2018 – Page 23

The Constitutional Court has struck down as non-constitutional the resolution of the Ministry of Energy and Mines that establishes the concession regime for mining operations in the Dominican Republic. The constitutional body declared resolution number R-MEM-REG-048-2017, which was issued by the Ministry of Energy and Mines on 13 October 2017, not in accordance with the …

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Fenatrano bus units took Tuesday, 27 November 2018 off, but most people got to work in Greater Santo Domingo after the government OMSA added 80 units to the main routes, and Conatra and Mochotran decided not to heed the call for transport work stoppage. Motorcycle taxis were busy and the Metro system operated as usual. …

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On Tuesday, 27 November 2018, President Danilo Medina received a courtesy visit from Gloria Guevara, president of the World Council for Travel and Tourism. The meeting took place at the Presidential Place. Also attending were Frank Rainieri, president of Grupo Puntacana and Simón Suárez, past president of the Association of Hotels and Tourism (Asonahores) and …

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Administrative Minister of the Presidency José Ramón Peralta announced that the doors of the Presidential Palace will be open for family visits starting Friday, 30 November 2018 until Monday, 7 January 2019 so that visitors can see the decorations close up. A giant Christmas tree has been placed in the lobby of the Presidential Palace …

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The Ministry of Culture is organizing the 10th Festival International de Teatro in Santo Domingo from 6 to 16 December 2018. Theater groups from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic will be participating. This year it is dedicated to Haffe Serulle. Tickets are RD$100 for events at the National Theater …

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The Public Prosecution Office in Santo Domingo West is prosecuting two men who were arrested in flagrante delicto of withdrawing fraudulently RD$475,500 from an ATM in a supermarket in the Municipal District of Pantoja, in Los Alcarrizos. The two men arrested last Friday, 23 November, were Kendry Mio Beltré Núñez and Richard Alexander Muñoz Martínez, …

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The National Police have revealed the identity of a body found in the ruins of the San Francisco Monastery on Sunday morning, 25 November 2018, in the Colonial City.  The victim has been identified as Héctor Lorenzo García, aged 42, who had a police record for stealing a motorcycle back in 2014. He died as …

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According to authorities, six people were killed on Saturday, 24 November, at the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic following a heated argument. Haitian police inspector, Harry Deny, said that four customs officers and two civilians died in the town of Malpasse. He explained the incident began when a customs officer shot a person …

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El Nacional highlighted a legal case submitted by Carlos Gomez that asserts he did not receive sufficient compensation from the US$33 million sale of an office building on Av. 27 de Febrero to the Ministry of Industry & Commerce. El Nacional reports that Gomez filed the legal complaint in which he claims that former minister …

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Hundreds of people were left stranded for four hours on Monday, 26 November 2017, when the National Transport Federation (Fenatrano), a large bus affiliates company, carried out an unannounced “warm up drill” for their announced Tuesday, 27 November 2018 national strike. At Kilometer 9 of the Juan Pablo Duarte Highway, the public shared taxis and …

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