2017 – Page 281

2017 News

MIC and World Bank sign cooperation agreement

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) and the World Bank signed on Wednesday, 1 February 2017, a cooperation agreement to improve the management of the MIC. The agreement calls for the World Bank to carry out a survey and analysis of the current operations of the MIC and then work out a strategy to …

2017 News

Hugo Francisco Alvarez Pérez to head Chamber of Accounts

On Wednesday, 2 February 2017, the Senate approved the appointment of Hugo Francisco Alvarez Perez to preside the Chamber of Accounts. The Chamber of Accounts is the government department in charge of government audits and the general accountability of government departments. Alvarez Pérez is the son of a former justice of the Supreme Court of …

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Peralta goes forward on Tres Brazos recommendations

The Administrative Minister of the Presidency José Ramón Peralta told reporters from Diario Libre on Wednesday, 2 February 2017 in Santiago that the next step in the Tres Brazos land regularization case will be to proceed with the recommendations made by the commission that was appointed to investigate the sale of the terrain in East …

2017 News

New director of the Civil Defense

President Danilo Medina names Brigade General Rafael Antonio Carrasco Paulino as new director of the Civil Defense. In the same decree 12-17, the President appointed longtime former director of the Civil Defense, Major General Rafael Emilio de Luna Pichirilo, as director of the Technical Executing Unit for Agroforestry Development Projects of the Presidency. Read more …

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Valentine’s Day show at Casa de Teatro

Casa de Teatro presents for St. Valentine’s Day music and comedy show. Starring Aleja Johnson, Fernando Pucheu, Salime Caram, Entero and Errpidio, “Un Show pa’ que te Enamores” starts at 9:30pm. Tickets are RD$500 with previous purchase and RD$700 at the door. Tuesday, 14 February 2017. For information on upcoming events: DR1 Calendar 1 February …

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Accused murderer extradited from Colombia

Matías Avelino Castro, accused of being the brains behind the murder of communicator Jose Agustin Silvestre Maldonado, was extradited from Colombia to the Dominican Republic on Monday 30 January 2017 and is now under arrest. Avelino Castro arrived at Las Americas Airport on a flight form Bogotá and was accompanied by members of Dominican Interpol …

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Garlic confiscated after entry from Haiti

Members of the Specialized Corps of Frontier Security (Cesfront) have seized 156 sacks of garlic that were being transported in a truck from Haiti on the road from Cano de Boca to Montecristi. Also on the border with Haiti, in addition at several checkpoints in Dajabón they confiscated dozens of bags full of garlic, numerous …

2017 News

Angel Rondon makes the news in El Pais

The Spanish daily El País de España has covered the local investigation of Ángel Rondón Rijo in regards to the Odebrecht bribery scandal, given his ties to AAA Dominicana, an affiliate of Canal de Isabel II (Sociedad Interamericana de Agua y Servicios), a Spanish company. AAA has been responsible for water service collections in the …

2017 News

UASD professors on strike

The professors at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) are on strike as from yesterday, Tuesday 31 January 2017, claiming the Rectory has not secured additional government funds for a pay raise for them. The president of the Federation of Professors’ Association of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (Faprouasd), Santiago Guillermo, said that …

2017 News

Alert to airlines to not transport US banned travelers

The US government has notified airlines flying to the United States from the Dominican Republic to not board passengers from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. Citizens of these countries have been banned from entering the United States by the Trump Administration. According to a source, the US government has said that not …

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2017 – Page 281

MIC and World Bank sign cooperation agreement

Hugo Francisco Alvarez Pérez to head Chamber of Accounts

Peralta goes forward on Tres Brazos recommendations

New director of the Civil Defense

Valentine’s Day show at Casa de Teatro

Accused murderer extradited from Colombia

Garlic confiscated after entry from Haiti

Angel Rondon makes the news in El Pais

UASD professors on strike

Alert to airlines to not transport US banned travelers