2017 – Page 218

Prosecutors and agents from the Police Criminal Investigation Division (Dicrim) carried out several raids yesterday, Monday 10 April 2017, looking for the missing American, Kenneth Haugan. He was reported missing five days ago following the sale of a catamaran for US$20,000 in Luperon dock in Puerto Plata. The search is being conducted by members of …

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Vice President Margarita Cedeño received the Carol Morgan School robotics team of 19 students that will represent the Dominican Republic in the FIRST Championships to take place 19-22 April 2017 in Houston, Texas, USA. Team Drift 4091 (Dominican Robotics Incredible FIRST Team) has been participating in the competition since 2012, but this is the first …

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The Hill, a news portal covering US-government related news, reported on Friday, 7 April 2017, that Ballard Partners, a Trump-connected firm, has signed a one-year US$900,000 contract with the Dominican government. This reportedly is the Florida-based firm’s first foreign government as a client. Hill reports that the company helped Trump win the state in the …

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The executive director of the State Sugar Council (CEA), Pedro Cesar Mota Pacheco has sworn in a new group of executives and urged them to work ethically and with transparency. He said that each one of the directors has the necessary experience and responsibility to implement the transformations the institution needs. The new executives are …

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President Danilo Medina has appointed Rubén Silié to be the new Dominican ambassador in Chile, by means of Decree 101-07. Silié was the Dominican ambassador to Haiti for many years. The decree does not mention who will replace Silié in Haiti. Read more in Spanish: Diario Libre 11 April 2017

The block of opposition parties, consisting of 10 parties that fielded candidates against the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in the last elections, has announced that they will take to the streets to urge the passing of the Political Parties and Electoral Reform bills. The minority parties and the PRM had been requesting a consensus for …

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12% of the Dominican population lives abroad. On Monday, 10 April 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Relations and the Central Electoral Board (JCE) announced they have renewed the inter-department ongoing agreement for the issuing IDs (cedulas) and other civil registry documents at Dominican embassies and consulates abroad. The agreement was signed by incumbents Foreign Minister …

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The 20% increase in minimum wage will not go into effect this 15 April 2017. The Dominican Republic Management Confederation (Copardom) and the Confederación Dominicana de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa (Codopyme) have objected Resolution 05/2017 by the National Salary Committee (CNS) that ordered a 20% minimum wage increase. The document objecting to the resolution …

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The National Statistics’ Office (ONE) has revealed that in the Dominican Republic over the five years from 2010 to 2015, 1,921 people have drowned. Of these, 32% (610) were under 15 years of age. Alexandra Izquierdo, director of ONE, said that 84% of those who died were males, and 16% females. The province with the …

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