2024 – Page 69

Dominican drug control authorities continue on the trail of traffickers, with more discoveries at ports. The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) seized 201 packages with 224.08 kilograms of cocaine at an agricultural company near the Manzanillo Pier in Montecristi last week. “This significant seizure is a testament to the DNCD’s commitment to combating drug trafficking,” …

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Mike Fisher reports on the hurricane season, remarking that it has been good for him in Punta Cana and the country in general, so far… Indeed he observes, this is what he describes as “the quietest” season, or less active he remembers in the past 30 years he has lived here. September is hurricane month …

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President Luis Abinader and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke of the close ties for development in democracy during the press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace on Friday, 6 September 2024. In the press conference held in the DR on Friday, 6 September 2024 after the meeting with President Luis Abinader, …

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Minister of Education Angel Hernandez, himself a life-long teacher, says there are some 40 different nationalities in the Dominican school system, and that the country provides basic education to any and all students, no matter their nationality. However, he points out that the international community apparently only sees incidents with the Haitian school children. This …

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The director of the National Institute for Student Welfare (Inabie), Víctor Castro, has assured that the entity is prepared to provide school supplies and meals to students who, due to overcrowding, have been transferred to private schools by the Ministry of Education to prevent them from losing an academic year. The Ministry of Education is …

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Santiago Riveron, the mayor of the municipality of Dajabón on the northern border with Haiti, said that he cannot guarantee the safety of Dominicans in Haiti if they decide to cross the border to the neighboring country to do business with Haitians, as reported in IciHaiti. In recent years, given the kidnappings, few Dominicans travel …

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Edmundo González Urrutia, the contested would-be winner of the past presidential election in Venezuela for the Platform Unitaria Democrática (PUD), spent over two hours in the Dominican Republic before continuing his journey from Caracas to Madrid, where he has requested political asylum. González Urrutia traveled aboard a Spanish Air Force plane, which made a technical …

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Diosdado Cabello, considered by many as the number two ranked official in the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro, told a radio and television audience literally: “I have you (Dominican Republic) by the balls, we have the petroleum.” This crude statement came as the Dominican Republic sided with dozens of other nations questioning the legitimacy of …

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During the XXVI Meeting of Farming Leaders, held at the Bavaro Convention Center in Punta Cana, economic analyst Henri Hebrard noted that the agricultural sector has increased its contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 133% between 2013 and 2023. According to the analyst, a surprising drop in agricultural contributions to the Dominican …

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Minister Faride Raful told reporters that the Ministry of the Interior and Police is initiating a campaign to fight crime in the hot spots that have been identified in the Greater Santo Domingo area. With the tongue-twisting name of “The Combined and Coordinated Interventions of the Prioritized Sectors of the National District,” the operation will …

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