2017 – Page 51

According to a findings in a just released Gallup poll carried out for Hoy newspaper, a high number of citizens, some 89%, feel that the level of corruption in Dominican society is very alarming. 16% attributed corruption to a lack of employment, 13% to poor government administration, 10% to crime, 9% to consumption and dealing …

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Subject to recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Ministry of Public Health has confirmed the population can continue to safely consume chicken and eggs from Dominican poultry farms. The announcement follows the discovery of an outbreak of avian flu in a chicken farm located in Guama Abajo, Cayetano Germosén municipality, in the southern …

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Taiwan has donated 90 AM General Humvees jeeps, two Bell UH-1H helicopters and 100 motorcycles to assist the Ministry of Defense efforts. The equipment is expected to arrive in January 2018. The Taiwan government has also added two years of maintenance to the equipment package. A team of Dominican officers are scheduled to travel next …

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Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu met on Monday, 30 October 2017 with a mission of International Monetary Fund officials to review the economy. Valdez Albizu says that GDP in the Dominican Republic is showing a 4% growth from January to August 2017, with accumulated inflation through September 2017 at 2.42%. Valdez Albizu estimated that …

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The Tax Agency (DGII) announced it is working closely with the Chilean Tax Agency (SII) to fight tax evasion. Magin Diaz, director of the DGII, has estimated annual tax evasion at RD$84 billion. On 30 October 2017, the director of the SII of Chile, Fernando Barraza Luego and Díaz for the DGII, signed a collaboration …

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To the delight of their fans at the Tetelo Vargas Ball Park in southeastern San Pedro de Macorís, the Estrellas Orientales continue to lead the 2017-2018 Professional Baseball Winter League, having 9 of their first 12 games since the tournament began on 13 October 2017. The Gigantes del Cibao are in second place, with 8 …

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The Dominican Republic is participating for the first time in the 18th Bolivarian Sports Games, organized among 12 Latin American countries in 34 sports, from 11-23 November 2017. The event is taking place in Santa Marta, Cali and Bogotá, Colombia. The organization has invited Paraguay, El Salvador, Guatemala and Dominican Republic to compete. Competing for …

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At 1:44pm, those in southern Dominican Republic felt a good jolt. The Seismological Institute at the UASD says an earthquake of 5.0 on the Richter Scale was felt in the National District (Santo Domingo), Santo Domingo Province, San Cristóbal, Monte Plata, Azua, and Santiago. No human or material damages have been reported. The UASD earthquake …

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Judge José Alejandro Vargas ordered that 54-year old Christophe Rene Henri Naudin serve five years in prison for his participation in cover up operations related to the so-called Air Cocaine case in the Dominican Republic. He is accused of assisting two French pilots sentenced to 20 years in jail for drug trafficking from leaving the …

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Gianluca Grippa presented credentials to President Danilo Medina on 26 October 2017 at the Presidential Palace. He is the new European Union ambassador to the Dominican Republic. A native of Rome, Italy, Grippa was the head of the Division Western Europe at the European External Action Service in Brussels, Belgium. He is a graduate in …

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