The longer I live here (5 years now) the less I understand so many things.
(1) I did refer in an earlier thread to a niece by marriage who was stabbed by two men on the instructions of her aunt. Further evidence has been found and the woman in question has had a warrant for her arrest issued. She however lives in a city some 3 hours distant by road. The local police are prepared to act on the warrant but insist that she is transferred to the warrant issuing authorities. BUT the victim has to pay the transport costs of the accused plus accompanying police officer. 16 year old girls don't have that kind of money. Nearly 70 years of living in the UK has me expecting different actions from the police. Ha , ha, ha, this is the RepDom.
(2) Today Dominican workers in Las Terrenas have made a demonstration to protest against the lack of work for them. They state that the majority of jobs are being given to immigrants. With the honorable exception of our Ayuntamento who appear to have a policy of local jobs for local citizens many employers take on immigrant labour because they are cheaper, even though many of them are illegal immigrants. The government appears to be doing very little even nothing to right this wrong being so busy plotting their own increased salaries, expenses and jobs for other members of their extended families. Lord Leonel appears to do nothing about it. A solution either locally or nationally which would not be very costly would be to appoint say locally 6, what I would call Special Constables. who have the right to demand production of a valid Cedula or other proof of residency with right to work. Those without are placed on a special bus with guards and in the case of immigrants from other parts of Hispaniola shipped back to their country forthwith. The increase in job opportunities to Dominicans would be a tremendous moral and well being action. Perhaps also then the profits being taken out of this country by non Dominican employers would also be reduced.
I am but a blanco but I love this island and the Dominicans I know, some of whom are good friends but it upsets me to see these wrongs which really should not be and have no need to be.
Rant over, would that it could do some good!
(1) I did refer in an earlier thread to a niece by marriage who was stabbed by two men on the instructions of her aunt. Further evidence has been found and the woman in question has had a warrant for her arrest issued. She however lives in a city some 3 hours distant by road. The local police are prepared to act on the warrant but insist that she is transferred to the warrant issuing authorities. BUT the victim has to pay the transport costs of the accused plus accompanying police officer. 16 year old girls don't have that kind of money. Nearly 70 years of living in the UK has me expecting different actions from the police. Ha , ha, ha, this is the RepDom.
(2) Today Dominican workers in Las Terrenas have made a demonstration to protest against the lack of work for them. They state that the majority of jobs are being given to immigrants. With the honorable exception of our Ayuntamento who appear to have a policy of local jobs for local citizens many employers take on immigrant labour because they are cheaper, even though many of them are illegal immigrants. The government appears to be doing very little even nothing to right this wrong being so busy plotting their own increased salaries, expenses and jobs for other members of their extended families. Lord Leonel appears to do nothing about it. A solution either locally or nationally which would not be very costly would be to appoint say locally 6, what I would call Special Constables. who have the right to demand production of a valid Cedula or other proof of residency with right to work. Those without are placed on a special bus with guards and in the case of immigrants from other parts of Hispaniola shipped back to their country forthwith. The increase in job opportunities to Dominicans would be a tremendous moral and well being action. Perhaps also then the profits being taken out of this country by non Dominican employers would also be reduced.
I am but a blanco but I love this island and the Dominicans I know, some of whom are good friends but it upsets me to see these wrongs which really should not be and have no need to be.
Rant over, would that it could do some good!