2024 – Page 190

Attorney General Miriam German Brito says she was not aware that the new director of the La Victoria jail, Roberto Nivar, had been accused. Diario Libre publishes a 2011 news report reporting on his removal from his assignment. An online search turned up background on the scandal back in 2011 involving Nivar when he served …

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In the continuing of the former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez corruption case known as Operation Medusa, the former administrator of the Attorney General’s Office, Jonathan Joel Rodríguez Imbert admitted to corruption charges before the judge of the Third Investigative Court of the National District. Rodríguez Imbert affirmed before Judge Amauris Martínez that everything he …

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In a news story breaking on 26 March 2024, it is now known that Rene Jean Jumeau has resigned from being one of the nine members of the Presidential Transition Council appointed to replace Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Henry is said to be in California, USA. He is impeded from returning to Haiti but says …

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The eighth child has died as a result of the Salcedo carnival fire. The National Health Service (SNS) reported on Tuesday, 26 March 2024 the death of 14-year old Esteban Hernandez who had been hospitalized at the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital burn center in Santo Domingo. His death brings to eight the number of …

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President Luis Abinader announced the Easter Week “Awareness for Life 2024” domestic travel safety operation during the weekly Monday press conference on 25 March 2024 from the Presidential Palace. The operation calls for a trained staff of 49,723 people (military, police, doctors, paramedics, search and rescue specialists) on the road and in vacation destinations and …

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Brugal and Barcelo rum companies received the prestigious Denomination of Origin (DO) status that will enable their brands to carry the DO label, a guarantee of quality and authenticity. The designation protects geographical status and refers to products specific to a particular region or town, which convey a particular quality or characteristic of the designated …

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Penitentiary system expert Roberto Santana disputes President Abinader’s statement that RD$1.6 billion are needed to finish Las Parras jail. President Luis Abinader responded to criticism of negligence in the handling of the La Victoria jail issues and announced a follow-up committee for the jail issues. The newly appointed woman-in-charge Police colonel at the La Victoria …

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The Banco de Reservas, that has a representation office in the Washington Heights area of New York, sponsored a fair from 22 to 24 March 2024 to promote the sale of apartments in the DR to Dominicans living in New York. Dominican expats put in bids for 1,800 units valued at around RD$8.5 billion, mostly …

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Former Presidents Danilo Medina (2012-2016 and 2016-2020) of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and Leonel Fernandez (1996-2000, 2004-2008, 2008-2012) of the PLD dissident People’s Force Party (FP) met on Monday, 25 March 2024 during a Rescate RD political gathering at the Hotel Embajador. Also present were Abel Martinez and former Minister of Foreign Relations Miguel …

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In a new development on the Haitian presidential transition council, Haitian ambassador in the Dominican Republic, Smith Augustine was chosen to be the representative of the EDE-RED and Historic Commitment movement, Le Nouvelliste reports. He replaces the resigning ambassador Dominique Dupuy. Likewise, Le Nouvelliste reports that the government of Canada has chartered private helicopters to …

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