2019News

Numbers of police being charged with offenses dramatically increases

The director of the National Police, Major General Ney Aldrin Bautista, has announced that from 2012 to 2018 some 3,235 police officers were dismissed, 4,979 were penalized and 6,609 were charged for a total of 14,823 officers disciplined. According to the statistics from the Internal Affairs department at the National Police, in 2018 alone there …
2019News

More power for Punta Cana-Bavaro

Wärtsilä has installed two new power plants to supply the increasing electricity demand to the growing tourist industry. These were commissioned by Consorcio Energético Punta Cana-Macao (CEPM), a privately-owned utility company. The baseload power plant will deliver a reliable supply of electricity to hotels, restaurants, local industries and residential customers in the popular tourist resorts …
2019News

Miguel Vargas promotes Dominican-German business in Berlin

Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas was in Germany for meetings to strengthen Dominican relations and discuss global agenda issues. During his visit, Vargas proposed an alliance for development and competitiveness between the Dominican Republic and Germany and to develop common ground for both countries to pursue a global agenda on strategic issues. Vargas made the remarks …
2019News

JCE meets with parties who are holding primaries

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) judges met on 19 February 2019 with representatives from five political parties that have announced they would hold their primaries on 6 October 2019. The meeting was to review the budgets for the process. JCE president Julio César Castaños Guzmán met with representatives of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Revolutionary …