2019 – Page 226

On Monday 25 March, 2019, the National Salaries Committee (CNS) that brings together representatives of the employees, employers and government, met to analyze and seek consensus about what percentage and under what conditions minimum salaries should be increased in the private sector. No agreements were reached. Employers are demanding a reclassification of business prior to …

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According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), economic growth for the Dominican Republic will slow down to 5.5% in 2019, after having had the highest growth in Latin America last year. On average, Latin America economic growth is expected to be only 2%. The IMF report has been issued following the recent IMF mission visit …

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On Monday, 25 March 2019, National District Mayor David Collado inaugurated the Paseo Marítimo, the 3.5 km eastern stretch of the Av. George Washington (Malecón) from Calle Huascar Tejeda to the Fray Antón de Montesinos Monument, adjacent to the Colonial City. He said the renovations were financed by the private sector at a cost of …

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The Medina government says that remodelling works have turned the Maternidad Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia into one of the most modern maternity hospitals in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Medina administration invested RD$1.07 billion in the remodelling that took over six years. The director of the National Health System (SNS) Chanel Rosa Chupany …

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President Danilo Medina returned on Saturday, 23 March 2019, from participating in an unofficial meeting with US President Donald Trump and four other Caribbean heads of government at the Trump-owned Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. He brought back promises of increased collaboration in business from the United States. It was later reported that the US …

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It’s an opportunity to learn about livestock and farm products and meet the producers. But it’s also an opportunity to buy fresh products at bargain prices from the producers themselves. This includes products not normally available in supermarkets, such as a variety of mushrooms and sweets from all around the country. A great variety of …

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The Dominican Republic’s London Olympic Games silver medalist and 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games gold medalist, Luguelín Santos, and his brother Juan Santos announced they will be continuing their training for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Dominican Republic. They announced their breakup with their long-time trainer, José Ludwig Rubio, who had relocated from Puerto …

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National District prosecutor Rosalba Ramos says that the lead suspect in the murder of 40-year old Cristina García Torne on Friday, 22 March 2019 is her maid, 31-year old Fatin Leonarda Falcón Alvino. Falcón was arrested by the police hours after the corpse of García was found in her apartment on the 12th floor of …

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48-year old Frenchman Sebastien Fabrice Derriot was arrested in Puerto Plata. He was detained at Calle Almendra in Residencial Procab in Cabarete. The arrest came after the Supreme Court of Justice issued an arrest order in response to a request from a court in France. The Frenchman is accused in France of money laundering, criminal …

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After the story broke on NBC News on Friday, 22 March 2019, 47-year old former priest Hadmel Frías Gatón (Hadmels DeFrias) found himself without a job by the following Monday. He had been teaching English at a private school, Colegio del Caribe, in Pueblo Bávaro, a residential area in Punta Cana since February 2018. Frías …

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