2017 – Page 259

The National Geological Service, together with the Geological and Mining Scientific Research Institutes from Spain and France, will present in March 2017 the results of a “micro-zone seismic map of Greater Santo Domingo and Santiago. This map will identify the most vulnerable places for earthquakes and will recommend what type of construction should be permitted …

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The Santiago Water and Sewer Corporation (Coraasan) has addressed sewer issues in several neighborhoods in the city, including La Cienega, Las Colinas, Tierra Alta and los Robles. The repairs required several hundred meters of smaller diameter tubing and pipes be replaced with much larger piping some of which was 30 inches in diameter. In sectors …

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Representatives of the Green March collective delivered to the Presidency on Wednesday, 22 February 2017, a petition demanding that President Danilo Medina appoint a commission and a special prosecutor to investigate the Odebrecht corruption case. Two of the Green March representatives, Carlos Pimentel and Maria Teresa Cabrera, also delivered a Notary Certification of the 312,415 …

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Spanish singer Miguel Bosé has included Santo Domingo in his “Estaré 2017” Latin American tour. The date is Thursday, 4 May 2017 and the venue, the Palacio de los Deportes in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. The tour is to promote tracks from the “Miguel Bose MTV Unplugged” album with his best hits and …

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An unauthorized to leave boat with 17 people on board sank yesterday, Tuesday, 21 February 2017, near the Costa Esmeralda beach, in the municipal district of El Cedro, in Miches. The actual sinking happened in the Atlantic Ocean in Cano Celedonio, near Laguna Redonda. According to unofficial reports, so far three people have been rescued, …

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Santiago judge Ruben Dario Cruz Uceta has rejected the request made by singer Martha Heredia for her full conditional freedom, saying that the accused has not met the conditions to merit a change in her detention status. The judge, therefore, did not change the current situation of “part time” freedom that allows her to be …

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The court hearing to amend the terms of the coercive measures applying to Teodoro Hidalgo, president of financial company Inversia, has been rescheduled for 6 March 2017, after Hidalgo and his wife did not attend the original date for the hearing. They are both currently serving 12 months on remand in jail. Dozens of those …

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Interpol has announced the capture in Las Terrenas of a Belgian citizen who has been accused in Belgium of killing his father. The report stated that 40-year old David Dupuis was captured on Calle Sanchez in Las Terrenas where he was staying at a hotel. He has been sought by Belgian authorities since July 2016. …

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Marcha Verde is calling for all Dominicans to wear green on Wednesday, 22 February, to show their strong support to end corruption in government. The Marcha Verde organizers have asked all citizens to sign the Green Book requesting that the government order an independent investigation into the Odebrecht construction company overpricing and bribes scandal. The …

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Diario Libre reports that the State Sugar Council (CEA) resold to an offshore company registered in Panama land that it had received as payment from the Central Bank in 1999. The owner of the company is just identified as “The Bearer” (El Portador). Located in southeastern San Pedro de Macorís, the land was sold for …

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