2019 – Page 104

A report in El Nacional newspaper says acting US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) chief Uttam Dhillon personally delivered to the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) authorities the file on drug capo Cesar Emilio Peralta in a visit he made to the country on 18 July 2019. As reported in El Nacional, shortly after, Peralta was …

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The Dominican ambassador to the United States, José Tomás Pérez has tweeted asking for a credible explanation for the government laissez-faire regarding the drug capo César Emilio Peralta (a.k.a. César El Abusador) scandal. Pérez’s statement came after the US Treasury announced it will be applying the Kingpin Act to Peralta and his drug trafficking organization. …

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The Dominican cement industry will produce more than 4.8 million metric tons of cement this year for the domestic or export markets, a record for the local industry. Adriano Brunetti and Julissa Báez shared the statistic on the occasion of announcing the upcoming meeting of the regional cement industry in Punta Cana. The country will …

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Engineer Claudia Franchesca de los Santos of the director of the National Ground Transport & Transit Institute (Intrant) wants the Intrant to gets its share of traffic fines. Law 63-17 on Mobility, Land, Transport, Transit and Road Safety establishes that the Attorney General Office should deliver 25% of the resources generated by fines to the …

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The Ministry of Culture is sponsoring several cultural events for the rest of the year. During a press conference, Culture Minister Eduardo Selman shared dates of some of these. The planned activities are:24 August. National Folklore Day celebration with group performances at, including a Fraternities Meeting (Encuentro de las Cofradías) on Saturday, 24 August at …

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“El Vestidor”, the play by British playwright Ronald Harwood, opens at the Sala Ravelo, the theater hall of the National Theater this 23-25 August 2019. It tells the story of an aging actor’s personal assistant, who struggles to keep his charge’s life together. Leading Dominican actors perform in the drama. These are Giovanny Cruz, Exmin …

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The Coffee Festival “Coffeest 2019” will be held on 24-25 August 2019 at the Centro Cultural Español, the Spanish Embassy cultural center located in the Colonial City. Dominican producers will be holding presentations on the product and its preparation. There will be product sales and tastings. Activities will take place from 10am to 8pm. Ramírez …

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Nathaly Ramírez, a 30-year old cooking aficionado, was chosen the MasterChef for the Dominican Republic during the reality show’s closing episode on Sunday, 18 August 2019. She is a graduate in international business from the State University of Utah and works in international cooperation at the Ministry of Public Health. She learned to cook from …

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In nine days’ time, on 30 August 2019, Marlin Martinez will have completed two years in jail for the death of the teenager Emely Peguero, which happened in August 2017. Martínez was originally sentenced to five years in jail but the sentence was reduced to two years as the court determined that her involvement in …

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On Monday night, 19 August 2019, 12 prisoners escaped from the preventive jail in Mao, Valverde province in the northwest of the country. The group escaped by breaking the bars at the rear of their cell. So far two have been rearrested, Michael García and Heriberto Reyes Rosario. Both were injured with shots to their …

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