Uber broke laws, cheated and lobbied to penetrate cities around the world, according to leak

The American company Uber managed to penetrate the main cities around the world thanks to a strategy that went through breaking laws, deceiving and lobbying in the highest spheres, according to a leak from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The more than 124,000 documents that make up the Uber Files expose ethically questionable practices … Read more

The number of people aged 65 in the Dominican Republic doubles; Coping with aging is a challenge

The Dominican population is relatively young, but is already experiencing a constant aging process Therefore, the number of people over 65 years of age has doubled in the last two decades, according to data from the United Nations Population Fund (Unfpa). In the year 2000407,000 people were 65 years of age or older, which represented … Read more

Five injured in shooting on Coney Island boardwalk in New York

Five people were injured last morning in a shooting recorded in the historic Coney Island Boardwalk, one of the busiest summer spots in New York, authorities announced today. The incident took place around 2:00 in the morning, when an individual opened fire on a large group of people who participated in an apparent improvised party, … Read more

Politics – Balaguer and Casals Victoria

At the request of the undersigned, the renowned economist Pedro Manuel Casals Victoria visited President Balaguer at the National Palace and they engaged in a lengthy conversation on the economic philosophy of Milton Friedman. This meeting was long enough because one and the other had different approaches around the thinking of this essayist on topics … Read more

Miguel Ceara assumes as Minister of the Environment

The newly appointed Environment Minister, Miguel Ceara Hattonsaid he hopes to do everything necessary to ensure that projects from the previous management of the late Orlando Jorge Mera continue. He affirmed that he feels committed to environmental issues, and that at the moment he cannot give a diagnosis of how are some of the functions … Read more

Medusa case: Mac Construcciones sends a letter to the Chamber of Accounts

The Mac Construcciones SRL company of the Macarrulla family, linked to the Medusa case file, sent a letter to the president of the Chamber of Accounts, A hard tackle from Janel Andrés to Ramírez Sánchezin which he explains his participation in the construction of the Nueva Victoria, whose corruption case has as the main accused … Read more

Softwares reduce more than 80 forms of fraud

Punta Cana, La Altagracia. Los smart software have succeeded in minimizing the more than 80 types of fraud that are made to electric meters in homes and businesses of Bávaro-Punta Cana, to minimize or cancel their readings, illegal actions increased during the summer, due to high temperatures. The frauds, which are carried out in ingenious … Read more

Gustavo Sánchez calls Senator Antonio Taveras a “populist and demagogue”

The spokesman for the block of deputies of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Gustavo Sánchez, described “populist and demagogue” to the senator from the province of Santo Domingo, Antonio Taveras, for the political handling he has given to the discussion in congress on the Domain Extinction Law. Sánchez indicated that in a malicious manner, the … Read more