2014 – Page 109

Hundreds of Haitians protested outside the Haitian Embassy yesterday, Wednesday 20 August 2014 demanding that President Michel Martelly order Haitian identity documentation to be issued free of charge. They need the documentation in order to apply for the National Foreigner Legalization Plan in the Dominican Republic. As reported in Diario Libre, the group marched down …

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Police chief Major General Manuel Castro Castillo has called for an end to lenience by the courts at a time when 89 police agents have been murdered and another 130 injured by criminals. In an interview with El Nuevo Diario, Castro said: “It’s a war.” He said the criminals do not respect uniformed police on …

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The National Drug Control Agency has announced the dismantling of an international network that recruited drug couriers known as “mules” in Colombia, Venezuela and Peru to transport drugs to the Dominican Republic, where local people were contracted to transport the drugs to Europe and the United States. The smugglers swallowed the pellets of drugs that …

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A New York federal judge has accepted claims by Dominican songwriter Ramon “Arias” Vasquez that his song “Loca con su tiguere” was plagiarized by Shakira who turned it into the hit song “Loca” from her 2010 album, ‘Sale el sol.’ Hollywood Reporter covered the story. Loca con su tiguere was inspired by his sister’s relationship …

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Of course many children will follow in their parents’ footsteps. This is common in the Dominican military forces, says a feature in Diario Libre. The article comes right after President Danilo Medina appointed Major General Jose Matos de la Cruz as head of the Army. He is the son of retired general Ramiro Matos Gonzalez, …

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President Danilo Medina had always stated that he was in government for the four-year term for which he was elected. The 2010 Constitution bans consecutive presidential re-election. During a one-hour-and-a-half press conference for journalists covering the Presidency held at the Presidential Palace on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Medina administration yesterday, Tuesday, …

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President Danilo Medina has spoken out in favor of continuing government plans for the construction of two coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 674 megawatts. The first of the plants is due to enter into operation in 2017. The government argues that the plants will provide power at a much lower cost, thus …

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President Danilo Medina said yesterday, Tuesday 19 August 2014, that fighting administrative corruption is the judiciary’s responsibility. Regarding crime, he said it is the National Judiciary Council that appoints the prosecutors. “I think there is going to have to be a mechanism to improve the judiciary because people have many complaints,” he said. Regarding gender …

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