2018 – Page 267

The 16 January 2018 games set for Santo Domingo and San Francisco de Macoris ballparks were suspended for rain. The Gigantes vs. Aguilas game was rescheduled for Friday, 19 January at the Julian Javier ball park in San Francisco de Macoris. The Licey vs. Escogido game was postponed for Friday, 19 January at the Quisqueya …

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Two colonels have been permanently relieved of their duties after being accused of shutting down the security systems at the La Romana International Airport (LRM) in October 2018, to allow a plane to land with a shipment of around 500 kilos of cocaine. The men were arrested on Monday, 15 January 2018. The arrests came …

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The Dominican College of Journalists (CDP) has urged the National District Prosecution Service to identify the family members of businessman Angel Rondon, who threatened the television reporter Elbania Flores, from Channel 5 of the Telemicro Group, so that legal action can be taken against them. Flores was at the Corazones Unidos hospital on an assignment …

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During the past year, the National Institute of Forensic Pathology (Inacif) has carried out 26 autopsies on young people who died due to cardiac, respiratory, and brain-related issues, as well as viruses such as HIV and hepatitis, whose clinical history that could be attributed to the use of a water pipes or hookahs. Although the …

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The president of the National Association of Agropecuarian Professionals (ANPA), Danilo Severino called for President Danilo Medina to declare the eastern region in red alert for the presence of the giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica). The large land snail is regarded as one of the most dangerous invasive species that causes severe damage to agricultural …

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The Venezuelan diaspora in the Dominican Republic has again asked the Dominican government to extend to them the privileges for status regularization included in the National Foreigner Regularization Plan. The Venezuelans, who are being affected by delays in securing their documentation to regularize their status, are asking the Dominican government to provide special immigration processing …

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The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (Funglode), the former President Leonel Fernandez think tank, is hosting the IV International Santo Domingo Forum. Attending the opening was his wife, Vice President Margarita Cedeño. Also participating are former President of Colombia, Ernesto Samper’ former President of Bolivia Carlos Mesa; and former President of Guatemala Vinicio Cerezo. …

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45% of the bills or 108 bills ordered in the 2010 Constitution are still pending, reports Diario Libre. The 2010 Constitution ordered 222 changes that required legislative actions, of which 114 were approved and 66 are still pending to be amended. Another 40 norms need to be drafted, according to Diario Libre. The Chamber of …

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The National Institute of Transit and Terrestrial Transport (Intrant) is calling for interested parties to register their repair workshops on their website, so that they can be awarded the licensing contracts for vehicle inspections. According to Law 63-17, Article 166, motor vehicles have to be inspected each year by Intrant to receive the new Technical …

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The executive vice president of the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), Ruben Jiménez Bichara announced that the impasse over the US$708 million demanded by Odebrecht to complete the Punta Catalina coal-fired power generation terminal in Peravia would be heard in a New York City arbitration court. Jiménez said this would not interrupt the construction of …

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