2018 – Page 55

The Dominican Embassy in London, the British Chamber of Commerce and the UK Embassy in the Dominican Republic opened the events for the 7th Dominican Week in the United Kingdom in an event head by Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado in London last week. Activities are coordinated by Dominican ambassador in the UK, Federico Cuello …

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President Danilo Medina inaugurated the first installation for the manufacture of vulcanized rubber boots for use in rain and snow in the Dominican Republic. The plant is owned by the Chinese DJM Footwear Corporation. The company is located in the Tamboril Industrial Free Zone and is a subsidiary of the Chinese Ningshing Holdings Corporation, a …

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US technology policy expert and former senior advisor for innovation to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Alec Ross and Victor di Bari, are two of the guest speakers at the Claro Tec Empresarial high-tech telecom conference taking place 18 and 19 October 2018, at the grounds of the Embajador Hotel. Ross is the author …

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News talk shows and social media are analyzing the dissident vote of judges Miriam Brito and Juan Hiroito Reyes in the Supreme Court of Justice revision of the First Collegiate Court of the National District sentence for 30 years in jail to Blas Peralta, the former kingpin of the nation’s leading truckers’ association, Fenatrado. The …

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The First Collegiate Court of the National District sentenced on Wednesday, 18 October 2018, Brayan Peter Félix Paulino (Mariachi) to 30 years in jail and Francisco Alberto de Jesús Caraballo de 20 years in jail for participation in several assaults under ring-leader, the late John Percival. These two are also sentenced to compensate the relatives …

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Residents in Santo Domingo observed since dawn of Wednesday, 18 October 2018, plumes of black smoke caused by a major fire at a warehouse and motorcycle assembly manufacturer identified as Kuso Motors/ Susana Hermanos in Villa Juana that housed motorcycle parts and hardware goods, in northern National District. The fire started at around 6pm on …

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Diario Libre alerts that green iguanas are reproducing in the Dominican Republic at alarming rates and represent a major threat to local wildlife. Environmentalists say the iguana is running wild in Los Haitises and Peravia province and is a threat to local species. The reptile was noticed on 3 October 2018 by an tour group …

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The governmental bus service, OMSA ordered free service on Wednesday, 17 October 2018, in response to the announced work stoppage by Fenatrano bus units. Hector Mojica, director of the entity, said that Omsa service was reinforced by units lent to it by the Ministry of Education, the Cesac, Air Force, Customs, Port Authority and other …

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The coordinator of Participación Ciudadana civic group criticized the surliness (tigueraje) present in Congress and the negative attitude that permeates the Chamber of Deputies legislators. Miriam Diaz Santana said the attitude, evidenced by a video that is circulating on social media of the Tuesday, 16 October 2018, session is shameful. She rebuked the behavior of …

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Spanish online news media, El Confidential says that Spanish judiciary is investigating the donation of US$500,000 that allegedly was paid to the Dominican government by Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce of Spain then under Miguel Sebastián who served under the government of José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero. The US$500,000 was reportedly to train staff that …

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