2017 – Page 275

Margarita Melenciano Corporán was chosen by the Senate to replace resigning Pablo Domingo del Rosario as the fifth member of the Chamber of Accounts. The Chamber of Accounts is the government body in charge of auditing government departments. Melenciano received the vote of 20 of the 23 senators present during the Tuesday, 7 February 2017 …

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A national folklore show on occasion of the National Folklore Day will be presented on Tuesday, 7 February 2017 as of 8pm at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. National Folklore Day is 10 February 2017. The Tuesday presentation is dedicated to the work of the Grupo Raíces Foklórica from Sainaguá, San Cristóbal, founded by the …

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The Museum of Modern Art in Plaza de la Cultura is inviting to an exhibition of the winning works of the National Biennial Art Contest from 1942 to 2015. The two floor exhibition includes works by the artists: Paul Giudicelli, Celeste Woss y Gil, Jaime Colson, Yoryi Morel, Clara Ledesma, Antonio Prats Ventós, Luichy Martínez …

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A Puerto Plata judge has handed down a three-month preventive custody sentence to an Italian accused of sexually exploiting minors. Judge Rosalba Francisco imposed the strict measures on Giuseppe Sgarbi who was arrested by the Public Prosecution Service and agents attached to the Migration Control and Investigation Department about People Trafficking attached to the National …

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The Ministry of the Environment has announced that they have dismantled hundreds of meters of irrigation pipe used for agricultural production in the Valle Nuevo National Park. In operations headed up by park administrator, Julio Cesar de los Santos and the provincial director of Constanza, Tito Montero, the farming facilities lands in Alto Bandera, El …

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So far, Angel Rondón, commercial representative in the Dominican Republic for the Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht, has been the only person to be named as having taken the bribes. Rondón readily admitted that he received an amount of around US$92 million, but that the funds were actually for fees paid to him for his professional …

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According to data from a new Gallup poll for Hoy newspaper published on 7 February 2017, a large majority of people, nearly 88%, believe that those working for the past three governments of Hipólito Mejia, Leonel Fernández and Danilo Medina benefitted from the bribes paid by the Brazilian contractor Odebrecht to gain contracts in the …

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The negative perception by Dominicans of the Medina Administration has been increasing. The Gallup poll taken from 25 to 30 January 2017 with the participation of 1,200 eligible voters nationwide, showed that while only 13% had a negative perception of President Medina in April 2016, a month prior to the 2016 presidential election, as of …

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Crime is the main problem the government needs to tackle, according to the Gallup poll published in Hoy newspaper on 7 February 2017. According to the poll, 74% of Dominicans eligible to vote say delinquency in general is their main concern, followed by the lack of jobs (38.7%) and inflation (38.14%). The perception on inflation …

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Crime is the main problem the government needs to tackle, according to the Gallup poll published in Hoy newspaper on 7 February 2017. According to the poll, 74% of Dominicans eligible to vote say delinquency in general is their main concern, followed by the lack of jobs (38.7%) and inflation (38.14%). The perception on inflation …

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