2024 – Page 42

President Luis Abinader received and enacted the Constitution passed by the National Congress on 26 October 2024. This time, the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) is majority in both houses and determined the changes. President Abinader highlighted during the ceremony that his term ends in August 2028. He becomes the President to earliest firmly announce …

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2024 CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITORY CLAUSES (DR1 English Version, 28 October 2024) SECTION I: THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIESArticle 81 – Representation and Composition: The Chamber of Deputies shall be composed as follows: 158 deputies elected by territorial constituency, representing the National District and the provinces, distributed in proportion to the registered electoral population according to …

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Ambiguity in Constitution could improve or worsen the situation of the La Vega mayor, according to a story published in N Digital. The recently passed 2024 Constitution addresses the situation of who will replace the former mayor of La Vega Kevin Cruz, who had taken office on 24 April 2024 but on 16 August 2024 …

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The recent appointment of the current director of the Procurement Agency (DGCP), Carlos Pimentel as the director of the Public-Private Alliances Agency (DGAPP) has created a controversy. Carlos Pimentel has been the director of DGCP since the start of the Abinader administration. On 23 October 2024, the Presidency announced Pimentel was named to the new …

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The new measure of the National Transit Institute (Intrant) that requires people 65+ to renew their driver’s license every two years and not four years as everyone else has met with lots of opposition. Listin Diario was the first to report on the change that doubles the cost of the driver’s license for those 65+. …

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The governor of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Hector Valdez Albizu, spent last week in Washington, DC attending the yearly meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Speaking during the plenary session at the IMF, Valdez Albizu noted that the Dominican economy was well and that Gross Domestic Product growth …

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A report in El Caribe newspaper states that between the generation stations and the electricity distributors there is a loss of over 40% of the energy produced. According to a note from the Ministry of Energy and Mines, for every 100 units of energy (gigawatts or kilowatts, it makes no difference) some 44% is lost …

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After some 17 years in the discussion, trial, and training of personnel, breathalyzers were in use in the Dominican Republic over the past weekend. Media reports indicate that previous attempts at the implementation of the use of these instruments failed for any number of reasons: poor equipment, improperly trained personnel, and violent resistance from the …

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The Dominican Republic is the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords. This October 2024, the DR joined 43 other countries in the commitment to advance principles for the safe, transparent, and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond with NASA. The US space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced: “NASA …

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