2018 – Page 201

The Public Ministry is asking for a 20 year sentence for Matías Avelino Castro, accused in the murder of journalist José Silvestre in San Pedro de Macorís in a drug related crime. The Public Ministry has had to pursue the case without the cooperation of the victim’s family. Castro is accused of violation of articles …

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Ombudswoman Zoila Martinez proposes that funds be donated for the construction of three hospitals in Haiti to serve the large numbers of women who come to give birth in the Dominican public hospitals. In a paid advertisement, Martinez says that it would be preferable if all Dominicans who can, national and transnational companies located in …

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PRM legislator Waldys Taveras is warning that time is running out for the Attorney General to activate the case concerning fraud involving the property where the Duquesa garbage dump is located. If the Attorney General does not proceed with the corresponding accusations, the Dominican Republic could lose a US$300 million judgment to the prior operators …

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Dominican cement producers saw a 3.7% fall in domestic sales and a 5% decline in exports in the January-February 2018 period, according to the president of the Dominican Association of Cement Producers (Adocem), Raisa J. Rodríguez. Rodriguez attributed the contraction in the domestic market to periods of unusual rains. In addition, she highlighted the industry’s …

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The director of the Santo Domingo Water and Sewage Corporation (CAASD) and Canadian Ambassador Shauna Hemingway visited the area of the Guajimia Creek in Santo Domingo West for talks on the second phase of the sanitary megaproject that would benefit 300,000 persons. This would be the second phase of the project to condition the waterway …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic has announced that the National Survey of Household Expenses and Income began in January 2018, with the objective of capturing statistical information about the distribution of spending of Dominican families as well as the amount and source of the income of the population. Director of the Department of …

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The Taxation Agency (DGII) has assured that of the 1,500 people who reported this year that they received income from different jobs, 631 have been regularized their situation, or 40% of the total. The number of those with multiple jobs represents 0.08% of the approximately 1.8 million citizens employed, according to the Social Security registers. …

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The government has taken out a loan with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) to carry out the third phase of the Monte Grande multipurpose dam on the Yaque del Sur riverbed that will cost USD$249.6 million. The loan agreement was signed by Finance Minister Donald Guerrero Ortiz representing the Dominican state and …

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President Danilo Medina has inaugurated a modern aluminum manufacturing plant in the Industrial Free Zone Rio Sur. Kington Aluminio is the first investment manufacturing business of People’s Republic of China in the Dominican duty free zone tax regime, a milestone for the Dominican Republic. The new company, a RD$530 million investment, will have 1,400 new …

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The bright colors of late Dominican artist Cándido Bidó are showing at the central hall of the Galeria 360 mall on Av. John F. Kennedy in Santo Domingo. The exhibition, “Bidó, el color dominicano,” is a collective with works of the Bonao arts maestro from different periods. In the presentation of the exhibition, producer Guillermo …

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