2019 – Page 213

Police investigators now suspect a fatal traffic accident could be the explanation for the vanishing of US tourists Orlando Moore and Portia Ravenelle. The couple had vacationed in Samaná from 23-27 March 2019. Investigators are seeking to confirm whether a woman who had been found unconscious on the Las Americas Expressway on Wednesday, 27 March …

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According to a 5 April Global Agricultural Information Network report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Dominican Republic, which has one of the highest per capita wheat and wheat products consumption rates in Latin America, is forecast to consume 422,000 tonnes of wheat in 2019-20, up from 415,000 the previous year. Dominican imports …

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The European Union delegation in the Dominican Republic announced the celebration of Europe Week. This is a space where the general public can experience the diversity of Europe. The event begins with a Saturday, 4 May 2019, at the headquarters of the European Union in Santo Domingo. The open day from 9am to 1pm is …

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Six polling companies have registered with the Central Electoral Board (JCE) as required by new Electoral Regime Law 15-19. Political Parties Law 33-18 now allows for political parties participating in the 2020 general elections to choose their candidates by polling. The companies are Mark Penn, Asisa Research, Consultores Estratégicos de Marketing, Investigaciones RD, Sigma Dos …

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TV journalist Huchi Lora blasted out at new president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Luis Henry Molina, for his first remarks upon being sworn in at the Presidency on Monday, 8 April 2019. Lora was especially critical to the comment by Molina that he would seek “political consensus and social agreement” in his work. …

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The director of the Darío Contreras Trauma Hospital has launched a campaign to make people aware that instead of filming scenes of an accident they should be assisting the victim. He complained that many people give preference to making a video to post online rather than in helping the victim(s) or alerting 911, or simply …

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Foreign Relations Minister Miguel Vargas has inaugurated the Institute for Dominicans Overseas (INDEX) in Panama. INDEX will be in charge of affairs for the Dominicans in Panama and will have the responsibility for assisting Dominicans who are living abroad. Vargas said the Panama office is the first of many that will be opened abroad to …

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On Tuesday, 9 April 2019, President Danilo Medina was in Montecristi to inaugurate the first phase of the Inikia Energy’s Parque Eolico Agua Clara, a wind park with installed capacity for up to 50MW. The developer is IC Power DR Operations, S.A.S. Inikia Energy reports having made an investment of US$103 million in this first …

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A search is underway for a New York couple who took a vacation to the Dominican Republic and suddenly vanished, with no sign of them for nearly two weeks. Orlando Moore, 43 and his girlfriend, Portia Ravenelle, aged 32, had arrived on a flight from Newark on 23 March 2019 and were scheduled to return …

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