2019 – Page 33

Both politicians have the same first name. Félix “Felucho” Jiménez was the minister of tourism (1996-2000 and 2004-2008) during the governments of former President Leonel Fernández. Since the start of the first term of President Danilo Medina in August 2012, Jiménez has been president of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery. Félix Bautista won the nomination to …

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The director of the Airport Department, Marino Collante, announced the government will build a modern heliport in Barahona on the city’s sea-fronting boardwalk, the Malecón. He said Grupo Orbe won a contract for RD$15.9 million for the construction. He said the heliport would be good for the tourism development in the province and all the …

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The Central Bank’s debt is now RD$38.75 billion. The public debt of the Dominican Republic is growing at a worrying average rate of RD$702 million per day, according to an analysis by Henri Hebrard. The economist highlights that the commitments of the consolidated public sector (including those of the Central Bank) rose by 7.6% in …

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A weeklong campaign that had people guessing turned out to be a promotion for Presidente beer. There was speculation “the man who would speak at 10:15pm on Monday, 18 November 2019 could be President Danilo Medina to back his candidate Gonzalo Castillo. Or Omar Fernández, the son of President Leonel Fernández who registered his candidacy …

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The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Baní, Monsignor Víctor Masalles, denounced that several trees of the Las Dunas National Park have been cut down, allegedly with the consent of the local authorities. “The disaster in Las Dunas (Matanzas, Calderas and Salinas) is a disgrace,” he stated. He spoke of the indiscriminate cutting down of …

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The executive director of the National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (Proconsumidor), Anina del Castillo has said that the organization will follow up on the cases of vehicle importers who are selling cars whose mileage has been adulterated. Interviewed by Huchi Lora for the El Dia program, she said that there always is …

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The El Seibo protestors that were walking to the Presidential Palace on Sunday, 17 November 2019, were challenged by police with tear bombs. The farmers and their supporters were marching from Enriquillo Park carrying placards en route to the Presidential Palace. They were met by the National Police, who would not let them advance and …

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On Sunday 17 November 2019, a second lieutenant from the army, Domingo Miguel Cuevas, died and civilians Alexander Ogando Adames and Manuel Ogando were injured in a shootout when a unit from the Specialized Corps for Frontier Security (Cesfront) confiscated 300 sacks of sandalwood, which it is illegal to cut down. The incident happened in …

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The police authorities in La Vega have identified the five people who died when two cars crashed on the Duarte Highway on the night of Sunday, 17 November. The victims are Gerónimo Antonio Sosa, Andy Lantigua Beato, Francisco Osvaldo de León Osoria, Odalis Ramos Mojica and Gariet Josua Frías Morales. The first three lived in …

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A news story in Hoy reveals that the Police was able to promptly solve the 63-year old Patricia Ann Anton murder case because one of the robbers used the victim’s cell phone to call a friend. Anton was strangled to death on the evening of Monday, 11 November 2019. She had just moved into a …

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