2024 – Page 43

As was expected, the membership of the former ruling Dominican Liberation Party(PLD) voted to re-elect former President Danilo Medina to preside that organization for the next four years. The re-election comes at a time when several within the party have been urging for renovation. Medina has been the strongman in the party since he split …

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On Wednesday, 23 October 2024 many government agencies carried out an earthquake drill. Several schools joined in the practice drill. Just hours later there was a 3.8 tremor that made the earlier practice all the more important as buildings were evacuated as per the protocol. Just a week or so before, on 14 October, there …

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The Blue Mall shopping center on Av. Winston Churchill was evacuated on Sunday, 27 October 2024 after reports of a fire around 11:46am. The firefighters were promptly on site and discovered that the blaze had originated in the power plant mechanical room, specifically in the filters area. The fire was promptly extinguished and the situation …

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The Cibao Football Club managed to pull off a victory in the last minute of their match with Real Hope, the semi-finalist from Group A of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup Championship. The team from Cap Haitian was the ‘home’ team in last Wednesday’s match at the Track and Field football stadium on the campus of …

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President Luis Abinader and members of the National Congress will enact the 2024 Constitution during an event programmed to be held at the congressional headquarters on Sunday, 27 October 2024. The presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies have convened the National Constitutional Revisory Assembly to meet on Saturday and Sunday, 26 and …

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A coalition of opposition parties is demanding extraordinary elections be held to choose the new mayor of La Vega. La Vega was left without its mayor who had just been in office since April 2024 when President Luis Abinader named him his Minister of Sports and the deputy mayor resigned. The new election is unlikely. …

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President Luis Abinader has appointed Carlos Pimentel as the new executive director of the Public-Private Partnerships Agency (DGAPP) by Executive Decree No. 614-24. Pimentel will concurrently maintain his position as the head of the Public Procurement Agency (DGCP) but will now serve in that role on an honorary basis. The consolidation of these roles aims …

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President Luis Abinader has issued Decree 615-24, appointing Elías Báez De Los Santos as the new director general of the Information and Defense of Affiliates Agency (DIDA), the consumer agency regarding social security benefits. Báez De Los Santos, a lawyer and politician, previously served as a labor penal inspector and public prosecutor in the province …

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The Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, 23 October 2024 unanimously passed a bill that toughens penalties for human trafficking in the country. The bill had already passed in the Senate. The new legislation imposes harsher sentences, including up to 30 years in prison, for those who traffic in minors, people with disabilities, the mentally ill, …

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The Specialized Border Security Corps (Cesfront) in a joint operation with the Dominican Republic Army (ERD) apprehended 36 Haitian nationals in irregular migratory status. Of these, 32 were found traveling on a public transportation bus in Dajabón. Intelligence units from Cesfront and the 10th Infantry Battalion, acting on a tip, detained the 32 undocumented Haitians, …

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