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Italian authorities are investigating alleged corruption acts by the Italian engineering firm, Maire Tecnimont SpA. The company is the co-contractor with the Brazilian firm Odebrecht, of the Punta Catalina thermoelectric central, the largest public work underway by the Medina administration. The Italian government began the investigation at the request of the non-governmental organization, Common. Fianza …

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Some 30,000 of the nation’s trucker cartel parked their units on Friday, 15 March 2019, to protest the government’s lack of transparency regarding the price of fuels. On Thursday, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce had addressed the leaders of the transportation organization, but according to Ricardo de los Santos, the president of the National Federation …

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The government, by way of the Coordinating Roundtable of Water Resources, announced late last week that it would implement new measures to deal with the drought situation that is affecting 95% of the population. The drought has caused major losses in farming and livestock. It has affected farm production, especially in the northwest and southwest. …

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While recognizing the efforts of the government in the province, the Council for the Strategic Development of Santiago (CDES) has issued a call for a series of infrastructure projects that will aid in the economic development of the province as well as the entire region. These projects are the completion of the highway expansion from …

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In an effort to reduce contamination and to maintain a viable ecosystem, several entities have released tens of thousands of fingerlings (tiny fish) into the Yaque del Norte, the country’s most important river in agricultural and environmental terms. Dario Cruz Holguin, the president of the ISA alumni association (Instituto Superior de Agricultura), told reporters that …

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The city government of the National District (ADN) reaffirmed that City Order No. 2/2017 restricts truck traffic on the sea-bordering Malecón of Santo Domingo. The capital city government says it will be enforcing the measure. The measure establishes that from Monday to Friday heavy trucks are only allowed to transit on the avenue from 12am …

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The Dominican Journalists Guild (CDP) Santiago de los Caballeros chapter and the regional office of the Ministry of Public Health have combined efforts for a vaccination campaign against diphtheria, tetanus and influenza. According to Lisa Gonzalez, a member of the board of the CDP branch, told reporters that the reach of the campaign is CDP …

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Politicians have 15 days to remove political propaganda from public streets and spaces, according to a note from the Central Electoral Board (JCE). The JCE is instructing the municipal electoral boards to request that the city governments take actions to remove the propaganda for the 2020 general elections. The Political Parties Law 33-18 bans the …

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The National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) announced on Friday, 15 March 2019, that it has a list of 79 persons that will be evaluated for the positions available at the Supreme Court of Justice. The list of names will be released on Monday. During a press conference called at the Presidential Palace, the secretary …

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The Santo Domingo skylift that transports passengers over the Ozama River is shut down for 15 days. Extra Omsa buses have been assigned to mitigate the absence of the public transport system. The buses will be serving passengers from the Los Tres Brazos Santo Domingo Metro station to the Ercilia Pepín station, and from the …

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