2018 – Page 62

Juan Hubieres, spokesman for the Fenatrano passenger transport association on Wednesday, 10 October 2018, called a press conference at the Casa Nacional del Movimiento Rebelde to essentially set a deadline for the government to publicly state what they want to discuss and what they have to offer the country. He announced Fenatrano affiliates would continue …

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Dominicans export more to Commonwealth Countries than is imported, according to Fernando González Nicolás, president of the Commonwealth Roundtable in the Dominican Republic when speaking during the Embassy of Canada Thanksgivings Day luncheon on Monday, 8 October 2018. The event is organized by the Canadian Dminican Chamber of Commerce (Canchamrd). He said Dominican exports in …

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Keynote speaker at the Canadian-Dominican Chamber of Commerce Thanksgivings Day luncheon, on Monday, 8 October 2018, Canadian Ambassador Shauna Hemingway stressed the important bilateral relations and the potential of Canada as a partner of the Dominican Republic. The ambassador observed that many Canadians came as tourists for the first time, but then fell in love …

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Education Minister Andrés Navarro and National District Mayor David Collado signed an agreement to promote civic education programs. The strategic agreement calls for implementing projects in classrooms to strengthen the educational system in the capital city of Santo Domingo. The agreement, which was signed at the InterContinental Hotel on Av. Winston Churchill, will extend the …

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President Danilo Medina visited the Edwards Lifesciences Corporation manufacturing plant at the Parque Industrial Itabo in Haina in the southern province of San Cristóbal. Edwards Lifesciences is a global leader in the field of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring. The company manufactures innovative technologies in the areas of structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, …

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President Danilo Medina was in Santiago on Wednesday, 10 October 2018, for the official start of the Digital Republic program that incorporates 34 government services online, including health, education and migration. Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo said that 92 government programs in Santiago are now linked and can be accessed through 130 new Wi Fi points …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) will maintain the alerts for 11 provinces for flooding and mudslides. There is a green alert in place for Monte Plata, La Vega, Monseñor Nouel, Hato Mayor, Sánchez Ramírez, Santiago, Barahona, San Cristóbal, Puerto Plata and Dajabón. San Juan de la Maguana is on yellow alert. The COE said that …

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Puerto Plata has again seen flooding of houses and roads from Monday night 8 October, 2018. The flooding was in the neighborhood of Puerto Rico, Gregorio Luperón housing project, Dubeau (Los Callejones), La Viara and Las Mercedes. In addition Guancho Escaños Avenue flooded as well as the Malecon and Manolo Tavares Justo Avenue. Intense rain …

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Yet again the preliminary hearing at a National District court in the case of Víctor Portorreal, known as Chaman Chacra, has been postponed. He is accused of murdering his partner and her three children. Judge Arisleidy Méndez Batista, made the decision to postpone, for the same reason as the previous times: the accused lawyer was …

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A National District court has agreed to a request of the defense lawyers of the accused Alejandro (Chito) Asmar Sánchez to assign a neurologist to examine the defendant, who has repeatedly refused to attend court hearings for supposed health reasons. The judge ordered that a Dominican Medical College a neurology specialist conduct clinical evaluations to …

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