2017 – Page 26

The Customs’ Agency (DGA) has announced that from Friday, 1 December 2017, the “Christmas Thank You Program” begins so that Dominicans living overseas can bring in articles duty free up to a value of US$1,500 for their relatives and friends living in the Dominican Republic. The customs exemption program will last until 7 January 2018, …

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Minister of Public Health, Altagracia Guzman Marcelino, announced on 29 November 2017 the imminent start of the work sessions for the talks for the Public Health Ten Year Plan (PLANDES 2018-2028). These will be coordinated by the Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC). The main points that will be addressed are: Complete the development and …

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On Wednesday, 29 November 2017, President Danilo Medina, through Decree 243-17, authorized the implementation of the National Budget 2018 Bill for the next fiscal year. This is the earliest the budget has ever been passed by the government. The budget for next year is for RD$816,565,340,417 and calls for revenues for RD$602.8 billion and spending …

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Urban music singer “Lápiz Conciente” will celebrate his 15 years in music with 11 concerts all around the country. The closing of the concerts will be at the Hard Rock Live at Blue Mall on Thursday, 14 December 2017 at 10pm. He will share the best hits of his career with his fans, including “Fuerza …

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With less than 20 games remaining in the Regular Season, the Gigantes del Cibao, Estrellas Orientales and Aguilas Cibaeñas are in a back and forth fight for the top spots in the standings. Two of the mighty teams in Dominican baseball history, the Tigres Del Licey and the Leones Del Escogido are still under .500 …

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A San Francisco de Macoris court ordered a three-month extension of the three-month pre-trial custody imposed on Marlin Martinez, a former deputy director of the General Office of Passports. Marlin Martinez, together with her son, Marlon Martinez and Simón Bolivar (El Boli), are accused of the murder of 16-year old teenager Emely Peguero Polanco, who …

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Relatives and neighbors of Mario Salvador Molina, who was murdered in December 2016 in Los Girasoles, say that his death was ordered by Martín Batista Ogando, recently accused of the murder of 28-year old Geraldine Ivette Sánchez Baldera from a gunshot to her head. Batista had a two-year old son with Sánchez. Molina died from …

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One of the candidates for the presidency of the Dominican Bar Association (CARD), Henrique Garcia, questioned on Tuesday, the spending of the current president of the institution Surun Hernandez that he says reached RD$1 million per month. He added that between January and July of this year Hernandez spent RD$12 million pesos on advisors and …

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The case of Leonardo Mateo Peña is really one for the books. He had accused the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (AMET) of an abuse of power. As a result the AMET investigated his case. The findings: the plaintiff had received 169 tickets for violations since 2011. General Frener Bello Arias, head of the AMET, ordered the …

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The Water and Sewer Corporation of Santo Domingo (CAASD) intends to finish this year with having invested RD$10 billion in water works in the National District and Santo Domingo East, according to the director of the agency, Alejandro Montas. Montas also said that the issue of drinking water in Greater Santo Domingo could be solved …

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