2019 – Page 261

Turmoil in Ouanaminthe, Haiti on the border with Dajabón led the authorities to suspend the Monday market day on 11 February 2019. The Dominican government announced the staff of the Dominican consulate in Ouanaminthe was evacuated given the increased violent unreset. At the same time, border security was enhanced, according to the Dominican Army. Market …

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President Danilo Medina expropriated land along the 14.3km route the to-be-built Los Alcarrizos skylift would cover into Santo Domingo. The executive order is Decree 51-19. It would cover the land under and at both sides of the second skylift line to be built in Greater Santo Domingo. The fast transit system would link the municipalities …

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The Chamber of Deputies fast-tracked on Monday, 11 February 2019 the Electoral Regime Bill that had just been passed on Saturday, 9 February 2019 by the Senate in another single day of two vote calls. The bill was passed just as it was received from the Senate in the two readings. The PLD party is …

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Minister of Hacienda, Administrative Minister of the Presidency and Minister of Economy rejected the decision by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) by which the Dominican government would need to pick up most of the cost for the organization of the primaries for the political parties to choose their candidates for the 2020 general election. The …

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President Danilo Medina promised Tamboril, Santiago tobacco producers and tobacco makers RD$45 million in funding at the below market interest rate of 5% a year during his visit there on Sunday, 10 February 2019, the Presidency announced. The farmers are members of the recently-created Asociación de Productores y Artesanos de Cigarro de Tamboril, a local …

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In an unexpected ending, guest teams Panama and Cuba would play the finals of the Caribbean Series on Sunday, 10 February 2019, with Panama winning the series by defeating Cuba 3 to 1. Neither of the two teams, Panama or Cuba are members of the Caribbean Confederation of Professional Baseball and were added at last …

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Canadian authorities reported that 48-year old and 6 feet 4 inches tall Daniel-André (Grand Dan) Giroux faces gang- and drug-related charges, and appeared before a judge in Montreal courthouse on 6 February 2019, after hiding for 10 months in the Dominican Republic. He was on the Quebec province’s 10 most-wanted list. He is described as …

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Officers of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) and the US Marshal Service, in coordination with the Public Ministry, arrested a US citizen in the National District who is accused of drug trafficking in Florida. 52-year old Dennis John Grubb was arrested on Av. República de Colombia. He is accused of conspiracy and cocaine possession …

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A Santo Domingo court (Tercer Tribunal Colegiado de Santo Domingo Oeste) sentenced Darwin Trinidad Infante to 30 years in jail for the murder of nine-year old Carla Massiel Cabrera. In court he complained he was tricked and said he would kill a bunch of people (“Yo lo que voy a matar pila de gente para …

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The Office of Permanent Attention of West Santo Domingo imposed a three-month custody for seven persons accused of a scam to import junk or salvage cars that were then sold as good in the Dominican Republic. According to the news report, there are current and former members of the DGA involved together with other persons. …

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