2017 – Page 54

The government has announced that from 2 January to 20 October 2017, government officials have taken part in 950 interviews, which is an average of four per working day. The announcement was made as a response to the statement issued by the Dominican Daily Press Society (SDD) that called for more direct communication from the …

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French-Dominican singer Cyrille Aimée will be performing during a dinner-concert organized by the French-Dominican Chamber of Commerce (CCI Franco Dominicana) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the trade group. The concert will take place on Thursday, 26 October 2017, at the Gran Salón Churchill of the Hotel InterContinental Real Santo Domingo on Av. Winston Churchill. …

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The Banco BHD Leon and the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo (Intec) signed an agreement on 24 October 2017 to fund the education of outstanding students at Intec. Students will benefit from preferential interest rates and five years to pay back the loans after completing the university studies. Likewise, the students are invited to be …

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The Second Collegiate Court of Santiago sentenced Domingo Hinojosa Ceballos to 20 years in jail for the murder of Antonio Castillo de la Rosa. De la Rosa was the father of Kimberly Castillo, a former Miss Dominican Republic. Presiding judge Osvaldo Castillo also ordered Hinojosa to pay a fine of RD$10 million to the Castillo …

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The Green March civic movement, that has protested government corruption and impunity, is calling for a Sunday, 29 October 2017 peaceful protest event in front of the main headquarters of the Metropolitan Bus Services Offices (Omsa) in Santo Domingo West. The Green March says they are rejecting political delinquency. The call for protest is made …

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In June 2017, Environment Minister Francisco Domínguez Brito ordered the replacement of vice minister of Soils and Waters (Suelos y Aguas) Gabriel Johan Hernández González, responding to charges of corruption while performing his duties in the Ministry. Hoy reports that Hernández was replaced after charges of illicit acts were presented to the Attorney General Office. …

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The head of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero tried to force his way into the offices of the Ministry of Public Health at the end of a march on Tuesday, 24 October 2017. The physicians had marched to demand the fulfillment of an agreement signed with the government. As they reached …

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Judge Leonarda Quezada of Santo Domingo West, when hearing the case against Metropolitan Bus Service Office (Omsa), supplier Eddy Santana Zorrilla, announced the case would be heard in two separate parts, after Santana’s lawyers requested the judge ask the relatives of murdered lawyer Yuniol Ramírez to leave the court. The defense argued that the state …

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The vehicles administered by the Metropolitan Office of Bus Service (OMSA) have been more frequently in repair shops than in service to the public, according to evidence found in work orders over the last two years. Diario Libre reveals that details now being made available to the press, indicate that during 2015, under the heading …

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The executive vice president of the Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (Finjus), Servio Tulio Castaños Guzman told reporters on 24 October 2017 that the judicial system will be put to the test to solve the Yuniol Ramírez Ferreras murder that revealed the mafia culture and criminal structure that has operated at the Metropolitan Bus Services …

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