Archive for August, 2018
Every woman dreams of a wedding from a young age. Many girls imagine themselves to be princesses at their own ballroom of life, which means that the celebration requires certain traditions. A great choice for such dreamers will be a wedding in the Dominican Republic, which will bring life to life.
First of all, a wedding in the Dominican Republic is a stylish and unique celebration. Currently, it is still available to almost everyone.
However, this ceremony also has other positive aspects, which are fulfilled by the specific features of the paradise coast:
- engagement rings delivered in a sea shell;
- photo session on white sand beaches and expensive yachts;
- cheerful carnivals and parties;
- dinner at the restaurant or on the beach after the wedding.
A wedding on the beach with traditional island music, as well as with parrots instead of guests, is an exciting, interesting and romantic adventure that will be the beginning of a honeymoon.
To make the ceremony really fantastic, and as in the picture, you have to entrust this matter to professionals who will take care of all possible details for you.
This is every woman’s dream
I want to say right away that a wedding on the island is an official ceremony. Of course, there will be a priest who issues a certificate and all other traditional rituals, but it should be noted that the marriage will not be officially registered. So, a wedding in the Dominican Republic is suitable for those who are already married, or those who want to have an informal cerempny. And paradise islands are a good start.
After spending time in the Dominican Republic, the newlyweds will feel all the charm of the island, and the honeymoon will become really sweet.
It is worth saying that the Dominican Republic attracts people from all over the world not only for their wedding ceremonies and lush carnivals.
Other attractions of the island:
- nature and unique climate;
- diving and surfing;
- friendly residents;
- exotic food;
- carnivals and festivals;
- treasure of pirates and much more.
However, on the very top of the attraction is a wedding ceremony. In the end, it can be held at any time of the year on the island. Even in winter time it will always be sunny and bright. In addition, there is no need to worry about the organization of the ceremony, as there are now many agencies that will gladly accept the offer to organize a wedding on a paradise island.
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SANTO DOMINGO. Today the traffic authorities begin with the supervision of drivers whose vehicles circulate on roads with self-installed high-luminosity lights.
According to the executive director of the National Institute of Traffic and Land Transportation (Intrant), Claudia Franchesca de los Santos, the measure seeks to prevent accidents from occurring due to the glare of drivers, as contemplated by resolution number 009-2018, issued by that institution.
“We created a table with the General Directorate of Traffic and Land Transportation (Digesett), which is aware of what is happening on the tracks, and the Police and Military Commission of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (Comipol), which make us the reports of what is happening with cargo vehicles, light and with motorcycles, “said the official.
He recalled that those who are caught using these LED lights should disassemble them from their vehicles or be fined with a minimum wage in force in the centralized public sector, as established by Law 63-17 of Mobility, Land Transportation, Traffic and Road Safety of the Dominican Republic .
“It’s something that is not normal; It’s like a luxury; It’s like something fashionable, but something fashionable can not threaten the safety of drivers,” he said.
De los Santos explained: “They have called people saying: ‘Well, my vehicle had them from the factory’. If it has them from the factory there are no problems, because the factory knows how to direct them so that the one who comes from the front does not dazzle; the problem is all these bars and all these attachments that in the end what they are is an adornment of the vehicle, which are not designed in what way you direct the light towards the driver who comes from the front, “clarified the official.
Exceptions
The resolution number 009-2018 exempts from being inspected and fined for the use of high luminosity lights to the patrols and other service vehicles of the National Police, civil protection and rescue, health care or ambulances and trucks firemen’s.
For sports use
Vehicles that use high-luminosity lights for sports activities must present Digesett agents with a special permit granted by the Intrant and they will be required to be covered while traveling on public roads.
The permit for these purposes will be valid for one year and may be renewed for the same period. The Digesett exhorted through a statement to those who make use of lights of high luminosity in their vehicles to take the pertinent measures to avoid being inspected and forced to dismantle them by their agents.
Expressing fear of led lights
Some drivers complained that LED lights take away visibility, which can lead to accidents. During the first seven months of this year, at least 435 people have died in 532 traffic accidents, registering in January alone a total of 97 deaths from this cause. Only in the first three months of this 2018, a total of 330 people died in traffic accidents in the country, with motorcycles involved in 63% of the cases, according to statistics from the Observatory of Public Safety.
Source: diariolibre.com
Aug 18, 2018
TV investigative journalist, Alicia Ortega, presented on her El Informe TV show more cases of corruption at the State Sugar Council (CEA). The CEA in the 60s and 70s operated as the main government source of revenues with sugar from its now defunct sugar mills being the country’s main money crop. The Leonel Fernández government chose to divest the country of the sugar mills, but the entity has been kept alive by a growing bureaucracy. Ortega has aired several programs that the highlight the excesses and the wasteful spending that is open for everyone to see at the government entity.
Among other instances of corruption, Ortega has denounced that city councilors, deputy majors and employees of other public agencies are on the CEA payroll. She says there are people on the payroll of the extinct government body who actually who live overseas. Others employees include the father of the present director, his children, brothers, nephews, uncles and cousins. The wives of other government officers are also on the payroll.
Despite the airing of the specific cases of corruption, the Medina administration has not officially responded the accusations. The Ethics Agency of the government has said an investigation is underway.
Source: DR1, noticiassin.com
Aug 18, 2018
The National Police rescued a 14-year old teenager who had been chained in a room in her house in the Herrera sector in Santo Domingo West. Agents of the Departamento de Investigación de Trata y Tráfico de Personas visited the family home with a warrant where they confirmed the irregular keeping of the child who had been chained with her right foot tied to a bed. The act was in violation to Child Protection Law 136-03.
When the agents entered the home the father, who reportedly was drunk, attempted to attack the agents. He was subsequently arrested.
The parents said they chained their daughter to keep her at home. They said persons unnamed in the sector had sexually abused the girl. The teenager was sent to the care of the Consejo Nacional para la Niñez y la Adolescencia (CONANI).
Source: DR1, Lisitindiario
Aug 18, 2018
On Tuesday, 14 August 2018, The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) made the formal announcement that an agreement had been reached amongst shareholders for the bank to acquire Banco de Progreso, subject to regulatory approval within the next three weeks.
Clavet Group Ltd and Fletchwood Ltd, hold 86.84% and 10.58% of the shares of Banco de Progreso have put their combined shares of 51.83 million up for sale at US$6.33 each, giving a total of US$328 million, which is around RD$16.3 thousand million.
With this acquisition, Scotiabank will become the fourth largest bank in the country behind Banco de Reservas, Banco Popular and Banco BHD-Leon.
Banco del Progreso has 57 branches in the country, 188 ATM machines, more than 160 sub agencies and more than 250,000 personal and business clients. Banco del Progreso has around 1,430 employees, while Scotiabank employs 2,000.
Scotiabank has been operating in the country since 1920, with 58 branches, 120 ATMs and 2,000 employees.
In a note to its clients, Banco del Progreso stated that bank customers would soon have access to a much wider network of branches, a wider range of products and services. The bank advanced that nothing would be changed in terms of branches, operations or products until regulatory approval has been granted. At that time, the Banco del Progreso brand would be replaced with the Scotiabank branded products and services.
Source: DR1, Eldia
Aug 18, 2018
Public school uniforms are for sale in major stores nationwide and had been sold in some public schools. The Ministry of Education had committed to provide two uniforms free to each student in public school. The uniforms are for public school children, with private schools having their own individualized uniforms.
The irregular sale at the public schools was known after Listin Diario reporter Karen Vasquez gathered evidence on her cell phone of the sale of the polo shirts for RD$500 each in the Pantoja public high school. Upon ascertaining that the reporter had videoed interviews confirming the sale at the school that would ruin her career, the director, Daris Feliz forcefully took the reporter’s smart phone after alleging the journalist had no right to make the videos at the school. She threatened to sue the journalist. Feliz had said on tape that the sale was authorized and was happening at the request of several parents. Feliz returned the smart phone only after she provided her password and the videos were wiped.
Parents in Santo Domingo public school district 15 had denounced the sale. The Ministry would announce the suspension of the director of the Pantoja public high school, for impeding the Listin Diario from doing her job and taking her smart phone. Francisco Disla, of the school district 15, apologized to the reporter for the incident, as reported in Listin Diario.
The Minister said: “It is important that every Dominican family that has children enrolled the public schools know that these uniforms are 100% free. It is important to note that everything that is delivered to students in public schools is free.”
Navarro said that he has authorized some schools to allow their students to attend wearing the old khaki pants with blue cotton shirt during the two months until the full order of new khaki pants and polo shirts in five colors are delivered.
“We have an unforeseen situation, which is that we have not been able to get the suppliers to deliver all of the uniforms before the start of the school year,” Navarro admitted. He argued that 50% was locally produced, due to a matter of installed capacity for production and the rest had to be imported.
He said the colors are being assigned to the five school districts. Students in Cibao Central will use the red wine color; those in the Cibao Norte, yellow gold; those in the South region, turquoise blue; those of the East, green polo shirts; and those in Greater Santo Domingo royal blue. He praised the quality of the polo shirts that are manufactured in 50% cotton and 50% polyester.
Public school reopens in the Dominican Republic on Monday, 20 August 2018.
Source: DR1, Elnacional
Aug 18, 2018
PUERTO PLATA. – A ship with 4,890 tourists on board, which was scheduled to dock at the Amber Cove tourist port of Maimon, had to change course and continue to New York, due to the dense smoke that has been covering the area for more than a week, between the hotel complex of Cofresí and the Bay of Maimon.
This is the Carnival Horizon cruise, coming from San Tomas, which in addition to the tourists also carries 1,200 crew members, whose captain spotted the toxic smoke cloud that since last week dismisses the open-air Maggiolo landfill, at the entrance of the city, reason for which the authority of the ship, decided to change its trajectory towards the city of the skyscrapers.
Last week, the Horizon docked at the port Amber Cove, amid the unpleasant smoke that currently invades that tourist terminal, which causes great difficulty to breathe in the area of the dock, as well as inside the ship itself.
“The tourists who arrived last week at Horizon complained to the Carnival company, because of the bad smell and the irritation caused by the smoke inside Amber Cove, that’s why the captain did not dare to enter port today, out of respect to the clients on the ship, ” revealed a terminal employee.
Carnival Horizon is the newest of Carnival Cruise Line cruises. It is the second of the ships of the Vista class of Carnival, and was delivered by its constructor, Fincantieri, on March 28, 2018.
As a result of the unbearable fog that affects all the activities in the Bay of Maimon, several of the employees of the shops of Amber Cove, have had to visit the different health centers of Puerto Plata, to be treated for respiratory problems and allergies .
Since last Friday, August 3, when the landfill of Puerto Plata was burned down again, a strong smoke blankets the zone of the west of this city. From that day, brigades of workers and heavy machinery from the municipality of Puerto Plata, have been working day and night in the extinction of the fire inside the dump, until now they haven’t been able to extinguish it completely.
A source within the local council revealed that although the flames have decreased significantly, the fire is still dormant, which combined with the light drizzle that falls today on the northern part of the island, causes the smoke to intensify.
The same source trusts that this week the fire will be put down completely, due to the fact that in the next hours the work will be intensified with the integration of more equipment and more personnel, coming from other state institutions.
Source: NotiPlata
Aug 14, 2018
Born in Bologna, Italy of an Italian father and Dominican mother (Zaida Arias of La Romana province), 12-year old Micaela Marcelloni Arias became the first Dominican artistic roller skater to win a medal in a Central American & Caribbean Games for the Dominican Republic. She was also the youngest of more than 5,000 competitors in the regional games that closed earlier this month with 107 medals for the Dominican Republic, including the bronze won by Marcelloni.
Listin Diario tells the family had contacted the Dominican sports authorities to encourage these to register young Micaela as a competitor in the sport. Her parents had introduced her to the sport at the early age of five years and she had showed good prowess. Take note that Italy is regarded as the best in artistic skating in the world.
In 2016, Micaela’s trainer, Stefania Priori contacted the local sports authorities to discuss the possibility of her pupil competing for the Dominican Republic. The coach would send several videos of her participating, convincing the local authorities to give the child a chance.
As reported in Listin Diario, the parents nor coach kept the plan for her to compete for the Dominican Republic to themselves until it was a given so that the child would not become anxious. Prior to her participation in the Barranquilla, Colombia regional games, Marcelloni had competed in the German Cup, where she won silver in her category. In Barranquilla 2018, Marcelloni placed third, behind Johana Apolinar of Colombia and Carolina Zermeño of Mexico.
Austo Arias Peralta, president of the Dominican Artistic Skiing Federation said that the next major events are the World Championship and the Pan Am Games in Peru in 2019. There were three other members on the Dominican artistic roller skating team.
Source: DR1, Listindiario
Aug 14, 2018
The captain of a boat with 46 Dominicans that was detained during the second week of July with 14 tons of fish and lobster captured illegally to the south of the Bahamas, has been convicted to spend 18 months in prison. The Bahamas Defense Force informed that Radhames Hernández, was one of the 46 Dominicans who appeared in court this week to answer to several charges including illegal fishing and capture of protected species during the banned period.
The fishermen were ordered to pay a fine totaling US$53,000 and one of them had to pay an additional US$100,000 as this was the second time he has been convicted of illegal fishing in Bahamian waters.
Hernández was also found guilty of possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 18 months in jail for that. The authorities said that the Dominicans first said they were innocent of the charges but later changed their pleas to guilty. Once the fines have been paid and jail sentences completed they will all be deported.
Source: DR1, Eldia
Aug 14, 2018
