2019 – Page 286

Since November 2017, persons with expired driver’s licenses are required to pay not only the cost of renewal, but also a fine that is the cost of renewal multiplied by the number of years the document has been out of date. Each day, the Driver’s License Office at the National Institute of Terrestrial Transit and …

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Families this year have it easier. As of late last year, the Migration Agency has enabled online facilities for the issuing of the travel permit for minors traveling without both parents. The permit now can be issued online, payment by credit or debit card is allowed, and the final permit can be printed online. Read …

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The Ministry of Energy and Mines has announced it is working with representatives of associations and small mining cooperatives to coordinate actions to improve the exploitation of larimar, the semi-precious stone that is only found in the Dominican Republic. The first meeting was announced between Energy and Mines Minister Antonio Isa Conde and the associations …

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The Estrellas Orientales moved ahead in their quest to win the coveted 2018-2019 Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship. After defeating the Tigres del Licey on Sunday at the Quisqueya Ball Park, the Estrellas now lead the round robin series. The Estrellas now have 11 wins and six losses. The Toros and the Escogido now need …

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66-year old Domingo Bretón Martínez, brother of the bishop of Santiago, was buried on Sunday, 13 January 2019, after he was murdered on Saturday, 12 January, when two men stole his motorcycle he was driving on the Moca-Licey highway. Bretón died of the knife wound inflicted by the assailants. He was a warehouse employee in …

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The gruesome murder of a well-respected colonel in the National Police, Daniel Ramos Alvarez, in the town of Bani has been and remains on the front pages of all of the local newspapers and in social media as well. The video of the killing has been seen hundreds of thousands of times. The video does …

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The judge for Permanent Attention for the National District, Juan Francisco Rodriguez, ordered the release of the seven members of FALPO (the Broad Front for Popular Action) who demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court and the Attorney General’s offices, throwing feces at the main Supreme Court of Justice, and clearly defining what they thought …

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A loudspeaker blares out the message that “boutique clothing for RD$20 and RD$30 is available all along Duarte Avenue and at the corner of Paris and Duarte Avenue. Kiosks and tables show pretty much the same merchandise and these tables are all over the sidewalks and even in the streets. But not only clothing, but …

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The AES Andrés energy company has announced the signing of a waterworks deal with Coraabo, the Boca Chica municipality water and sewerage utility. The director of Coraabo, Fermín Brito said the deal comes with the cooperation agreement signed earlier whereby AES will be building the East Gasoduct, and at the same time contributing to the …

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The community of Quita Sueño has not been able to get from the Ministry of Environment the reports on the leakage of petroleum attributed to the pipeline feeding Falcondo. The leakage occurred on 23 August 2017. The community members say that Constitutional Court ruling 0511-18 dated 3 December 2018 orders the Ministry to deliver the …

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