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Opposition PRM party president Andrés Bautista García says that the investigations into Odebrecht-related corruption should include an in-depth audit of each of the works carried out by the company in order to ascertain the real sums involved. He said that the company’s real corruption lies in the continuing overvaluations of the budgets and designs, which …

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Counterpart International and the pro-environment business alliance ECORED are hosting a lecture on “Ecosystem Services of the Mangroves: Endangered Environmental and Economic Values and Solutions for a Sustainable Future” on Thursday, 19 January 2017. The talk takes place from 9 to 11:30am at the Edificio Corporativo Claro, Salón Multiuso C, Av. John F. Kennedy 54, …

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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations have reported the detention of a go-fast vessel concealing 2,000 lb (907 kg) of cocaine just off the Dominican Republic. The cocaine was intercepted by ongoing multi-agency law enforcement work in support of the US Coast Guard Operation Unified Resolve and Operations Caribbean. The estimated …

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The Ministry of Culture and the National Music Conservatory with the support of the Florida International University (FIU) have announced that they will be holding several master classes and a violin and piano concert with Romanian violinist Robert Davidovici and Dominican pianist María de Fátima Geraldes. The master classes will take place from 13 to …

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At least three people were injured in a crash between a tour bus carrying 49 Russian tourists and a Hyundai Sonata vehicle on at Km 76 of the Samaná highway on Thursday, 12 January 2017. Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) spokesman Diego Pesqueira named the injured as José Liriano, Juan Ramón Romero and driver Arturo Malena. …

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Four of the six men who were injured when the scaffolding on a 22-floor building on Av. Bolívar near Av. Jiménez Moya in Santo Domingo collapsed are recovering and were sent home after receiving emergency treatment at the Darío Contreras Trauma Hospital. The scaffolding used for the construction collapsed due to strong winds on Wednesday, …

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The Tax Agency (DGII) has cracked down on a gang that was selling fake vehicle driver permits in the area around the Quisqueya Stadium. The DGII said that the gang printed and sold the forged stickers, which are required every year for a vehicle to transit in the Dominican Republic. A National District prosecutor and …

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As part of its Fifth Week of Theater in Casa event, Casa de Teatro in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City is presenting comedies at its Cristóbal de Llerena hall from Friday 20 to Saturday 28 January 2017. The plays being staged are: “Inadaptados,” “Habitación 69”, “Tiempos de mangos verdes,” “Terapia,” and the children’s play “Solo soy …

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Carlos de la Mota together with Zeny Leyva, Karoline Becker, Roger Manzano, Mario Arturo Hernández and Francesca Yarull make up the cast for the Great Gatsby at the main Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater in Santo Domingo. The dates are 10-12 February 2017 with shows at 8:30pm. The show is produced by Luis …

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The bill for the reorganization the Ministry of Industry & Commerce, aimed at ensuring that the Ministry takes the medium-sized and small business sector into greater account passed in the Senate on Wednesday, 11 January 2017. The bill had already passed in the Chamber of Deputies and will now go to the Presidency for President …

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