2020 – Page 289

The Navy reported on Tuesday, 7 January, the arrest of the suspected head organizer of clandestine boat trips in the south and the southeast of the Dominican Republic. Feliciano de Jesus is accused of orchestrating a fateful trip with 22 persons on 25 November 2019, when two people died off the coast of San Pedro …

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More than 200,000 candidates are running for 3,849 municipal offices that are up for votes in the 16 February 2020 election. This is the first time that the election will be held separately from the congressional and presidential elections set for 17 May 2020. Listin Diario reports on the many deadlines that must be met …

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Agriculture Minister Osmar Benitez blamed a lack of producer follow-up to the poultry vaccination program as the reason for the outbreak of Newcastle disease virus in areas of the central Cibao region, primarily Espaillat province. He referred to the protocols established through the livestock bureau at the Ministry of Agriculture that have been effective in …

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In an interview for El Dia newspaper, child abuse specialist Ana García explains that child abandonment is more frequent than most people would imagine. From 2018 to Oct. 31, 2019, an average of 11 children per month are abandoned by their parents. These children fall under the care of the National Children’s Council (Conani). Conani …

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The National Police announced on Tuesday, 7 January 2020, that it has suspended and placed at the disposal of the Public Prosecutor’s Office one corporal and three policemen with the rank of private for their actions in the case of two alleged men in La Romana. The decision was reached after an investigation carried out …

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Interviewed during his participation in the National Judiciary Day celebrations at the Supreme Court of Justice, Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez diminished the importance of an interview allegedly given to Dominican journalist Carol Pérez in Colombia by Cesar Emilio Peralta (Cesar The Abuser), under arrest for drug trafficking charges. Peralta had threatened to use his …

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Geologist Osiris De Leon said Tuesday, 7 January 2020, when speaking on El Gobierno de la Mañana radio talk show, that the two strong earthquakes in Puerto Rico on 6 and 7 January 2020 were caused by the same fault line that destroyed Haiti in 2010 and Azua in 1751. De Leon explained that in …

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The Toros del Este of La Romana and the Tigres del Licey from Santo Domingo have seven wins and four losses to lead the Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship. The Aguilas Cibaeñas of Santiago and the Leones del Escogido of Santo Domingo are tied with four wins and seven losses. Round robin games end on …

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Education Minister Antonio Peña Mirabal issued a call to parents and tutors to send the children to school on the first day after the extended Christmas, New Year’s and Three Kings holidays. The minister called on “mothers and fathers to send their sons, daughters and adolescents” back to school on Tuesday, 7 January 2020. He …

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The Dominican Association of Exporters (Adoexpo) and the Consular Corps Accredited in the Dominican Republic (CC) signed an agreement to work together to strengthen relations and maximize export and trade opportunities with accredited and represented countries through career and honorary consuls. The president of Adoexpo, Luis Concepción, and the dean of the Consular Corps, Clara …

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