2019 – Page 285

On Sunday, 13 January 2019, a German man died in an accident when his motorcycle was hit by a car on the Sosua-Cabarete road in Puerto Plata. The victim was identified as Egon Gutberlet, who was driving a Harley Davidson motorcycle near Playa Laguna when he was hit by a car apparently travelling at a …

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22 young people are accusing the grandson of the country’s ombudsman of fraud for more than RD$25 million. On Monday, 14 January 2019, the grandmother of the accused offered compensation to the alleged victims of the fraud, but the offer was not rejected and the case will go to court, as reported in Diario Libre. …

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On the night of Sunday, 13 January 2018, three people died and several others were injured during what is thought to have been a clash between rival gangs. The victims were identified as Henry Cruz, Gerald Carrión and Manuel Henríquez. The incident occurred in the Simon Bolivar sector, at the intersection of Nicolas de Ovando …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) seized 108 packages of cocaine on the coast in the province of Barahona. The DNCD, together with support from the sea, air and ground forces, carried out the operation off the coast of San Rafael in the municipality of Paraiso, and followed the occupants of the boat which was …

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Former National District attorney, Unibe law school dean, and Al Pais presidential candidate Guillermo Moreno complains in an op-ed page in Diario Libre on 14 January 2019, that the evidence in the killing of colonel Daniel Ramos Alvarez and statements by Peravia senator Wilton Guerrero of Police and National Drug Control Agency complicity with drug …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) acknowledged its inefficiency when it announced on 14 January 2019 that it had raided the drug sales point where Colonel Daniel Ramos Álvarez was assassinated around 20 times. The last raid on the drug sales point was on 20 December 2018. The information was provided by DNCD spokesman, who …

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In the last 48 hours, the Dominican Armada has stopped seven illegal journeys to Puerto Rico and arrested dozens of people. The operations were carried out by the Armada in coordination with the United States Coast Guard for those in the Mona Channel, and those close to the Dominican coast, by the Armada alone. According …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) says that in 2018, 18,843 children born to foreigners who are not legal residents were registered in the Foreigners Book (Libro de Extranjeria) that is available at hospitals in the Dominican Republic. This is 3,162 more than the 15,681 that were registered in the same books in 2017. In past …

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Fidel Santana, president of the Frente Amplio, and an elected legislator, says that the PLD partisans to President Danilo Medina are on a re-election offensive to amend the Constitution to allow a second re-election of President Medina in the 2020 general elections. As reported, in Acento, Santana says that those who want to stay in …

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The most numerous number of foreigners in the country are Haitians. But statistics indicate that the first place in securing legal residencies last year went to Venezuelans. According to the Migration Agency, in 2018, the country granted 16,709 residencies of which 2,675 went to Venezuelan nationals. In second place were Haitians with 1,922, followed by …

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