2017 – Page 228

Interior and Police Minister Carlos Amarante Baret, Defense Minister Ruben Paulino Sem, Police director Nelson Peguero Paredes spoke at a press conference yesterday, 29 March 2017 to announce that elite troops would be integrated into city patrols. These are the Topos, Linces and Swat groups. The country’s security heads announced patrols of 5,000 policemen and …

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The increase in crime risk has forced business owners to open their stores later and to close them earlier. 7dias.com quoted the president of the National Federation of Merchants and Businessmen (Fenacerd), Manuel Ortiz Tejada, having said criminals have violated the peace of mind that Dominicans have traditionally enjoyed. He said that the lack of …

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The Rosa Emilia Sanchez Pérez de Tavares National Cancer Institute (Incart) began services yesterday, 28 March 2017, as the first center in the Dominican Republic to offer rehabilitation for oncological patients that seek to ameliorate the negative side effects of treatment, both pharmaceutical as well as surgical. The new rehab center was donated and equipped …

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The Central Bank of Dominican Republic has adopted its Sanctions Screening solution to enhance transparency and combat financial crime. The bank already in May 2015 had implemented Swift’s KYC Registry as a financial community. The announcement was made by the company in a press release. The industry utility – which has now reached its 600-member …

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On Sunday, 26 March 2017, probably the largest congregation of people happened spontaneously in Santiago as the poor, middle class and wealthy all gathered to call the government to end administrative corruption and impunity and set an example with the Odebrecht government construction case. Odebrecht has already admitted to paying US$92 million in bribes to …

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The different labor unions represented at the discussions covering possible minimum wage increases rejected a proposal for a 15% increase made by the Dominican Management Confederation (Copardom) in the presence of the Minister of Labor. The meeting in which the business sector revealed their proposal of a 15% wage hike was conducted in the offices …

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The president of the Dominican Association of Professors (ADP), the nation’s public school teachers union, Eduardo Hidalgo, told reporters yesterday that many schools throughout the country that offer the extended day program are forced to end classes early because there are no lunches to serve to their students. The suppliers, who are being forced to …

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Education Minister Andres Navarro held a press conference yesterday, 29 March 2017, to announce measures so that students can make up classes lost due to public school teacher strikes called by members of the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP). As reported in 7 Dias, the Ministry is putting a close to the constructive dialogue it had …

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The director of the Center for Exports and Investments of the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD) Henry Molina and the executive president of the Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD) Osmar Benítez announced on 29 March 2017, the celebration of AgroAlimentaria 2017. The food, beverages and tobacco marketplace and fair is set for 18-20 May 2017 at the Jaragua …

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The Ministry of Environment announced the approval of new regulations for the Baiguate National Park Management Plan. The protected area is located in Jarabacoa and covers an extension of 52.44 square kilometers. It is located 3.75 km south of the municipality of Jarabacoa. The ruling establishes that farming and cattle ranching are incompatible with the …

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