2013 – Page 151

According to the New York Post, food-stamp fraud in New York has turned into foreign aid to black-market profiteers in the Dominican Republic, with people on welfare buying food with their benefit cards and shipping it in blue barrels to poor relatives in the Dominican Republic. In addition, the Post last week found two people …

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78 agents have been cancelled from the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) since the start of General Julio Cesar Souffront as president of the organization. He made the announcement during the graduation of 51 new DNCD agents. He said that the purge within the organization would continue, and efforts were underway to secure better working …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has seized 222 packets of a powder, presumed to be cocaine or heroin, inside a fighting cocks’ cage and near a banana plantation in Azua. According to the DNCD spokesperson, Jacqueline Lamarche two men were taken into custody; Felix Marcial Castillo, aged 63 and Agapito Ramirez Mejia, aged 49, …

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The head of the police, Major General Manual Castro Castillo, announced on Sunday, 28 July that crime has decreased by more than 40% since the beginning of the Citizen Security Plan and the militarization of the streets. Castro Castillo also said that he had been able to confirm that more than 60% of the violent …

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Texas swimmer Alex Rodriguez recently won a gold medal competing for the Dominican Republic in the 200-meter breaststroke and a silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the XXVII CCCAN Swimming Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, the Rockwall Herald Banner reported from his hometown. Rodriguez represented the Dominican Republic National Team at the meet, …

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The Ministry of Culture announces the 27th Visual Art Biennial will open in Santo Domingo on 16 August 2013 at the Museum of Modern Art. The Biennial is open to Dominican artists and foreigners who have resided in the country for at least five years. For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see http://dr1.com/calendar

Mayor of Santo Domingo Roberto Salcedo says that the first phase of the Paseo Maritimo 30 de Mayo would be ready in two months time, reports Diario Libre. The new city walkway is under construction on a 4.5 km stretch on the Malecon between Abraham Lincoln and Nunez de Caceres avenues. Six piers extended into …

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Congress passed to the Executive Branch for signing the bill with the new rules intended to correct distortions in public administration wages. The bill had been passed in Congress at the end of the Fernandez administration, but was vetoed by former President Fernandez on grounds that it did not indicate the sources of funds for …

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Congress passed the bill that makes important structural changes to the Fundamental Law of the Armed Forces. The bill changes the name of the Ministry of the Armed Forces to Ministry of Defense and leaves it open to the President to appoint a military or civilian to head the ministry. Likewise, the currently named War …

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The Chamber of Deputies passed the two readings required for approval of changes in the Penal Procedures Code. Penalties are established for judges and prosecutors who it is determined provide lenient treatment to those found in violation of the law. The president of the Chamber of Deputies said that the objective is to reduce the …

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