2024 – Page 59

The National Constitutional Revisory Assembly will study proposed amendments to the 2015 Constitution during its session on Monday, 7 October 2024. The president of the Senate, Ricardo de los Santos, who is serving as head of the National Assembly, convened the session last week. The National Constitutional Revisory Assembly gathers the legislators from both the …

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The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) will be conducting its fourth National Earthquake Evacuation Drill on Wednesday, 23 October 2024 at 10am. This exercise aims to prepare the Dominican population for a potential seismic event and promote the adoption of appropriate safety measures. The drill will involve practicing emergency plans, protocols, and evacuation procedures at …

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Given the utter chaos that seems to govern almost all traffic in the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Senate gave priority to the approving of a legislative proposal that will insert road-safety classes int othe nation’s school curriculums at all levels. Due to the costs, the subject of driver’s education will not be incorporated, but the …

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Reports are that the Migration Ageny authorities detained for deportation proceedings around 3,000 undocumented persons last week. Likewise, Administrative Minister of the Presidency Andres Bautista announced the government would open Migration Agency (DGM) offices in each of the provinces to strengthen migration control and compliance with the Migration Law 285-04. Last week, the Presidency announced …

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Haitian patients have accounted for a significant portion of hospitalizations in the Dominican Republic this year, according to data from the National Health Service’s Information and Statistics Repository (Riess), Diario Libre reports. As of August 2024, 12.49% of the 299,908 hospitalizations recorded were Haitian nationals, totaling 36,170 admissions. The number of Haitians cared for in …

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Former National District legislator José Horacio Rodríguez was elected on Sunday, 6 October 2024 president of the Opción Democrática (OD) party for the 2024-2028 term. He takes over from fellow party founder, Minou Tavarez Mirabal. He will be joined by Alexandra Sued as vice president and Miguel Alejandro Martinez as secretary general. He stressed the …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reported that the consumer price index (CPI) registered an annual variation of 3.29% in September 2024, lower than the rates of 3.54% in July and 3.42% in August. This places the country’s inflation within the lower limit and center of the target range of 4.0% ± 1.0% …

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The nation’s rum producers, that is, the rum-makers that pay taxes, have released some data compiled by the Tax Agency (DGII), that shows a year-to-year drop nearing 10%, or some four million liters of rum. The Dominican Association of Rum Producers (Adopron) says that rum sales are down 9% from 2021. The rum makers had …

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Henriq Girigori Martha, a Dutch national with a background in alleged criminal activities particularly related to drug trafficking and money laundering, was extradited to the Netherlands. He had been arrested in April 2024 by the Dominican Republic’s National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) during a search operation in the La Lometa area of Sabaneta in San …

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A Dominican court has ordered eight individuals to be held in pre-trial detention for 12 months in connection with an international drug trafficking ring named Operation Buffalo NK. The eight defendants are accused of being part of a drug cartel with operations spanning Colombia, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. They were arrested during a …

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