2018 – Page 42

President Danilo Medina joined his colleagues from Panama, El Salvador and Cuba, on state visits to China last week, As part of their agendas, Presidents Danilo Medina (Dominican Republic) Juan Carlos Varela (Panama), Salvador Sánchez Cerén (El Salvador) and Miguel Díaz-Canel (Cuba) gave talks and participated at each country’s stand at the China International Import …

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As of Sunday, when it is 9am in the US it will be 8am in the Dominican Republic. Time in the Dominican Republic doesn’t change so when clocks in the US turned backward, ending daylight savings time on Sunday, 4 November, when the difference in time went into effect. The DR stays on standard time. …

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A man who killed his 15-year old ex-girlfriend in Gualey had been detained the previous weekend for allegedly committing physical abuse. After his release, the local community prosecutor issued an order of Protection for the girl, but this was not worth much, as things turned out. He borrowed a pistol from a brother to commit …

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On Thursday, 2 November 2018 at around 5am, a man was killed and several others injured at the 24/7 MacDonald’s located on Av. Abraham Lincoln Avenue in Santo Domingo. The victims were identified as 38-year old Ariel Rodríguez Serrata, injured in a shootout in the parking lot around 5am between customers. Rodríguez was diagnosed with …

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19-year old Cleveland baseball prospect Jairo Capellan died in a tragic accident on Las Americas Expressway on Saturday around noon near the toll booth. Others that were injured were fellow Cincinnati Baseball Academy students, Raul Hernandez and Emilio Garcia. They were driving in a Kia K5 that crashed into the lane divider. Read more in …

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Businessman and politician José Rafael Abinader died on Sunday, 4 November 2018 at around 6:45am. He suffered from liver cancer. Abinader is the founder of the Universidad Dominicana O&M University. He served as minister of finance and senator to Santiago. He is the father of the former presidential candidate for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), …

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Supreme Court Judge Francisco Ortega set for 29 November 2018 the continuing of the Odebrecht US$92 million bribes case. The Attorney General has brought charges against eight men in the case: Senator Tommy Alberto Galán, businessman Ángel Rondón Rijo; former Public Works Minister Víctor José Díaz Rúa, former INAPA director Juan Roberto Rodríguez Hernández, former …

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Investigative TV reporter Alicia Ortega says that Dominican Chamber of Deputies legislators have spent almost RD$300 million in airline tickets and travel expenses in less than six years. Dominican taxpayers have foot the bill for these expenses that included more than 1,500 trips abroad. The authorized trips included attending courses on how to win an …

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The National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) will be reviewing credentials of a preliminary list of 72 pre-candidates registered to replace retiring judges in the Constitutional Court. The CNM said that Constitutional judges Idelfonso Reyes, Leyda Piña and Jottin Cury declined to continue in their posts and Victor Gomez Berges is of retiring age. The …

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The president of the joint commission of Congress that is studying the 2019 National Budget Law revealed last week that the budget contains 0.7% of the GDP for the re-capitalizing of the Central Bank. Senator Dionis Sanchez said that the members of the committee will be inviting bank authorities to a meeting to discuss the …

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