2019 – Page 275

More than 10,000 tareas (6,290,000 m2) of the nation’s National Forests are under attack by a well-known enemy: the bark beetle commonly known as the six-spined engraver beetle (Ips calligraphus). The Ministry of the Environment has created a task force to deal with the problem. Manuel Serrano, the deputy minister for Forest Resources, told reporters …

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In La Cienega, in Barahona province, at least four persons were injured when a explosion occurred in a rustic larimar mine located in Bahoruco. The injured were taken to Jaime Mota Regional University Hospital in Barahona. Elias Cuevas Rubio, Andres Rubio Lopez, Francisco (no last name) and Luis Rubio Lopez were the victims of the …

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The small aircraft that crashed last week in the municipality of San Rafael de Yuna, in the province of La Altagracia, was a homemade project. Authorities say this is apparently a new step in the efforts of drug traffickers to move their cargoes in what are literally “throw-away” aircraft. Informants within the government told reporters …

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The predominance of the Executive Power in a country where the ruling party practically controls the three branches of government, could lead to the fossilization of the independence of the Judiciary, warned lawyer Felix Olivares when participating in the Political Dimension of an Independent Judicial Power organized by the Action for Justice and Security Coalition. …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) commission in charge of investigating how now deported Colombian capo Jimenez Monsalve (Machete) obtained Dominican identification papers – ID (cédula), driver’s license, passport, arms holding permission – revealed that the trail for the issuing of documents started with the presentation of a forged Venezuelan birth certificate that established that Machete …

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The District Attorney for the National District carried out several raids on businesses suspect to be in violation of the Tax Code and tax evasion for over RD$4 billion. The interventions were carried out against the Tremols Group and its affiliated companies and shareholders. Some 18 prosecutors supported by investigators and technical personnel from the …

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In less than 72 hours, 10 persons lost their lives on just the highways and roads of the Cibao Valley and its environs. In Santiago a “concho” of the F route crashed with another, private vehicle, resulting in the deaths of two persons at the scene and the later passing of a third person in …

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A video shows Digesett traffic agents rescuing a baby cat from inside the tunnel of the Las Americas Expressway. The video shows the two agents capturing the scared and apparently lost kitten. Had the agents not rescued the kitten, the likelihood was that it would have been killed by the one of the thousands of …

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A recent analysis carried out by the Center for Economic Studies at the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) showed a growth over the last nine years of remittances sent by expatriate Dominicans back to the country. Remittances from the United States are the biggest part of the total, but are not the largest …

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Authorities of the Santiago Water and Sewer Corporation (CORAASAN) reported very late last week that the water level at the Tavera Dam is currently at a critically low level. The Coraasan says that they need 124 million gallons per day to satisfy the demand, but they only have 108 million available. The former president of …

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