2019 – Page 284

According to Carlos Devers, DNCD spokesman, not only has the drug sales point where Bani Colonel Daniel Ramos Alvarez was killed been raided several times, but the man called Buche, (Rafael Antonio Diaz), has also been arrested several times. The commission made up of the Police and the Public Prosecution Agency, investigating the death of …

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Given the wave of violence in the first 15 days of 2019, the National Police has announced a number of changes of senior officers in the National District and the provinces of Santo Domingo, Santiago, Dajabón, Azua, María Trinidad Sánchez and Samaná. The new head as director of the Anti-gang department of the National Police …

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Dr. Eddy Bruno, director of the Burns’ Unit at the Ney Arias Lora Hospital, says that the three patients who were burned by the boiler explosion at the Cerantra recycling plant in western Santo Domingo remain in serious condition, with burns covering between 100 and 98% of their bodies. The burns are so severe that …

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Mining company Barrick Pueblo Viejo has announced that due to a decrease in the price of gold and an increase in their operating costs, the company has decided to dismiss 222 workers from the Cotui mine, located in Sanchez Ramirez province. The mine company spokesman said that since October 2018, employees have been given the …

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Inspectors from the Migration Agency (DGM) accompanied by members of the military have arrested hundreds of Haitians who had invaded land in the communities around the Parque Nacional Juan Bautista Perez Rancier (Valle Nuevo) in Constanza municipality, La Vega province. The operation began around 5am on Tuesday, 15 January 2019, in the communities of Las …

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President Danilo Medina convened the next session of the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) for Wednesday, 16 January 2019, in the afternoon. On the agenda for the first meeting is the approval of the assessment rules for the selection of the judges to replace retiring Supreme Court of Justice judges. Present at the meeting …

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President Danilo Medina was in Puerto Plata on Tuesday, 15 January 2019, for the symbolic start of the remodeling of the Puerto Plata cargo dock and the construction of a cruise ship terminal and docks. The project will also include the construction of a special dock for fishing boats, the dredging of the port area …

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Juan Carlos Ozuna Rosado, the Puerto Rican reggaeton and Latin trap singer, is booked for a performance on Easter Saturday at Altos de Chavon amphitheater. The concert will be on 20 April 2019. Ozuna is of Dominican descent. His father is a Dominican. He has won two Billboard Music Awards and three Telemundo Latin American …

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The Leones del Escogido and the Toros del Este will play starting 7:15pm at the Quisqueya Ball Park in Santo Domingo to decide which of the two teams will match the Estrellas Orientales in the 2018-2019 Dominican Professional Winter Baseball Championship playoffs. The extra game was scheduled for the Quisqueya Ball Park to decide the …

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The boiler of the vehicle oil recycling plant, Cerantra, in Nuevo Horizonte of Los Alcarrizos, Santo Domingo West, exploded on Monday, 14 January 2019 at around 3pm, killing two, and injuring four persons. The victims were identified as 32-year old Juan Manuel Aracena, who died on the site, and 48-year old Francisco Suero who died …

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