Responding to an investigative journalism report appearing in Hoy newspaper, the city government of Santo Domingo has removed many shacks and non-permanent illegal constructions erected along the Parque Nacional del Litoral Sur, the coastline avenue bordering the Caribbean Sea, better known as el Malecon. Hoy reports today that Mayor Roberto Salcedo admitted the Malecon had been neglected and taken advantage of by those who installed improvised businesses there. He explained there how there had been a lack of coordination between the city government and the Navy to resolve the problem and implement more effective controls.