2017 – Page 248

Dominican Ismael Sánchez repeated as the champion of the Independence Cycling Tour (Vuelta de Ciclismo Independencia Nacional). The event, in its 38th year, ended last Sunday, 5 March 2017. The final 104 km stretch took the racers to the Monumento de Santiago, with Sánchez in the lead. Sánchez is a past winner in 2016 and …

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Agents from the Central Antinarcotics Division (DICAN) have arrested a National Police colonel as he was carrying out a transaction involving 41 packs of marijuana on Charles de Gaulle Avenue. The suspect is identified as Lieutenant Colonel Richar Capitrano Diaz de los Santos who was arrested along with Alfredo Bienvenido Ciprian Cespedes, Felix Encarnacion Encarnacion, …

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The trial of Larry Davis, a US businessman who is accused of international drug smuggling, began in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday, 7 March 2017, as reported in a Houston news online service. The 44-year old American has been awaiting trial for a year. His friends and family insist that the case is based on …

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The Colombian Navy has rescued two Dominican fishermen who were stranded in the Caribbean Sea near the island of Serranilla that is part of the archipelago San Andrés and Providencia in Colombia. The two men, aged 46 and 50, had left Puerto Plata some 23 days ago but they had lost their engine power in …

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On Tuesday, 7 March 2017, former Minister of Public Works Víctor Díaz Rúa visited the Attorney General’s office for a second time to be interrogated in relation to the bribes paid by the Brazilian company Odebrecht. He arrived shortly before 3 pm, accompanied by his lawyers, and when questioned by journalists as to why he …

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On Monday night, 6 March 2017, former President Hipolito Mejía in an 18-minute address assured the nation that he was not involved in the Odebrecht bribery scandal. Mejia said the Odebrecht affair is an opportunity for the justice system to end corruption and impunity in the country. Speaking on several radio and television channels, Mejía …

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein has issued an alert regarding legislative modifications that threaten to erode human rights. On the eve of International Working Women’s day, Zeid reminded the public that the advances made by the feminist movement have been slow but sustained, however several countries had …

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On Tuesday 7 March 2017 there was a tense situation in the Mauricio Baez Club in Santo Domingo at a meeting of the national public teachers unions. Some teachers began a fight over differences arising from the agreement on salary increases reached with the Ministry of Education. The teachers insisted that the salary increase of …

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The Administrative Minister of the Presidency José Ramón Peralta has revealed that several of the biggest hotel chains in the world will accompany President Danilo Medina to the Bahia de las Aguilas next month with the aim of exploring the opportunity for the construction of more than 15,000 rooms in this tourist area in Pedernales …

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The Ministry of Education and the Infotep vocational training center signed an agreement on 7 March 2017 to make available vocational education and training courses at public high schools. The agreement was signed by Education Minister Andrés Navarro and Infotep director Rafael Ovalles. The plan calls for the gradual conversion of the extended day high …

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