2017 – Page 211

The former president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Roberto Rosario Márquez will receive a pension of RD$318,750 a month, or 85% of his RD$375,000 salary at the JCE. His colleagues, former judges Eddy Olivares Ortega, José Angel Aquino and Cesar Feliz will receive 70% of their last salary at the JCE that was RD$370,000 …

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President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela is backing the proposal of Dominican First Lady Candida Montilla for the Dominican Republic to host the 4th Latin American Special Games in 2018. The agreement was signed during a visit of First Lady Montilla to the Special Games taking place in Panama. Twenty-one countries are participating in the …

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The director of the Cadastral Registry in the Dominican Republic (DGCN), Claudio Peña announced the start of the property inventory in the country with a first phase to take place from 2018 to 2020. Peña says the department estimates there are currently 435,000 property units registered in the National District and the Santo Domingo East …

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Alberto Reyes, Deputy Minister of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Energy and Mines, will be participating in the Latin America Oil and Gas Summit 2017 set for Bogotá, Colombia the 6th and 7th of June 2017 to promote the advances in the offshore oil campaign of the country. Latin American Oil and Gas news portal reports that …

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Opening 4 May at Fine Arts Novocentro theaters on Av. Lope de Vega in Santo Domingo, the 19th International Santo Domingo Films Showing (XIX Muestra Internacional de Cine de Santo Domingo) features Argentina as invited country this year. The festival will last until 13 May 2017. Argentinean films that will be shown are: Hermina y …

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“Todo por ver” is the name of the photography exhibition organized by the Embassy of Mexico and open at the Galeria Nacional at the Palacio de Bellas Artes on Av. Máximo Gómez corner Av. Independencia in Santo Domingo. The exhibition is open 21 April to 21 May 2017. Some 58 photographs by 54 Mexican contemporary …

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The National Police confirmed that a Venezuelan man has died and four other Venezuelan men were arrested after allegedly confronting the police in eastern Santo Domingo following an assault a residence of a Chinese national. The identity of the deceased man was not provided by the Police. The police said the arrested were brothers 28 …

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The press spokesman for the National Police Nelson Rosario defended the dozens of officers on the security staff of the chief of the Police. He says it is a high-risk job. Rosario says that many on the list of 132 persons named by Diario Libre as security staff of the director of the Police Nelson …

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The mayor of Villa Almácigos in northwestern Santiago Rodríguez is under arrest accused of cohabitating with a minor. The father of the now 14-year old girl is also in preventive custody as confirmed by the Court of Appeals of Montecristi on Monday, 17 April 2017. But the residents of the town have been protesting and …

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Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez has expressed his satisfaction with Judge Danilo Quevedo’s approval of the agreement by his office with the Odebrecht Brazilian construction company regarding bribes made to secure contract work in the Dominican Republic. Speaking to the press, Rodríguez said that by 19 May 2017, the Attorney General would release the names …

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