2017 – Page 235

Heavy rains again have affected normalcy in Puerto Plata. Ten communities were flooded and road communication is difficult. These are Ranchito de los Peralta, Caonao, Palmarito and Angostura affected by overflows of the Bajabonito river in the Maimon district. Also Los Felix de Bajabonico, Palma Sola, Damajagua, Los Perez Saballo and La Piragua in Imbert …

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National District prosecutors requested preventive custody in the involuntary homicide case whereby Delcy Miguelina Yapor died of a bullet that was aimed at purse-snatchers in the Evaristo Morales neighborhood on Monday, 20 March 2017. Former corporal of the Air Force Franklin Padilla fired at the motorized assailants on Francisco Prats Ramírez near parking of the …

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Customs Agency security forces seized a contraband of eight million cigarettes hidden in a textiles freight container. The cargo entered the country by Haina Oriental Port from Miami, Florida. Director General of Customs Enrique Ramirez was present for the opening of the freight container transported by Seaboard Marine. He was accompanied by representatives of the …

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A report released on 22 March 2017, the Human Development Report 2016: Human Development for Everyone, highlights that despite extraordinary advances carried out over the last 25 years with regard to human development, progress in the country has been uneven. In order to guarantee sustainable human development for everyone, according to the United Nations Development …

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Plan International organization is again highlighting the problem of forced childhood marriages, a regular practice in the Dominican Republic. As reported, the DR and Nicaragua lead in the number of married girls and teenagers in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a study presented on 21 March 2017, in Santo Domingo by the organization. …

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After a series of complaints that many doctors, many from Venezuela, are practicing medicine in the country irregularly (which is a nice way to say ‘illegally’), the Minister of Public Health and the President of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) are warning that they will not permit this practice to continue in the Dominican Republic. …

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Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez reports meeting on Wednesday, 22 March 2017, with the adjunct prosecutor of the Office of Cooperation of Brazil, Carlos Bruno Ferreira da Silva, in the continuing of the Lava Jato-Odebrecht corruption scandal. Odebrecht has admitted to having paid US$92 million in bribes to Dominican officials. A press release from the …

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On 22 March 2017 in Santiago, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (AMET) announced the launch of their accident prevention program for Holy Week 2017. The Easter holidays will take place the week of 9-16 April 2017. Here for students, it is the local equivalent of the US Spring Break. The activity, which was held at the …

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Several state institutions confirmed their commitment to improve the management of the country’s water resources, during the opening session of the National Congress of Hydraulic Resources. Readers might remember that yesterday was the United Nation’s declaration of World Water Day on 22 March 2017. The keynote speech at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel was given by …

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On occasion of International Day of Forests, President Medina noted that nearly 1,000 acres (1 acre = 6 tareas) in Hondo Valle, Elías Piña province on the border with Haiti, that have been reforested. Environment Minister Francisco Dominguez Brito noted that the seven projects located in Juan Santiago, Padre Las Casas, Sabaneta and Hondo Valle …

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