2019 – Page 36

The Attorney General’s Office has informed that the Superior Board of the Public Prosecution Agency has dismissed the suspended head prosecutor of Barahona, Yván Ariel Gómez Rubio, who is under investigation for supposedly committing serious errors while carrying out his work. Gómez Rubio was under investigation for supposedly committing irregularities during a drug related case. …

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Dominican poachers who were arrested by Royal Bahamas Defense Force officials and the US Coast Guard this week were carrying some 30,000 pounds of illegally harvested marine products. As reported by Tribune 242, on Wednesday, 13 November, 17 suspected poachers were arrested on board the 76-foot Gerchard II in waters near the Cochinos Bank. The …

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The Police announced the arrest of six of the seven that are suspect of participating in the murder and robbery of 63-year old Patricia Ann Anton in Cabarete on 11 November 2019. She was strangled to death her apartment. The criminals stole her cellphone, a laptop computer, a 40-inch television and approximately US$80 in cash. …

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Salsa performer Evaristo Marte and Royalty Dance Crew passed to the finals in the semi-final round that took place on Wednesday, 12 November 2019. Marte received the most votes of the public online and Royalty Dance Crew got the vote of the five judges. Four more rounds will be held to choose the other eight …

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Romeo Santos of Aventura has begun his tour of the Dominican Republic. He had committed to offer free shows in provincial towns. The bachata tour, “Utopía: la gira del pueblo” began on 14 November in San Cristóbal at the Estadio Temístocles Metz, continuing on Friday, 15 November at the La Sabanita sports arena in Azua …

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The La Romana team, Toros del Este and the National District (Santo Domingo) team Leones del Escogido with 17 wins and 11 losses are the leaders of the Dominican Professional Winter Baseball Championship. They are two games and a half ahead of the Gigantes del Cibao (15-14) from San Francisco de Macoris and the Tigres …

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Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas announced that Dominican citizens can now go for leisure to the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Laos without a visa. He said Dominicans are now eligible to apply online for an e-visa to visit Laos, Sri Lanka and Cambodia. The minister said that there are talks for another 12 …

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President Danilo Medina received Luis Felipe Calva, regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), at the Presidential Palace. Present for the meeting was Vice President Margarita Cedeño and the resident coordinator of the United Nations (UN) in the country, Mauricio Ramirez. Calva came to participate in the …

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It used to be easy. The Presidency sent the Complementary National Budget Bill to Congress and the PLD-majority Chamber of Deputies and Senate would rubberstamp whatever the Executive Branch had decided. Now, with the split of legislators loyal to former President Leonel Fernández, and the polls showing the opposition party Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) ahead …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) approved that the audit by Deloitte Costa Rica of the automated voting system be increased to 30%, up from 5%. Miguel Ángel García, director of Information Technology at the JCE, announced a meeting of JCE officers with representatives of political parties that have registered candidates for the 2020 elections. The JCE …

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