2017 – Page 45

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and partner agencies have identified Malaria Champions in Haiti and the Dominican Republic as well as Brazil, for their work on closing gaps towards interrupting transmission of the mosquito-borne virus and developing local systems to access malaria diagnosis and treatment. In the Dominican Republic and Haiti, a bi-national project …

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The Attorney General of the Republic, Jean Alain Rodríguez, has presented a National Plan against Domestic Violence to try to reduce the number of femicides in the country, which number 80 women so far this year. The objectives of the plan are to motivate women to complain to the authorities if they feel under threat. …

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The Dominican Winter League is enjoying slightly above normal attendance, even when the two teams that are leading in the season, the Estrellas Orientales and the Gigantes Del Cibao are underdogs. The tournament standings as of the evening games of 7 November 2017 are: Estrellas Orientales with 13-6, Gigantes del Cibao with 11-8, Aguilas Cibaeñas …

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The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) suspended the piloting license issued to Ramiro Junior Jaquez Rubio and banned from flying the helicopter N212HK, property of Karim Abu Naba’a. The ruling came after the later carried out an unauthorized landing on the playing field of the Cibao Ball Park on Sunday, 5 November 2017, shortly before …

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The director of the Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD), Osmar Benitez reported on 7 November 2017 that his team has determined that eight producers in the community of Guanabano, in Espaillat province, where an outbreak of avian flu was detected, suffered economic losses approaching RD$20 million. Benitez noted quite firmly that the outbreak had been controlled …

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In the heart of the Cibao, in Santiago de los Caballeros, the Merchants Association of Peking, in the southern part of the city, demanded on 7 November 2017 that the municipal authorities finish the public market. Felix Antonio Colón, the president of the Association, said that the plaza is 75% completed. Local neighborhood groups complained …

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Puerto Plata transport commuters announced fare increases on the routes within Puerto Plata city and onto Montellano and Sosua. The transporters argue that the government has consistently increased the price of fuel and they need to pass this on to the consumers. As of Monday, 30 October 2017, the Asociación de Choferes del Transporte Público …

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A report in El Nacional reveals that the government has contracted or is about to contract teams of US lawyers for its representation in international arbitrage in the case of the Italian contractor Technimont of the Punta Catalina coal-fired power plant. Technimont is demanding an additional payment of US$720 million for over costs in the …

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The Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus) spoke out on 7 November 2017 regarding discussions about the amending of the 2015 Constitution to allow for President Danilo Medina to seek a third period in office and regarding instituting permanent re-election. The 2015 Constitution allows a one-time re-election of a president. Servio Tulio Castaños of Finjus told …

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El Dia newspaper editorial on 8 November 2017 comments that the Minister and officers of the Ministry of Industry & Commerce have not been available for interviews with the press after publishing their decision to postpone allowing propane gas to be sold at fuel stations together with diesel and gasoline. The newspaper says this situation …

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