2013 – Page 15

The history of human trafficking is long and ugly. Spanning back over the last millennium, history recounts how Arab slavers trafficked captives from any nation, and the story today is not a whole lot different, according to a front-page story in Diario Libre. A baseline study conducted in 2009 and never published shows just what …

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Some judicial processes “fail” in the courts and the defendants obtain their freedom because there were procedural errors during the procedures that were clearly established in the Penal Process Code. One such case was Saturnino Rodriguez (Julio el Gordo) who walked out of court last week after being accused of illegal possession of firearms when …

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The weather bureau (Onamet) has announced high surf and relatively chilly temperatures for tomorrow, Friday 13 December. A trough passing through the west and strong winds from the east will cause rainstorms nationwide, says Onamet. The cold front settling in from the north will bring colder seasonal temperatures. Onamet is advising small boats to stay …

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Yesterday evening, Wednesday 11 December, the Leones del Escogido earned their fifth straight entry into the playoff series of the winter baseball tournament. They defeated, in 12 long innings, the Estrellas Orientales, with a clutch hit by Melky Mesa. In La Romana’s Estadio Francisco Micheli, the Aguilas Cibaenas gave manager Felix Fermin his historic 400th …

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The Chamber of Deputies has passed the changes to Law 158-01, Law 184-02 and Law 318-04 on tourism tax incentives and promotion. The bill had already passed in the Senate and now moves to the Presidency for signing into law. It extends the duration of tax exemptions that have been approved for 10 years to …

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Director of Migration Ricardo Taveras Blanco has invited United States Labor Secretary Tony Perez to visit sugar mills in the Dominican Republic and see for himself that there is no child labor there, as reported in Hoy. Perez recently announced a donation of US$10 million to eradicate the problem. “From here I tell the minister …

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One hundred and ninety temporary workers in the sugar industry in Barahona have been issued with new Haitian national passports and an immigration card that regularizes their status as temporary workers in the Dominican Republic. Migration Director Jose Ricardo Taveras Blanco made the announcement on Tuesday 10 December. International Organization for Migration (IOM) mission head …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) that handles civil registry in the Dominican Republic responded to comments by Caelum Dominicana that has questioned the result of the tender for producing the new ID cards saying that that company did not meet the security level requirements. The president of the Tender Commission, former JCE judge Luis Ramon …

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The Chamber of Deputies has approved a bill that declares Santiago as an eco-touristic province. The bill calls for initiatives to back the preparation and implementation of strategies to position the city as a regional and global eco-tourism destination. Santiago recently announced the creation of a tourism cluster in Santiago. www.diariolibre.com/noticias/2013/12/11/i414764_los-diputados-pasan-ley-que-declara-santiago-como-provincia-ecoturastica.html

Yesterday, Tuesday 11 December, the Chamber of Deputies approved a resolution for the Ministry of Education to be more efficient in distribution of textbooks to public school students. Deputy Wellington Arnaud proposed the motion that distribution of school textbooks should be made a “national priority’ and the initiative urges parents and teachers to take part …

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