2020 – Page 288

Commercial banks are rationing the sale of US currency to US$1,000-US$2,000 per client per day, depending on the bank. For businesses to exchange sums larger than US$2,000, they need to go on waiting lists that can take three or four days, as reported in El Dia. El Dia reports that the banks are selling larger …

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Apache Corporation and Total SA say that they have found “significant” deposits of oil off the coast of Suriname. The Suriname discovery follows a previous major strike in offshore Guyana by Exxon Mobil Corporation. Apache was recently authorized by the Ministry of Energy and Mines to carry out exploration and exploitation for oil and gas …

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The director of the Seismological Institute of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Ramón Delanoy, warns that there is always the possibility that the Dominican Republic could be affected by a high intensity earthquake. Several fault lines cross the Dominican Republic. On the other hand, the coordinator of the Master of Science in Structural …

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The judges of the Second Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice yesterday sent to trial Dr. Liliana Santana, accusing her of being involved in the murder of the 10-year old girl Carla Massiel Cabrera. The Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice determined there was sufficient evidence to try Santana for being …

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The National Police reported today that the lifeless body of four-year old Yanesy Rodríguez, missing since Saturday, 4 January 2020, was found in the La Barranca sector of Las Charcas in Santiago. Authorities said the body was found in an improvised garbage dump some 400 meters from where the child lived. The girl was last …

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The Tokyo Volleyball Qualification Women Championship opens in Santo Domingo on Friday, 10 January 2020. The Tokyo Olympic Games are scheduled for 24 July to 9 August 2020. The qualifier will take place at the remodeled Palacio de los Deportes of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. The Dominican Republic seeks to win the available …

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For the first time, Colombia will be sending a professional baseball team to the Caribbean Series. Panama will also be playing. The Panamanian team seeks to validate their win of the series in 2019, when after the series was relocated to Panama at last minute after political crisis escalated in Venezuela. Panama’s local championship team …

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The president of the Supreme Court of Justice Luis Henry Molina called on judges to pick up the pace in the Dominican justice system. He said there is a backlog of cases, noting that the Supreme Court has 18,357 cases pending. He said the court will be taking on the oldest cases, many dating back …

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Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) presidential candidate Luis Abinader proposes strengthening the independence of the public prosecutor’s office and the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) to improve the judicial system. On the occasion of the National Day of the Judiciary, Abinader issued a note with his proposals to strengthen the Dominican justice system. Abinader favors a …

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Foreign Minister says the role of the Dominican Republic as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council is to remain vigilant in any situation that does not guarantee peace, such as the present conflict between the United States and Iran. The official statement highlighted the commitment of the Dominican Republic to peace and …

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