2013 – Page 302

President Danilo Medina told media directors that the Bahia de las Aguilas deal is not yet closed. He held a meeting with directors of leading Dominican media yesterday, Tuesday 19 February to listen to their opinions while defending the government’s deal with the property title holders, regardless of whether they were irregularly issued or not. …

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Environmentalists say that many of the lots that are being legitimized by the Bahia de las Aguilas government deal have protected area status and should not be developed. The Academy of Sciences says that the government deal violates the Constitution if it authorizes development works in Bahia de las Aguilas. At a press conference held …

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In what is considered a landmark case for the Dominican judiciary, the Constitutional Court has annulled a decision by the Supreme Court of Justice. The Constitutional Court was created by the 2010 Constitution. The Constitutional Court annulled a decision that had ordered the Malespin construction company to compensate Juan Alberto Pimentel who claimed that his …

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Following a show of hands at a meeting, the National Executive Council of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) has declared a strike at the Gustavo A. Gonzalvo hospital in La Romana in protest at the lack of medical supplies. CMD president Amarilis Herrera said that their members would only respond to emergencies but that elective …

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A boat on its way to Puerto Rico with 31 Dominicans on board was detained by the Dominican Navy and the US Coastguard on Tuesday 19 February. In addition, during a raid in the community of Mata Gorda, in Rio San Juan, a boat was discovered being prepared for an illegal voyage to Puerto Rico. …

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A routine vehicle search by the National Police in the northwestern municipality of Esperanza may have saved the life of Albania Sosa. Listin Diario reports that the Police arrested Edwin Reyes who is accused of violently pushing his wife into the trunk of his vehicle to stop her from reporting him at the Gender Violence …

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Mexican contemporary rock group Cafe Tacuba is booked for a performance at the Hard Rock Cafe in Santo Domingo on Tuesday, 26 February. The band is best known for their tracks “La ingrata,” “Eres,” “Maria,” “Chilanga” and “La Locomotora”. They are visiting the country to promote their new album, “El objeto antes llamado disco,” released …

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President Danilo Medina did the honors and cut the ribbon at the Costa Norte tourist complex in Playa Grande, province of Maria Trinidad Sanchez yesterday, Monday 18 February. The complex, which includes a boutique hotel and residential lots, will be developed in three stages. The total investment of some US$400 million is the largest ever …

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Presidential Decree 16-13 that declares the relocation of the inhabitants of the Santo Domingo riverside slum of La Barquita as a top priority has restored hope and optimism to the impoverished barrio; but it has also created uncertainty among local homeowners and their tenants. Property owners are saying that their exclusion from the solution that …

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While experts say that the north and the south are well connected, others want a more direct highway from Santiago to San Juan de la Maguana. Nonetheless, the Dominican Republic is one of the very most connected countries in the entire Latin American region. Starting with the construction of the Duarte Highway in 1917, which …

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