2017 – Page 75

Defense Minister Ruben Darío Paulino Sem said on Friday, 29 September 2017 that there were two aircraft and not one that departed from Dominican airports on 25 September with flight plans to Venezuela. Paulino Sem said that in one of the aircraft, now under investigation, traces of cocaine were found. Details on the second aircraft …

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A major fire totaled the inventory at the Plaza Lama warehouse located at Km. 13 of Duarte Highway. As reported, the fire began at around 4pm. More than 25 firefighting units and over 60 men from fire stations in Greater Santo Domingo participated in putting out the fire. Even a helicopter was used. As reported, …

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The director of the Seismology Institute at the state university UASD, Eugenio Polanco Rivera, is alerting all in the Dominican Republic that on any day now a major earthquake could affect the country. He explains the tectonic faults have 71 years of storing energy that eventually will need to be released, likely causing a major …

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The World Bank approved a US$150 million loan (Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option) to the Dominican Republic to provide immediate financing in the event of a natural disaster or a public health emergency. The Cat DDO is a flexible loan with a final maturity of 19 years, including a 12-year grace period. According to a recent …

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The Monetary Board (JM) approved the Asset Assessment Ruling (REA) on Sunday, 1 October 2017. The new ruling is intended to stimulate an increase in bank lending to the private sector. The ruling had been under review since August 2016. The changes will enable an increase in bank credit for production, local consumption and exports. …

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“La tiendita del horror”, the comedy musical, opens at Palacio de Bellas Artes with six shows on two weekends from 9 to 18 November 2017. The Amaury Sánchez production is directed by Waddys Jáquez with Amaury Sánchez in charge of the music by six musicians. The show stars are José Guillermo Cordero as the carnivorous …

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Dominican musician and songwriter, Wason Brazobán, will be performing on Saturday, 30 September 2017 at the Pelicano Beach Club in Boca Chica. Tickets are for sale at Uepa Tickets, Supermercados Nacional, Jumbo and CCN stores for RD$1,500 general admission and RD$3,000 VIP. 28 September 2017

Dominican authorities are investigating who could have been aboard Aero Commander 500 aircraft with Dominican registration that landed in Venezuela, killing two people in the landing. The two men died on Tuesday, 26 September 2017, when the plane attempted an emergency landing in Dabajuro, Falcón state in Venezuela, according to Globovision, a Venezuelan media. The …

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Attorney General Office and the National Judiciary Council have acknowledged an investigation is underway into the supposed death of Pedro Alejandro Castillo Paniagua (Quirinito). Castillo Paniagua has been in jail sentenced in 2010 and began serving a 30-year sentence for the 2008 murder of Spaniard Adolfo Justo Cervantes Arellano (Waikiki). Castillo Paniagua’s sentence was reduced …

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A bomb scare interrupted the activities at the International French Travel Market Top Resa taking place 26-29 September in Paris, France. The exhibition hall at Place de la Porte de Versailles was evacuated when alarms went off after an abandoned bag was found. Minutes later the organizers announced the alert had been a false alarm …

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