2019 – Page 269

Judge Alejandro Vargas issued pre-trial restricting orders for nine of the 10 accused by the Drug Agency (DGII) of tax evasion fraud for more than 4 billion. The judge ordered three months home arrest to Ramón Rafael Tremols Payero, founder of the Grupo Tremols. He also is banned from leaving the country, must wear an …

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Listín Diario shares a feature on those who have been in key government positions for decades. Among these are: Héctor Valdez Albizu, named governor of the Central Bank during the Balaguer administration in 1994. He would remain on the position until 2000. He was removed by then President Hipólito Mejía but was recalled back to …

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President of the Senate Reinaldo Parez Pérez (PLD-National District) says that his political party needs to come about a new model, more appropriate for the 21st Century, and move away from mechanisms and systems that have been inherited from the Trujillo dictatorship days. “Our party cannot continue looking for excuses or justifying the insecurity suffered …

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Writer, educator and academic of the Dominican Academy of the Language, Manuel Matos Moquete has been unanimously awarded with the National Prize of Literature 2019. Matos Moquete will receive the award granted by Corripio Foundation and the Ministry of Culture for his commendable trajectory and valuable contributions in research, analysis of discourse and literary criticism, …

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Adoption in the Dominican Republic is extremely difficult both for Dominicans as well as foreigners. The paperwork and bureaucracy is nearly endless. The new director of the National Children Council (Conani), Kenia Lora that oversees the abortions, wants to change this. Conani is the agency charged with protecting children and adolescents, attempt to reunite families …

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The Dominican State Sugar Council (CEA), once the bulwark of the nation’s economy, and now reduced to a shadow of its former greatness, has announced the possibilities and opportunities facing the entity with luring investors from China. Pedro Mota Pacheco, the head of the CEA, told El Día reporters that after establishing relations with the …

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Representatives of the Dominican state ratified on Wednesday, 30 January 2019, during a United Nations human rights meeting in Geneva the commitment of the Medina administration to continue working for the legislative approval for an amendment to the Penal Code to decriminalize abortion in three cases. The Dominican Penal Code, sanctioned by the National Congress …

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Santiago Water and Sewer Corporation (CORAASAN) director Silvio Durán has announced the start of several projects designed to improve the water supply in Santiago province. The projects will be funded by US$100 million in financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Durán said they are working with neighborhood boards and municipal governments in the projects. …

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A sample of students throughout the nation’s secondary schools will be surveyed in order to learn as much as possible regarding the prevalence of drug use within this sector of the population. The news was released by the National Drug Council, which will conduct the survey. The survey is an attempt to obtain scientific data …

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The Passport Agency announced it now has opened a Citizen Attention Center at the Punto GOB of the government located at the Sambill Mall on Av. John F. Kennedy. The new center will enable citizens to issue and renew their passports. Previously, the only center where this could be carried out was at the Centro …

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