2018 – Page 71

After protest commentaries flooded social media and then were picked up by radio, television, and print media commentators, the Dominican Professional Baseball League (Lidom) reported at the end of last week that they were postponing, without any future date, the activity they had programmed to announce the dedication of this year’s winter league baseball tournament …

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At the start of the weekend, a news story was the talk on TV and social media that described a man having been found bound hand and feet in a vehicle in the Naco section of the National District. However, National Police investigators determined that it was a poorly designed attempt to carry off a …

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The Office of the District Attorney for the National District brought in some 25,000 pieces of evidence to the First Collegiate Court of the National District with which they intend to establish the participation of each of the indicted on charges of fraud for some RD $1.4 billion committed at the Banco Peravia. The newly …

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A small businesswoman complained via her social media accounts that the judge at the Labor Court in La Vega handed down a sentence that would force her to pay RD$1,667,995.37 to an employee who earned RD$8,000 per month, and who had worked at the company for just three months and 25 days. Yeidry Reyes Luciano …

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Local Santo Domingo Stock Exchange stockbroker Santiago Camarena of Alpha Investments is hopeful that in less than three years companies will be putting their shares on a public market. At present, the Santo Domingo Stock Exchange only deals in commercial paper. Camarena is optimistic that by then tourism, agriculture, construction, real estate and public-private alliances …

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The United Nations is asking the Dominican Republic to step up efforts to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancies. In the Dominican Republic, 22% of teenagers, ages 12 to 19, have had a pregnancy. The critical UN press release was published on the occasion of the celebration of the World Day for Non-Planned Teenage Pregnancies …

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Following a series of reports published in the Diario Libre regarding human trafficking to and from Haiti, the Haitian government announced a commission would be sent to Santo Domingo to investigate the allegations of a mafia at the consulate. Likewise, the Haitian government announced a temporary suspension of the issuing of passports at the consulate. …

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The Dominican Army has begun Operation “Border Fence” as it seeks to reinforce certain critical areas considered vulnerable along the Dominican-Haitian border. The Defense Minister, Lieutenant General Ruben Dario Paulino Sem, said that some 360 soldiers, nearly a battalion, from the Dominican Air Force, Armada, and Army are taking part in the operation. He said …

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The Gallup-Hoy poll with findings published in Hoy newspaper on 1 October 2018 shows nothing is decided for the 2020 general elections. The poll was carried out from 16 to 21 September 2018. To the question of “Who would you like to be the next President?,” 14% equally said they would favor the three leading …

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Despite major opposition by residents in Santo Domingo East, the Ministry of Environment has given green light for the construction of a bus terminal in eastern Santo Domingo. The problem is that the site chosen by the Ministry of Public Works for the terminal cuts a chunk out of the Mirador del Este Park, the …

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