2019 – Page 281

Some 20 kilometers of the border with Haiti are populated by avocado trees, as part of a huge agricultural venture that reaches into the shelves of Walmart. Over 70,000 tareas (422,000,000 m2) of land in the area of El Calimete in the impoverished province of Elias Piña has been planted with highly selected varieties of …

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The US$125 million cost of the complete restructuring of Puerto Plata bay for multiple usage will be covered by the concessionaire, Puerto Plata Post Investment, which won the public tender for the project. The basic idea is to convert the old Puerto Plata city port area into a center for import-export commerce. The commercial name …

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The Santiago Water and Sewer Corporation (CORAASAN) has begun the installation of a major improvement in the water supply for the people that live to the south of the Yaque River and to the west of the metropolis. The area of La Canela and the new “Juan Bosch City” development will have a steady water …

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The head of the state-owned Dominican Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), Ruben Jimenez Bichara says the entity had broken the US$500 million barrier of the company’s payment deficit in 2018, ending the year at US$665 million. The government had planned to transfer some US$425 million into the sector in 2018, but because of an increase in the …

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President Danilo Medina received the letters of credence for the ambassadors of Argentina, Colombia, France, Kuwait and South Africa on Friday, 18 January 2019 at the Presidential Palace. Also present was Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado. The new ambassadors are:Argentina. Nora Elizabeth Capello, for this lawyer, it is her first ambassadorial position. Colombia. Nohora Stella …

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Peravia province senator, Wilton Guerrero, has said that the director of the National Police, Ney Aldrin Bautista, should resign as the director of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has done. Senator Guerrero said that the resignation of Major General José Eugenio Matos de la Cruz, from the DNCD was a responsible decision and suggested …

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President Danilo Medina issued Decree 39-19 to appoint Félix Alburquerque Comprés the new president of the National Drug Control Agency. The appointment came after the resignation on Friday, 18 January 2019, of former director, Major General José Eugenio Matos de la Cruz, following the murder of a highly respected police colonel in a controversial incident …

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President Danilo Medina acknowledged on Friday, 18 January 2019, as the nation began the Altagracia Day-long weekend, that drug trafficking has permeated the military and security agencies. Nevertheless, the President said the situation is not a threat to the country and that there is a constant struggle to fight the scourge given the criminal organizations …

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On Monday, 21 January 2019 President Danilo Medina was in the eastern city of Higuey for Church’s Basilica de la Altagracia in Higuey to pray. The media reported on the chaos outside the Basilica when the President arrived in time to participate in the 10am mass. Medina was accompanied by First Lady Cándida Montilla; Education …

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The Estrellas Orientales of San Pedro de Macoris are the favorite to win, but nothing is decided yet as the Toros del Este of La Romana, under Arturo de Freites, are sure to put up a worthy fight for the 2018-2019 Dominican Professional Winter Baseball Championship. The Estrellas won the regular season 29-21 and the …

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