2017 – Page 67

Vice President Margarita Cedeño was present for the launching at the Silver Sun Gallery Cinema theater on 10 October 2017 of the United Nations Children’s Fund campaign to change the early cohabitation that affects a third of girls under 18 years in the Dominican Republic. “The Worst Soap Opera” is the name of the drama …

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The first draft of the National Mining Bill, now in public comments phase at the Ministry of Energy and Mines, proposes to establish a new series of benefits for the Dominican state on the exploitation of its mines, including a government profit sharing provision that ranges from 40% to 60%. The bill creates the concept …

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The CEO of DP World, the fourth largest operator of port terminals around the world, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem visited President Danilo Medina at the Presidential Palace on 10 October 2017. DP World operates the Punta Caucedo Multimodal Port, the most important in the country. The Presidency reported that the visiting executive expressed his intention …

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Passing tropical waves are bringing thunderstorms especially to the northeast, southeast, southwest, central mountain area and the border area. The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) said that people should be alert to possible flooding in the provinces of Monte Plata, Hato Mayor, El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, La Altagracia, Samaná, Santiago, San Juan, Sánchez Ramírez, …

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80-year old Alvarito Arvelo resigned from working in the Z101 Gobierno de la Mañana radio talk show following the controversy after he bad-mouthed founding father Juan Pablo Duarte when comparing him to national heroe Gregorio Luperón. Arvelo suffers from serious cancer and heart troubles, but despite these was the heart and soul of the morning …

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A member of the Police, captain Luis Pavel Luna Kunhardt was killed on 7 October 2017 in a parachuting accident during celebrations of the 58th anniversary of the Special Forces Command of the Dominican Air Force. The Air Force reported a high-speed posture became unstable and he lost control of the parachute when tumbling and …

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Four of the six accused of defrauding 18 students who were planning to go to the United States to participate in a United Nations student program, are on the payroll of the state Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) with salaries ranging from RD$20,000 to RD$61,000 a month. Among these are José Marte Marte, whose …

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National District Judge José Alejandro Vargas ordered pre-trial custody for the president of the UASD student federation, Yimi Zapata. Zapata is accused of organizing a United Nations student trip and providing 19 participating students with fake documents that led to their being deported from the United States. Zapata was ordered to serve the detention in …

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Corruption is on the rise in Latin America. According to Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer, People and Corruption: Latin America and the Caribbean Index, 71% of those polled in the Dominican Republic thought that the level corruption had increased. 59% felt that their government was not doing enough to tackle corruption. 62% of those polled …

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The Madrid, Spain-based Asociación Comunicación Pública (ACOP) places President Danilo Medina as the third highest rated President in the world in its October Popularity Ranking. The source for the data used for the Dominican Republic is the Ministry of the Presidency. The ACOP ranks Vladimir Putin (83%), from Russia, first, followed by President Lenín Moreno …

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