2018 – Page 77

The city government of the National District ordered the shutdown for a week of the digital outdoor billboard located on Av. 27 de Febrero and Av. Abraham Lincoln after the latter turned the heavily trafficked intersection into what many describe as “porno theater”. The ADN ordered the company be fined with RD$500,000 and the matter …

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Controversial TV journalist Cesar Medina died on Thursday, 20 September 2018, of liver cancer. He had received treatment at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. At the time of his death he was vice minister of bilateral foreign policy for the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Follow the story in Spanish: Cesar Medina Desde la Republica Dominicana …

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42-year old Fernando Rainieri Soto did not survive the severe injuries received when crashing into the protective barrier alongside the Autovía del Este (between La Romana and San Pedro de Macorís). He was returning to Santo Domingo from Punta Cana. As reported, he was avoiding a minibus that had crossed over into his lane. He …

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Late last week there were headlines about a “lawyer” who was found in his car dead of several bullet wounds. The National Police reported over the weekend that Feliz Manuel Lorenzo Pula, who was found in his car on the Santo Domingo Beltway, was not a lawyer, although he passed himself off as one. Lorenzo …

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Fitch Ratings placed Dominican Power’s long-term national rating S.A. (DPP) ‘AA (sun)’ in Negative Observation. Likewise, it placed in Negative Observation the rating of its issuance of corporate bonds of ‘AA (dom)’. The rating action incorporates the unplanned shutdown of its sister company AES Andrés that suffered an accident on 3 September 2018 supposedly when …

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Art. 49 of the Political Parties Law 33-18 makes it obligatory for a person to be a member of a political party in order to run for office in the general elections. This is a new requirement beyond those established in the 2015 Constitution for the positions of president, vice president, legislator and city government …

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Truckers from the National Federation of Dominican Transportation (Fenatrado) said truckers would continue to take the detour around the tollbooths on the Santo Domingo Beltway between the Autopista Duarte and the 6 November Highway. Ricardo de los Santos, the Fenatrado president, criticized as too expensive the tolls truckers have to pay on the beltway. He …

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Government negotiators convinced National Federation of Dominican Transportation (Fenatrado) to desist of the nationwide cargo 72-hour strike they had called to start Tuesday, 25 September 2018 at 6am. Fenatrado is the nation’s largest freight hauling syndicate and has grown by using force to impose a practical monopoly on cargo transport with the lenience of government. …

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During the 19 September 2018 session, the Senate approved a US$150 million loan to finance the Government Sustainable Agroforestry Development Program. The program, a collaboration of the Technical Executing Unit of the Agroforestry Development Projects (UTEPSA) and the Ministry of Public Works, will be implemented in seven provinces: Elías Piña, San Juan, Azua, Independence, Bahoruco …

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The Metropolitan Office of Bus Service (OMSA) announced late last week that they were beginning trial runs on a new route up and down Abraham Lincoln Avenue in Santo Domingo. The trial runs are to test whether this route is viable and sustainable in order to make it official. Through a press release, the OMSA …

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