Dolores Vicioso – Page 150

Migration Agency director, Vice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester, announced plans to implement facial recognition technology at border markets to deal with the large number of undocumented persons that enter from Haiti. The goal is to enhance security and regulate the flow of people entering the country for the binational markets. At present hundreds of …

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Emmanuel Fritz Lonchamp, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief of Staff of President René Préval, is the New Ambassador of Haiti to the Dominican Republic. The Haitian Embassy in the Dominican Republic has announced the arrival of its head of mission, Emmanuel Fritz Longchamp. He will officially assume his role as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary …

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The migratory pressures resulting from the collapse of social services and insecurity in Haiti continue to impact the Dominican Republic. The increase migration flows has led the Dominican government to step up efforts to discourage Haitians coming here. The Army reports it has arrested 90,018 persons identified as undocumented Haitians from 17 August 2024 to …

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Erick Dorrejo, director of Border Development Policies in the Abinader administration, says he was not aware that against the buyer of a lot he sold in La Esperilla several families had begun a legal case, now known as Operacion Nido, for unfulfillment of real estate deals. Dorrejo’s lawyers say their client returned the US$187,000 voluntarily …

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President Luis Abinader returned on Tuesday, 18 February 2025 in the evening to the Dominican Republic after a short trip to Guyana on Monday and Tuesday where he participated in the Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo Guyana and held a bilateral meeting with Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali. The Dominican Presidency reports that in …

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Minister of Industry & Commerce Victor (Ito) Bisonó told the audience of the monthly American Chamber of Commerce luncheon that the Dominican Republic has strategically positioned itself as a leader in the reconfiguration of global supply chains. Speaking at the monthly luncheon of the American Chamber of Commerce, Bisonó highlighted the country’s competitive advantages, strategic …

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In a meeting held at the offices of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Defense of the Environment and Natural Resources (Proedemaren), the head of this department of the Public Ministry, Francisco Contreras Núñez, received the investigation report conducted by renowned American geologist and speleologist George Veni on the Natural Monument Anthropological Reserve of Borbón …

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The Dominican Republic’s 2024 tax revenue shows strong growth, driven by the sales tax and gold taxes. The tax agency, DGII reports robust tax collection figures for 2024, with a total of RD$846.46 billion, representing a 10.5% increase compared to the previous year. The DGII explains the strong tax revenue performance is a result of …

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Six people have been charged in connection with a ring that allegedly issued fraudulent Dominican documents to Haitian citizens. Among those implicated are employees of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) that have been sent to justice. The investigation began after the complaints filed by Dominga Tavarez Alvarez, the director of the Nizao municipal hospital in …

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In a joint operation, agents from the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) and the Public Ministry confiscated a shipment of 303 ceramic bananas filled with cocaine at the Port of Manzanillo in northwestern Montecristi province. This marks a new modus operandi in international drug trafficking, says the DNCD in a press release. During a routine …

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