2018 – Page 192

A lawyer has refuted the complaint from residents at 356 Isabel La Católica, in the Colonial City over a title dispute. Rafael Lara, lawyer of Katherine Lara, owner of Island Life Backpackers Hostel, said that his defendant had legitimate title to the property which had been acquired in 2015, from Huáscar Valera, who bought it …

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The National Dominican Transport Federation (Fenatrado) has called on the government and the private sector to meet to readjust the tariff for cargo transport and warned that if they do not, then they will paralyze the service. Fenatrado is known for unilaterally imposing its high rates and using vandalism to make sure they maintain their …

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The director general of the Police, Major General Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte, says that one of the lead suspects in the robbery of RD$36 million to a G4S security company cash truck, Manuel Antonio Pérez Sánchez (Elién) traveled abroad on the day after the robbery that took place at the Curva de Billeya on the …

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Of the RD$36 million stolen from a G4S security truck, which appears to have been an inside job involving the G4S employees, the police have so far recovered RD$4,836,000 and 28,500 Euros. Last weekend, another of the supposed robbers, 25 year old Misael Vólquez Espinosa, handed himself in to the public prosecution office in Barahona. …

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The Customs Agency (DGA) reported seizing around US$1 million that had entered by way of Haina Port. The money was camouflaged in vehicle parts that arrived in tanks. The transporter was identified as Salcedo Cargo Express with offices in New York and Salcedo, as reported on Telenoticias. Read more in Spanish: Listin Diario 25 April …

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According to a study carried out by the National Diabetes Institute (INDEN) and the Ibero Americano University (UNIBE), 13% of Dominicans are diabetic and 58% of those diabetics also have hypertension. The study’s researchers sampled 10,500 people in the 31 provinces in the country. Of the 13% who had diabetes, 2.35 % did not know …

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Plan International and Unicef again are stressing the troubling situation of sexual exploitation that affects children in the southern border provinces. A recent study, “Invisible under the sun: A look at the sexual exploitation of boys, girls and teenagers in the Enriquillo Region”, reveals that 50.9% of those under 21 years in the region have …

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The political party Alianza País (AlPaís) is requesting that the Central Electoral Board (JCE) start discussions for the drafting and approval of the ruling for the 2020 general election in within the next two weeks. AlPaís insists this is essential to guarantee free, transparent and fair elections in 2020. The party bases its request on …

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Directors of 11 opposition parties met on 24 April 2018, with the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Ruben Maldonado, to lobby for a “no” vote to a Political Parties Bill that recently passed in the Senate. The opposition party leaders do not agree with the motion that would make obligatory for all political parties …

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Preliminary results of the Ministry of Environment National Forestry Inventory reveal that Dominican forests store more than 1.8 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), with 80% of this in the soil. The inventory is expected to be concluded in July 2018 making available information on the condition of the forests regarding their composition, and existence …

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