2019 – Page 290

Santo Domingo judges, heard the final hearing in the case against, Víctor Alexander Portorreal “Chaman Chacra”, accused of killing his wife, aged 32 and her three children, aged 6, 11 and 13, in the Enriquillo neighbourhood on the Sanchez Highway. The bodies were found in a state of decomposition and his wife had been stabbed …

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One of those sentenced to jail for the assault and shooting of Engineer Francina Hungría, six years ago, has died in the General Pedro Santana jail in El Seibo. José Manuel Arias Mejía (Bacanay), aged 26, was sentence to 20 years in jail for the attack that blinded Hungria who was working on a construction …

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A freight container overturned on the Av. Máximo Gómez with Av. John F. Kennedy causing major traffic delays at the already busy intersection on Tuesday, 8 January 2019 in the morning. The east-west lane of the important road was most affected as a crane was brought to the site of the accident to right the …

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Five people died on the night of Monday 7 January when a semi trailer hit a car on the Bani-Azua road at Kilometer five of the Sanchez highway. Among the victims was a three-year old child along with another four persons, presumed to be Haitian, in the car. Read more in Spanish: Listin Diario 9 January …

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Listin Diario reporters revealed the strange incident of freight trucks burying clothing packages in La Mina de Cambelen, a San Cristobal limestone mine, and how residents in the area discovered the operation and have benefited. Listin Diario reports that hundreds of people have impeded the burial of the used clothing and other materials at the …

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According to the Migration Agency (DGM) in 2018, 57,190 foreigners were deported and 75,132 were denied entry to the country, by land or air. Those deported came from Afghanistan, Albania, Germany, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Great Britain, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Mali, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, Romania, …

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Members of Falpo denied the organization is behind the recent action by members of the Popular Front (Falpo) members whereby these threw excrement against the Supreme Court of Justice, in a symbolic protest for the weaknesses of Dominican justice. The action took place on occasion of the celebration of the national day of judiciary in …

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The Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Domingo Augusto met his Dominican counterpart, Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas, on Tuesday 8 January, in Santo Domingo. As reported, they discussed matters relating to the bilateral co-operation and pertinent international issues. A note issued by the Angolan Foreign Affairs Ministry states that Manuel Augusto manifested Angola’s interest to …

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According to the Office for the Reorganization of Transport (OPRET), the public transport system in Santo Domingo grew to around 90 million users in 2018. The two lines of the Metro had 87 million seven thousand 934 users last year for an increase of 16.59% over 2017. The Teleferico, which entered into operation in May …

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The first unit of Punta Catalina will begin operation by the end of February 2019, not in January as the government had originally announced. Meanwhile, the government is making progress on the plans to sell a good part of the plant to private investors. The Ministry of Hacienda has announced that they have chosen the …

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