2018 – Page 27

Local businessmen and economists met for the talk “The Border: From Problem to Opportunity” at the INTEC university in Santo Domingo. The talk focused on competitive advantages in both countries and what is needed to create half a million jobs on the border that would significantly reduce Haitian poverty and migration. Fernando Capellan, president of …

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Luis Ernesto Camilo, director of the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) announced the country will be signing eight new bilateral aviation agreements before the end of the year. He said agreements would be signed with Kenya, in Africa; Jamaica and Bahamas in the Caribbean region; the United Kingdom, North Ireland, Netherlands in Europe, South Korea and …

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The National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) has published the shortlist of 47 pre-candidates for the four vacancies of the Constitutional Court. These are: Cristian Aguiar Quezada, Braulio Alcántara, Agripino de la Cruz, judge Samuel Amaury Arias Arzeno, former prosecutor Máximo Aristy Caraballo, lawyer José Alejandro Ayuso de los Santos, María Batista Mejía, judge Alba …

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The Ministry of Interior & Police is giving green light for bars, discotheques and restaurants to stay open all night long. The curfew for alcohol sales is lifted from 1 December through 7 January 2018. He said the decision is part of a concession to businesses, recognizing the importance of the holidays for the food, …

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President Danilo Medina and First Lady Cándida Montilla, Vice President Margarita Cedeño and their families were present for the turning on of the lights of the Christmas decorations at the Presidential Palace on 21 November 2018. In addition to the traditional Christmas tree inside, Nativity scene and the show of lights in the palace gardens, …

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Helados Bon, the leading Dominican ice cream manufacturer, is enticing Dominicans to celebrate Christmas with their “Galleta Navideña” desert. The ice cream is a combination of creamy premium vanilla ice cream laced with tiny pieces of cookies laced with chocolate and ginger, accompanied with dulce de leche. 21 November 2018

Dominican baseball player Adrian Beltre of the Texas Rangers retired yesterday, Tuesday 20 November, after 21 seasons in a career in which he hit 477 home runs and became the first player from the Dominican Republic to have 3,000 hits. The 39-year-old third baseman announced his decision in a statement released by the Rangers, saying …

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The National Police has revealed details about the murder of lawyer pastor Santo Cedeño del Rosario, which took place on 17 October this year, when he was shot inside his vehicle in front of the Arca de Cristo church in La Romana. Arrested for the crime are Félix Antonio Martínez Valdez (aka) Liquito, who was …

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The Center for Guidance and Comprehensive Research (COIN) alerted on Tuesday, 20 November 2018, that the new drug Molly is being sold in the Dominican Republic. Santo Rosario, president of COIN said that four youths have already died for consumption of the lethal narcotic. The drug reportedly is sold in Capotillo, Cristo Rey, Villa Consuelo, …

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Miami media is reporting that Cuban Willie Falcon, one of South Florida’s most infamous “cocaine cowboys”, has been deported to the Dominican Republic after his bid to stay in the United States failed following his 20-year prison sentence on a drug-related money-laundering conviction. The man is described as responsible for the greatest wave of violence …

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