2022 – Page 8

The executive director of Intrant, Hugo Beras calls on all drivers to check the condition of their vehicles before traveling within the country. He urges people to keep to the speed limits, respect traffic signs, and not to drink alcoholic beverages while driving, as established in Transit Law 63-17. “We want to ask the Dominican …

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The Superintendency of the Securities Market says that pension funds are now cleared to be invested in public offering of shares by companies listed in the Dominican Republic’s Securities Market Registry. Cesar Iglesias S.A. is the first company to benefit from the measure. It produces consumer goods under the brands of Brillante, Bolazul, Pastas del …

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Dominican power producer Empresa Generadora de Electricidad Haina SA (EGE Haina) has signed the definitive concession agreement with the National Energy Commission (CNE) for the 90-MWp Esperanza solar project. The solar park is expected to regularly generate 76 MW, sufficient to supply 83,000 local households in the northwestern Valverde province. Luis Mejía Brache, general manager …

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A World Vision Dominican Republic study reinforces the objectives of new Education Minister Angel Hernandez to concentrate efforts on early schooling and elementary education. The study followed 637 students ages 8 and 9 from May to June 2022 in 41 schools in Dajabon, Montecristi, Los Alcarrixos, Haina and El Seibo and revealed that less than …

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The Dominican Republic has reported the arrest of 843 fugitives and criminal suspects in absentia in just four months using the National Police’s new face biometrics system, Biometric Update shares with its readers..Law enforcement on patrol compared live photos of individuals with document images using a mobile app. The “Citizen Purging and Biometric Identification System” …

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Newly appointed Minister of Housing Carlos Bonilla argues he is a real estate developer when defending that his company CBS Developments has purchased the 154,000 square meter lot where Digesett operates the vehicle retention center. The center, better known as “El Canódromo” (because a dog racing track was previously there) was sold to the minister’s …

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The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ordered that all property and interests in property of Jose Calderon Rijo (La Araña) in the United States or in the possession or control of US persons in the US be blocked and reported to the OFAC. In addition, any entities that are …

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The Civil Defense reports that four persons died in a major accident involving at least 10 vehicles on Duarte Highway Km 69, near Piedra Blanca on the way to Bonao. At least 10 persons were injured in the Wednesday, 14 December 2022 accident when three trucks, including two container freighters, and three cars collided. The …

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Metereologist Jean Suriel reported temperatures of 7.6 below zero Celsius (18.3 F) in the Valle Nuevo mountain location in central La Vega. Valle Nuevo (Constanza) is a popular area for camping in the Central Mountain Range. Suriel said on Twitter that the low temperature was registered at 6:20am on 14 December 2022. This is the …

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A Santo Domingo Christmas tradition, the Banco Popular Dominicano Nativity story is back on stage at the parking area of the Banco Popular headquarters on Av. John F. Kennedy. The free performances are in their 31st year. The tradition tells the story of Mary and Joseph in Nazareth, and how one night Mary is visited …

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