2018 – Page 200

The COSMED Group and the Las Americas Free Zone announced yesterday a US$20 million investment in a new facility at the Las Americas Free Zone. Cosmed was founded to sterilize cosmetics and medicines using proprietary processes and contracting its services. Most recently the company has specialized in the sterilization of food products such as nuts …

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The countries belonging to the Central American Integration System (SICA) are meeting in Bavaro, central Punta Cana for high-level policy discussions intended to implement a regional agenda on social policies and inclusion towards the year 2030. The assembly seeks to promote equality, fairness and wellbeing and close the social gaps. The activity is organized by …

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President Danilo Medina and First Lady Candida Montilla arrived to Peru at 8:39pm to participate in the 8th Summit of the Americas and the III CEO Summit of the Americas taking place from 12-14 April 2018 in Lima, Peru. The Heads of State and Government of the Americas Summit’s central theme is “Democratic Governance against Corruption.” …

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William Meninger is back in the Dominican Republic for a talk on pardon and silence. La Casa de Silencio y Oracion Centrante announces the conference “Proceso del Perdon” with Father William Meninger. Father Meninger is an American Trappist monk who is a noted spiritual teacher and the developer of Centering Prayer, a method of prayer …

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The Caribbean Club Shield football tournament, organized by the Football Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) Championship, is taking place at the Cibao FC stadium at the PUCMM and the sports field of the Universidad ISA, both in Santiago de los Caballeros. Twelve regional champion football clubs are participating in …

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A brother of the murdered lawyer Yuniol Ramírez says that recent actions and statements by the lawyer of lead suspect Argenis Contreras is part of a strategy to free former director of the Metropolitan Bus Services Office (OMSA) Manuel Rivas, a suspect in the crime. Ramón Ramírez, brother of Yuniol, and a lawyer himself, suspects …

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Fugitive of justice, Argenis Contreras, the man accused of the murder of the lawyer and university professor Yuniol Ramírez, left the Dominican Republic to hide in the home of Lucas Tobia Ortega Duarte, a relative of his, who lives in New Jersey, USA, according to recent media coverage of the murder. As investigations unfold, the …

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Unknown assailants attacked a security truck in the community of Las Charcas, in Azua, and escaped with more than RD$36 million, according to the police. The truck, belonging to the company G4S reportedly was intercepted in a place known as La Curva de Villeya by assailants. The security guards told investigators that the thieves were …

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The media continues to report on testimony by Simón Bolívar Ureña “El Boli, ” the man hired by the family to hide the corpse of 16-year old Emely Peguero has declared to the court that Marlin Martínez, mother of Marlon, the main accused of the murder of Emely Peguero, did not want the body of …

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According to the police, a 50-year old Spanish immigrant, the main suspect in the murder of his 19 year old Dominican partner in Cabarete, Sosua, arrived in tears at the police station to report her disappearance and joined with the Police and her family members in searching for her. David Toribio Vives apparently made a …

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