2022 – Page 168

The Ombudsman of the Dominican Republic, Pedro Pablo Ulloa in an interview on Esta Noche con Mariasela, summed up what his office is about. The Ombudsman Office recently made headlines after the directors of the Vehicular Retention Center (El Canodromo) violently impeded the ombudsman team and media from inspecting the facility. The Digesett director in …

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The restrictive policy of the Central Bank has had partial results, Esteban Delgado wrote in El Dinero on 21 April 2022. He explains that the peso appreciated from around RD$58.00 per US dollar to less than RD$55.00 at the beginning of March. Currently, it is listed at RD$55.50 per one in financial intermediation entities and …

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The media has focused on how the stabbing would have been a self-defense reflex. Meanwhile, the Police is looking for 30-year old Franyelis María Furcal. The employee of a Chinese immigrant hardware store (Ferreteria Z&C) located in the uptown Duarte Avenue and Nicolas de Ovando area is accused of murdering her supervisor, 34-year old Jhei …

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The Public Ministry has not yet reported on a would-be deal with Ramon Emilio (Mimilo) Jimenez Collie and Jose Arturo Ureña, reports N Digital. Jimenez Collie is the son of former Minister of Armed Forces Ramon Emilio Jimenez and Jose Arturo Ureña is the son of former banker and Dominican ambassador in Japan and Canada. …

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Police chief Major General Eduardo Alberto Then visited the parents of Jose Gregorio Custodio on Sunday, 24 April 2022 to ensure justice would prevail in the case of their son’s death on Sunday, 17 April. He said the entity was but awaiting the autopsy results. The family accuses the Police of beating Custodio to death …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) continues to capture more cocaine in transshipments scheduled through the Multimodal Caucedo Port in Santo Domingo province. The authorities report a recent aborted shipment of 180 packages found in a freight container at the Multimodal Port of Caucedo. The container was in transit through the country. Its final destination …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #767 with the deadline of 24 April 2022 reports 27 new lab-reported cases. This is down from 35 on the previous day. The number of active cases is 288, down from 292 on the day before. There were no deaths reported. The death rate is at 0.76%, one …

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Visiting Los Alcarrizos on Sunday, 24 April 2022, President Luis Abinader said that the sky lift under construction to connect that northern Santo Domingo community to the capital city (via the Santo Domingo Metro) should be in operation by December 2022. The cable car construction has advanced 40%. The cable car will have a capacity …

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National District Mayor Carolina Mejia announced the start of the fourth phase of the Santo Domingo Malecón Promenade. Mejia said the works seek to transform the Malecón into a large linear park. The initiative calls for the recovery and renovation of a fourth section of the 14 km Caribbean Sea-bordering road. This section is between …

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President Luis Abinader and Agriculture Minister Limber Cruz Lopez visited the Bonao Experimental Rice Farm in Juma to celebrate the start of the spring rice harvest. President Abinader spoke on how the Dominican Republic is self-sufficient in this staple and even has a surplus. The crop produces over RD$42 billion and provides for 300,000 direct …

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