2017 – Page 237

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) announced the distributing in 2017 of RD$805 million to political parties as approved by the plenary of the JCE on 21 March 2017. The Electoral Law establishes that 80% of the total or RD$644 million will be paid in equal parts to the political parties that received more than 5% …

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President Danilo Medina issued an impassioned plea for the Dominican people to support reforestation during a speech in which he highlighted the importance of forests on occasion of International Day of Forests. On Tuesday 21 March 2017, the President encouraged the public to become more aware of the importance of protecting Dominican ecosystems. Medina said …

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On the morning of Monday 20 March 2017, a woman was killed early in the morning in an incident on Francisco Prats Ramirez Street in Evaristo Morales in the National District. Delcy Miguelina Concepción Yapor, wife of Deacon Leandro Acosta of the Catholic parish El Buen Pastor, was driving children to school in a Nissan …

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  José Parra, lawyer for the family of murdered former rector of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) Mateo Aquino Febrillet, has said that union head Blas Peralta, supposedly offered RD$16 million to his chauffer, Franklin Venegas Rivas, to take the blame for the murder. He said that the chauffer has refused the money …

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According to the World Happiness Report 2017, the happiest country in the region is Costa Rica, in eleventh place in the world. Norway is the happiest place on earth. The report was published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network of the United Nations on occasion International Happiness Day on 20 March 2017. The writers of …

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In the Dominican Republic there have been 44,912 traffic accidents between 2011 and 2016, costing the lives of 11,417 people. The data is contained in a report on the Indicators of Road Accidents 2016 carried out by the Observatory of Data on Road Safety, headed by engineer Mario Holguin. The report is only preliminary so …

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7 Dias reports that the Shellbill Swiss bank account of Brazilian Joao Santana received 10 deposits of US$500,000 each in 2014, as reported in O’Globo, the Brazilian newspaper. Santana was sentenced to eight years in jail for money laundering as part of the Operation Car Wash. At the time of his arrest he was the …

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Garbage collection trucks lined up all Sunday morning waiting to enter the Duquesa garbage dump. The same thing had happened the previous Friday before the arrival of the Minister of the Environment, Francisco Dominguez Brito, who threatened to militarize the garbage dump. Trucks have reportedly had to wait up to two hours to be able …

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On Sunday, 19 March 2017, President Danilo Medina headed the military and civic parade in Azua in commemoration of the 173rd anniversary of the Battle of the 19 March. The event was attended by thousands of people. The battle took place in 1844 and was the first won by Dominican patriots in the war to …

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The Canadian government’s Canadian Commercial Corporation will be supporting Magil Construction Corporation for the implementation of the second phase of the Guajimia Water Sanitation Project in Santo Domingo under the Santo Domingo Water Corporation (CAASD). This projected investment is US$168,481,971. The Canadian Commercial Corporation is the Canadian government branch that facilitates international trade on behalf …

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