2024 – Page 183

International organizations such as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and Amnesty International are asking the Dominican Republic to shoulder more of the acute crisis of its island neighbor. Already, the Dominican Republic invests almost 40% of what is spent on births in public hospitals to assist Haitian-origin women. There are entire communities in the …

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With 26 of 63 of those accused telling on him, the court hearings in the corruption case now give way to the statements by lead accused former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez Sanchez. Rodriguez Sanchez was attorney general from August 2016 to August 2020. Rodríguez was scheduled to answer to accusations starting on Friday, 5 …

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For the first time in Dominican history, a Dominican legislator is convicted for drug trafficking by a US Penal Court, the Southern District Court of Florida. Miguel Andres Gutierrez Diaz won the seat as deputy for Santiago in the 2020 elections for the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM). He was arrested when entering Miami on …

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16-year old Edwin de Jesus Arias became the 10th victim of the Salcedo Carnival fireworks tragedy. An adult and eight other children have died due to the imprudent handling of fireworks by one of the carnival troupe members for the Salcedo Carnival on Sunday, 10 March 2024. The Salcedo Carnival was called off and the …

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At least seven vehicles were caught in a multiple-vehicle crash on Friday, 5 April 2024 on the Autovía del Este that connects San Pedro de Macoris and La Romana. Preliminary reports are that one person died and several were injured. The accident was reportedly caused when one freighter truck tried to pass another. Multiple vehicle …

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Capitán Avispa, the animated film created by the legendary Juan Luis Guerra, opened in cinemas in Santo Domingo on 5 April 2024 and the demand has been such that more screening rooms have had to be added, El Nuevo Diario reports. The music is by Juan Luis Guerra who enlisted fellow Latin American star singers …

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Speaking at the Presidential Palace, President Luis Abinader presented the advances of the “Dominican Republic 30×30” program to consolidate natural resources in the country. 26% of the Dominican Republic are already protected areas. The goal is to increase this to 30% accompanied by strengthening the care of existing protected areas. The program also contemplates marine …

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President Luis Abinader appointed Rafael Ulises Cruz Rodríguez as general director of the Center for Industrial Development and Competitiveness (Proindustria) via Decree 166-24. Proindustria is a decentralized division of government that contributes to increasing productivity, improving levels of innovation and greater competitiveness in the manufacturing sector. ProIndustria falls under Competitiveness and Industrial Innovation Law 392-07. …

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President Luis Abinader received the global CEO of Scotiabank at the Presidential Palace on 3 April 2024. Scott Thomson is on a visit to different countries in the region. A Scotiabank press release explains that during the meeting Abinader and Thompson spoke of the importance of the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean in the Scotiabank’s …

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Pan Finance chose the governor of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic its Bank Governor of the Year for Latin America 2023. On Hector Valdez Albizu, Pan Finance writes: “Héctor Valdez Albizu, born on November 10, 1947, in Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is a distinguished Dominican economist. Graduating in Economics from the Autonomous University …

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