of the service exports of the Dominican Republic. CREES reports that over the last 10 years, the number of hotel rooms has increased by 18% and the number of jobs in the sector by 67.4%. CREES …

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A weather trough located at medium and high levels of the atmosphere is covering the whole country meaning the high probability of more strong rain and electric storms for the north east, south east, central mountain area and border region. According to the National Weather Office (Onamet), the trough will slowly leave the country but …

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The extreme low tides in Puerto Plata and Samaná beaches are attributed to a neap tide, according to the Civil Defense director for Puerto Plata, Wuascar García. He said this is an annual spring time phenomenon. The tides can be repeated in the morning and the evening. The tides were evident in beaches such as …

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The mayor of Santo Domingo North, René Polanco, has proposed to the government that they move 340 families in the Las Cucarachas and Los Coordinadores areas of Sabana Perdida, who have had to leave their homes as the Ozama River rises after rain for more than 10 days. Lamenting the situation and the effect on …

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The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) in its Tuesday, 2 May 2017 report issued at 6pm, says that two provinces continue in red alert – Duarte and San Cristóbal. In its wrap-up for the day on the heavy rains affecting the nation, the COE stated that almost 17,000 had to leave their dwellings, 65 communities …

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Civic Participation and several other civic society organizations submitted to control agencies of the government a request for investigating whether the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht financed the election campaign of President Danilo Medina. In the document submitted on Tuesday, 2 May 2017, the same organizations criticized Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez for being a member …

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On the occasion of World Bullying Day, the deputy for La Altagracia Hamlet Melo, has submitted a project for a new bill that seeks to prevent sexual assaults in public and private schools. The project calls for carrying out a survey in each school with the objective to establish measures to prevent, avoid, punish and …

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Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez had no more details for the press other than repeating the announcement he was traveling to Washington, D. C. on Tuesday, 2 May 2017 for meetings with US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), James Comey. In a press release, the Attorney …

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