2017 – Page 59

Deputy Foreign Minister of Taiwan, Jose Maria Liu is expected this October after a visit in August 2017. Liu’s trip is meant to enhance bilateral cooperation, the source noted, as reported in Focus Taiwan. The announcement of the visit was made by Taiwan Foreign Relations Minister David Lee who on 22 July had been in …

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The Ministry of Environment revoked on 17 October 2017 the environmental license issued for the development of Villas La Boca Ecological Lounge by Dreams Endowment Corporation SRL in La Boca, Cabarete, Puerto Plata. The project would be developed at the Yásica River mouth. The stop to construction was issued following recommendations made after Ministry of …

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According to data from the Ministry of Public Information (MAP) via the Administration System of Public Servants (SASP) as of September 2017, in 195 state institutions employ 333,736, of which 101,825 have a salary under RD$10,000, for 30.5% of the total. 16.8% earn between RD$10,000 to RD$19,000 and 22.1% earn between RD$30,000 and RD$39,000. Although …

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President Danilo Medina received Turkish investors Cengiz Cesur and Lonnie Langston at the Presidential Palace. The businessmen recently qualified their companies to operate as tax free industries at the San Pedro de Macorís Industrial Free Zone. They announced they are making a first investment of RD$32 million. They will operate under the company name Void …

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The 6th International Poetry Week opens on Thursday, 19 October 2017 in Santo Domingo and will continue through 25 October with the participation of guest poets from abroad. The events begin with the launch of the poetry anthology “Il Fiore della poesia Latinoamericana d’oggi” by Italian writer Emilio Coco at the Casa de Italia in …

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The New York Band concert, “NYB Forever” will be live at Hard Rock Live of Blue Mall in Santo Domingo on Saturday, 28 October 2017. Showtime is at 10pm. The group is made up by Dominican residents in New York that have taken the catchy merengue to new levels, performing in the United States, Latin …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) is forecasting more rains for the coming days because of low pressure area and tropical disturbances to the southeast of Hispaniola. There is a low pressure trough over parts of the northern section of the Dominican Republic and it will be augmented by the dominant trade winds from the southeast. …

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The family of murdered UASD law professor Yuniol Ramirez complained that the Santo Domingo prosecutors have left out of the case businessman Eddy Rafael Santana Zorrilla and his wife. Ramón Ramírez, brother of the late Yuniol Ramirez, said that Manuel Rivas had asked the businessman to pay RD$1 million to Argenis Contreras González, to commit …

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Santo Domingo prosecutors have released the written declaration by Jose Antonio Mercado Blanco (El Grande) accused of the murder of Yuniol Ramírez together with fugitive Argenis Contreras. Also accused is the former director of the state bus company, Omsa, Manuel Rivera, who, in statements to the press, has maintained his innocence. The prosecutors refer to …

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Bishop Ghaleb Mousa Abdalla Bader arrived to the Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo to take up his appointment as representative of The Vatican in the Dominican Republic. He was received by a delegation headed by the Dominican ambassador to the Holy See, Victor Grimaldi Cespedes, together with the secretary at the Nunciature, Father …

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