2019 – Page 13

The Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) announces a demonstration of its large following for Sunday, 15 December 2019 at 3pm. The PRM chose to kick off the political caravan at the same Nicolas de Ovando Avenue with Ortega y Gasset Avenue corner continuing south to the Malecon as announced earlier by the ruling Dominican Liberation Party …

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Senator Félix Bautista, who won the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) candidacy to bid for reelection as senator for San Juan de la Maguana, confirms he is staying in the PLD. He said his pals are in the party. Bautista ran for the position against deputy Lucia Medina, sister to President Danilo Medina. Bautista has …

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The housing and construction sectors are expected to benefit from the Securities Market Superintendence (SIMV) approval of the first securities issuance program. The first of its kind in the Dominican Republic, it was approved for up to RD$2 billion. Carlos Marranzini, general manager of the Dominican Tiltling Company (TIDOM), said: “This is a milestone in …

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Energy corporation executives were at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday, 11 December 2019 to announce together with President Danilo Medina advances in the conversion of 750 MW of power generation to natural gas by February 2020. After the meeting, the executive vice president of the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), Rubén Jiménez Bichara announced the …

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InterEnergy Group announced the forming of a joint venture with Blink Charging Co. to develop electric vehicle charging station products in the east of the country. “We are very excited to enter the electric mobility market. We see the roll-out of a network of EV charging stations as a key part of our mission to …

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InterEnergy Group Ltd and AES Dominicana will be operating as Energia Natural Dominicana (Enadom) to market natural gas in the East of the country. The new corporation groups the power plants operating under the Compañía de Electricidad San Pedro de Macoris (CESPM), the Consorcio Energetico Punta Cana Macao (CEPM) that serves the communities of Bavaro, …

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V Energy S.A., the local branch of the French energy company Total, announced it has purchased 70% of the shares of Plater Investment S.A., a local natural gas distributor. At present, Total distributes natural gas through a marketing agreement with AES Dominicana. The announcement was by Philippe Jaurrey, executive director of V Energy. Read more …

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Hundreds of journalists and freedom of speech defenders showed up in support to muckraking journalist Marino Zapete. Zapete is being sued by Maybeth Virginia Rodríguez Sánchez, sister of Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez. Zapete in his El Jarabe show on 25 September 2019 on TeleRadioAmerica presented evidence collected by a lawyer on irregular contracting signed …

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The Justice Ministry in Montecristi authorized that Montecristi prosecutor Carmen Lisset Núñez and National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) agents involved in the drug scandal at a Villa Vasquez barbershop to post a RD$40,000 bond and go home for Christmas. Previously, she had been sentenced to six months of pre-trial custody. The Attorney General Office said …

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It looks like it will be the Toros del Este, the Leones del Escogido, the Tigres del Licey and the Aguilas Cibaeñas. The 2018-2019 defending champions, Estrellas Orientales and the Gigantes del Cibao have not managed to get the wins needed to move up in the standing. As of 12 December 2019, the standings are: …

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