2019 – Page 254

The National Police reports that the National Institute of Forensic Sciences autopsy requested for the remains of Venezuelan Virginia Carolina Rojas reports the 27-year old died from “violent death by suicide. The report A-0109-2019 indicates the cut she received on the left side of her neck caused profuse bleeding and a quick death. The autopsy …

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The National Police announced on Monday, 18 February 2019 it has arrested 13 men for participating in illegal motorbike racing on the Hato Mayor-San Pedro de Macoris road in the east over the weekend. The Police seized 15 motorcycles, four cars, six boxes with spare parts for motorcycles and tools. The Police are increasing their …

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A contingent of United States’ special forces with amphibian vehicles and anti-terrorist equipment is participating in training exercises alongside the Dominican military at the Las Calderas naval base in Bani. The training exercises focus on the rescue of hostages in situations based on past real life events. The troops from the United States’ Southern Command …

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The civil society organization, Participación Ciudadana announced the chair of Transparency International, Delia Ferreira Rubio, will be visiting from 19 to 21 February 2019. The Dominican people say corruption is high in the country, as captured in the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index, a Transparency International survey. A former government officer, today senator Felix Bautista, was …

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The Dominican Association of Independent Electricity Generators (ADOSEA) once again calls on authorities to allow companies to serve tourism communities that are connected to the national electricity distribution network. Marcos Ortega Fernandez, the president of Adosea, says that an example of this need are the recent blackouts in Las Terrenas and El Limón after a …

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Dr. Julio Amado Castaños Guzmán, rector of the Universidad Iberoamericana (Unibe) and president of the Patronato del Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud, says the time has come to be more selective in who gets to study medicine in the Dominican Republic. He suggests only individuals with extraordinary qualifications should be admitted to …

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Every two years the Ministry of Labor, business and labor sector interests meet to discuss adjustments to the minimum wage. These discussions are due now. Business groups are again calling for a precise classification of the micro, small and medium enterprises that are grouped here as Mipymes. Those affected say that the categorizing of these …

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The president of the Permanent Interior and Police Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Orlando Espinosa (PLD-San Cristóbal) expressed his concern with the escalating violent protests in Haiti. He urged international community to once again come to the aid of Haiti that is facing a very serious political, economic and social crisis. As reported in …

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Vice President Margarita Cedeño announced the government is doubling the number of families with children in public school that will benefit from the School Bonus Program. The Bono Escolar Estudiando Progreso (BEEP) assigns bonus cash payments by grade level up to RD$1,200 per family/month and at post-secondary vocational level to RD$1,400 per family/month. The bonds …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) and the Dominican Armada confirmed speculations that a capsized fiberglass boat recovered drifting at Km 13 of Las Americas Expressway, along the Caribbean Sea had been used for drug trafficking. On Friday, 15 February 2019, the Armada units recovered the boat, without crew. It was taken to the Sansouci …

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