2019 – Page 270

The province of Samaná is now serviced by the 911 Emergency System. The service coordinates efforts of 264 police agents and 115 medical workers (doctors, nurses, paramedics, ambulance drivers) of 503 other security and health workers, that are backed by 22 pickups, 23 motorcycles, 12 ambulances, speed boats and fire engines. The government says that …

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The Ministry of Tourism published the controversial resolution 002/2017 that amends the maximum number of floors for the construction of high rises in the Punta Cana tourist destination area. The resolution was published a year and three months after it was enacted by the Ministry, in violation with set Ministry of Tourism procedures. The resolution …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic announced on 31 January 2019 that it would maintain its monetary policy reference interest rate at the current 5.5%. This decision was based on the -0.22% inflation rate for December, ending the year at 1.17%. The underlying inflation, which isolates the effects of volatile components, closed the year …

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Administrative Minister of the Presidency José Ramón Peralta says the Medina administration has done nothing to advance the process of renegotiating of the DR-CAFTA free trade agreement. Peralta made the remark during his participation in an event where he was honored for his contributions to the manufacturing free zone sector at the Centro de Innovación …

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Young talents are coming together on Saturday, 2 February and Sunday, 3 February 2019 for the presentation of Santo Domingo Pop on the grounds of the National Botanical Gardens in Santo Domingo. As of 3pm, the arts festival opens to educate, entertain, promote and preserve the identity of Dominicans. Santo Domingo Pop is described as …

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The pioneering film festival, Festival de Cine Global opened at the National Theater on Wednesday, 30 January with the premiere of Mexican comedy, “Como si fuera la primera vez”. The comedy was filmed at the Lantica studios in Juan Dolio. Director Mauricio Valle and actors Ximena Romo, Paco Ruedas and Alejandro Camacho were here for …

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Culture Minister Eduardo Selman announced that the Santo Domingo International Book Fair (FILSD2019) set for 26 April to 5 May 2019 will be dedicated to the late Dominican writer Virgilio Díaz Grullón. Puerto Rico has been named the guest country for the event. A large delegation from neighboring Puerto Rico is expected to attend the …

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The Estrellas Orientales are preparing to travel to Panama on Friday, 31 January 2019 to play the Caribbean Series that will be held 4-10 February at the Rod Carew Stadium in Panama City. The event is organized by the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation(CBPC). Juan Francisco Puello Herrera, the Dominican commissioner for the CBPC, said that …

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Peravia senator Wilton Guerrero told reporters that Rafael Antonio Díaz (Buche), the drug trafficker under arrest for the death of Police colonel Daniel Ramos Alvarez from the La Preventiva jail in Baní had recently ordered two persons who had placed legal claims against him to be arrested by the authorities. Guerrero alleges that the alias …

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Former ambassador Donni Santana was sent to a year pre-trial custody at the San Pedro de Macoris jail. He is accused of raping his 14-year old step daughter. Former National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso told the press that the mother of the girl is also under investigation. Santana was fired last year from his …

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