2013 – Page 18

Three Dominicans who are due to be extradited to the United States have told a judge in the National District that they are prepared to go willingly to face the charges against them. After asking to go voluntarily, Luis Estevez, Jose Luis Mejia and Adriano Cecilio Gonzalez Santos are now waiting for the paperwork to …

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Beachwear, luggage and sports brands Quicksilver, Volcom, Dakine, Billabong, O’Neill and even surfboards and other ocean toys are on sale this Friday 13, Saturday 14, and Sunday 15 December on Cabarete beach, next to the Carib Wind Cabarete store. Tel 809 571 0640 www.caribwindcabarete.com

Add speed racing to sport tourism for the Dominican Republic. There will be competitions in standard 4×2 vehicles, 4×4 vehicles, open SUVs, 4×4 Off-road cars and dune buggies. The Dominican Republic’s Rally of the Caribbean will take place on Sunday, 15 December. The event is being promoted as the country’s first nationwide speed rally. It …

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The Deputy Minister for Industry & Commerce in charge of promoting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), Ignacio Mendez says that the Medina government has provided RD$7 billion in credit for small and medium-sized enterprises in its first year and a half in office. He also announced that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved …

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Traffic flowing from Punta Cana to San Pedro de Macoris is being restricted to just two of the four lanes of the highway from Sunday, 8 December to Wednesday 11 December at 4pm. This is to give time for preparations and the actual inauguration ceremony on Wednesday that will be attended by President Danilo Medina. …

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For the holidays, the curfew that limited sale of alcohol to midnight from Sunday through Thursday and to 2am on Friday, Saturday and holidays is being lifted tomorrow, Tuesday 10 December through 8 January, after the Three Kings holiday. This means partying at bars, restaurants, and discos can continue for unlimited hours. It also means …

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The visiting Organization of American States Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHRC) delegation issued its opinion on Friday, 6 December after hearing around 3,000 cases of people who say they are affected by Constitutional Court ruling 168-13. NGOs coordinated attendance at the hearings with the 13-member OAS Commission that had already rejected the decision on 8 …

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Dominican ambassador in London Federico Cuello responds to an article in The Economist that echoes misinformation on the efforts being made by the Medina government to implement longstanding laws to organize immigration chaos in the country after years of a laissez-faire approach. The Economist maintains the commonly held misconception that the Dominican government is denationalizing …

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Dominican journalist Alfredo Freites comments in today’s Listin Diario, Monday 9 December that Haiti does not grant Haitian nationality to children born to illegal immigrants in Haiti, while demanding that the Dominican Republic do so to its undocumented nationals. “In practice, Haiti denies nationality to the children of Haitians because it lacks a trustworthy civil …

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Migration expert Juan Manuel Rosario told Diario Libre that there is the intent to give more legal rights to people who have entered the country illegally than people who entered legally as a student, temporary work permit or with a business visa. As reported in Diario Libre, he says that efforts are being made to …

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