2019 – Page 99

Secretary general of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Reinaldo Pared Perez says that five polling companies will determine whom among the followers of President Danilo Medina will match former President Leonel Fernandez in the 6 October 2019 primary. These are Greenberg, Gallup, Emevenca and two others he did not name. He said the party …

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The Ministry of Public Health is intensifying actions against the dengue epidemic that is affecting the country. The Ministry has declared 27 provinces on yellow alert and one in red, San Jose de Ocoa. The Ministry is concerned that the passing of the tropical storm Dorian could trigger a further exacerbation of the cases of …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved on Tuesday, 27 August 2019, the bill that establishes the Regime of Incentive and Promotion of Cultural Patronage in the Dominican Republic (Ley de Mecenazgo). This is an initiative to stimulate the arts through economic incentives, training, project management and administration. The bill now passes to the Executive Branch for …

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Energy and Mines Minister Antonio Isa Conde met with the Minister of State for Foreign and Parliamentary Affairs of India Vellamvelly Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs to discuss Indian know how for renewable energy projects. Also participating was India Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Madhu Sheti. Together …

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The Presidency reports that the Canadian consulting company Lemay presented its master plan for the sustainable development in southwestern Pedernales. Local authorities want to build a sustainable development model with a focus on the Bahia de las Aguilas beach natural attraction. A government has created the Pedernales Trust Committee to oversee the development of the …

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Tropical Storm Dorian is unlikely to affect the Dominican Republic. At 8am on Wednesday, 28 August 2019, the National Hurricane Center of the United States had located the storm at 17.1N 64.1W. The storm is now removed from the Mona Channel that divides Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. The storm is small and compact. …

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Does Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez have a double? Actually no. But the physical similarities between Puerto Rican singer Elvis Crespo and Rodríguez are astonishing. Rodríguez tweeted on Monday, 26 August 2019 about them, after receiving a visit from Crespo at his office. Crespo is a Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning merengue singer and songwriter. …

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A Colombian tourist, who had been missing since Friday 23 August, has been found safe and sound. Gustavo Alexander González Ríos, aged 41, was found by fisherman the following day, hanging off a coral reef off Saona Island. According to the National Police, he and his wife had taken an excursion to the island, but …

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In the report on Monday, 26 August on the fire at Torre Atiemar on Av. Pedro Henríquez Ureña, DR1 erroneously cited Arturo del Tiempo has owner of the tower. Arturo del Tiempo was the developer. Del Tiempo was convicted to seven years in jail after being arrested attempting to smuggle 1,200 kilos of cocaine into …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has arrested a man in connection with 393 kilos of cocaine found in the capital and Santiago and more than two million dollars confiscated last year in the Haina Oriental port. Fernando José Esteffani Fermin, aged 46, had been sought for more than a year, and is thought to …

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