2019 – Page 218

Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCyT) Minister Alejandrina Germán announced the signing of an educational exchange with the Shandong Foreign Trade Vocational College of the People’s Republic of China. She said with the signing the Dominican Republic seeks Chinese cooperation in matters of sciences, technology and research and to strengthen trade relations with China. The …

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The Ministry of Tourism (Mitur) signed an agreement with the Presidential Office for Technology Information and Communication (OPTIC) to incorporate information on the services offered to the tourism industry at the Ministry of Tourism to the *462 helpline of the government. Tourism Minister Francisco Javier García signed for Mitur and Armando García for OPTIC. García …

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The new Supreme Court of Justice judges and the president of the higher court could be known today, 4 April 2019 in the late afternoon. The National Council of the Magistracy has scheduled the announcement of two to 12 judges to replace the judges. Of 12 possible replacements, nine are mandatorily from career judges, with …

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Former colonel of the Dominican Army Rafael Bienvenido Collado Ureña has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking at a Federal Court in Puerto Rico, having reached a deal with the Prosecution. Collado Ureña was facing three charges for conspiracy, importing and distribution of controlled substances from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. The parties agreed to …

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On Monday, 1 April 2019, the prosecution in the ‘Air Cocaine’ case asked for sentences between four and 25 years against nine of the accused. For the French pilots Bruno Odos and Pascal Fauret, seven years was requested. Marc Gouton, the prosecutor, also asked for the prohibition of all activities related to the aviation industry …

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Health authorities have reported 106 new cases of dengue in a week, which means there have been 866 cases so far this year. These figures show an increase of 294% over the same period last year. Of the total dengue cases this year, 389 have been during the last four weeks. The Ministry of Public …

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The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) has stated that it has notified Altice Dominicana and issued an Initial Infraction Certificate as part of the penalization process in place against the telecommunications company. Indotel is asking for reasonable information as to why the mobile telecom system of the company failed, leaving Altice users with no voice or …

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According to new data from hotel analytics firm STR, the Dominican Republic is continuing a full-fledged hotel development boom. The Caribbean’s most popular tourist destination has a total of 6,200 rooms in construction right now, or 8.7 percent of its existing hotel supply, reports Caribbean Journal. That is the largest number of rooms under construction …

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Spokesman for the ruling PLD party Gustavo Sanchez rejected the charge made by Miguel Franjul, executive editor of Listin Diario newspaper, at the semi-annual Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) press meeting held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from 29 to 31 March 2019. Franjul denounced the recently passed Political Parties Law and Electoral Regime Law as …

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Hacienda Minister Donald Guerrero denied the Dominican Republic is in arrears on long-term debt with Venezuela. Talking to Listin Diario, Guerrero said that last year the country paid US$30 million off the US$160 million Petrocaribe debt at the request of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and it was agreed by Maduro that the debt would …

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