2013 – Page 86

After six months of shutdown, horse races will resume at the V Centenario Horse Track off the Las Americas Expressway near Santo Domingo. The races will take place on Thursdays and Saturdays.

Following the introduction of the new Armed Forces Law, presented yesterday, Tuesday 1 October by Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez, the Armed Forces will now be called the Ministry of Defense, the Navy will be called the Dominican Republic Navy, the National Army the Dominican Republic Army, and the Dominican Air Force will be called the …

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The president of the Permanent Commission for State Land Titles (CPTTE), Gustavo Montalvo, has met with fellow commission members and other government officials to check the progress of the National Land Title Plan. Montalvo said that work has reached an advanced stage and that he hoped to make a public announcement soon on the first …

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With a vote of 138 in favor and four against, the Chamber of Deputies has approved the amendments to the Barrick Gold contract as received from the Executive Branch that call for increases in revenue for the government while conditioning this to gold average price of US$1,600 the ounce. The contract also authorizes Barrick to …

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The bill that would make the La Vega mountain, Loma Miranda into a protected area was passed in the Chamber of Deputies in its second reading yesterday, Tuesday 1 October. The bill needs to move to the Senate and then to the Presidency to become law. The bill was introduced on 10 September by legislators …

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A study by the Audit Office and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has exposed weaknesses and violations of the law in the use of public resources in most of the local governments and municipal districts across the country. The investigation also shows weaknesses or an absence of mechanisms for recording income and expenditure according …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario Marquez and Public Health Minister Freddy Hidalgo have announced new measures aimed at ensuring that no baby leaves a public hospital without a birth certificate. They will be given a unique identity number that will become their ID card (cedula) number when they reach the age of 16. …

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The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations has rejected the decision by the Dominican Republic Constitutional Court to deny nationality to the children of illegal immigrants who are born in the country. OHCHR spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said that the decision would deprive thousands of people of a nationality, which …

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Haiti has recalled its ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Fritz Cineas for consultations, as announced on Monday, 30 September. The move came in response to a decision by the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic that seeks to revoke Dominican citizenship from several hundreds that had been issued the later, according to Haiti’s Ministry of …

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The Embassy of the United States has announced that it will be operating as normal for the time being despite the partial shutdown of the Federal Government of the United States due to an impasse with the Congress. They say that consular services and routine operations will continue with their standard opening hours.