2014 – Page 166

The National Police reported on Friday, 13 June that Claudia Patricia Sarante Camacho is alive and well. Earlier in the week she left her Ford Explorer on the Malecon and went missing. It was suspected she could have committed suicide, but a video showed she had walked away from the Guibia Park that faces the …

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The National Ballet will put on a performance dedicated to Liborio Mateo, an almost mythological character from the early 20th century in San Juan de la Maguana. “El Quito de San Juan” is booked for a show on 2 July 2014 at the main hall of the National Theater in Santo Domingo. This dance will …

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President Danilo Medina hosted a delegation from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon Church) at the National Palace yesterday, Wednesday 11 June. The visitors included Jeffrey R. Holland, who is a member of the church’s Quorum of Twelve, Claudio D. Zivic (member of the First Quorum of the Seventy) and who …

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There will be no extension of the order to disconnect pre-paid cell phones that have not been validated by their owners. The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) says it had given telecom companies six months to notify their clients and validate their pre-paid mobile line registration. The validation ordered in Resolution 039-13 requires the numbers to …

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It will cost US$25 million to the Dominican government, but could generate US$60 million in revenues for the government of Haiti. Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario has denounced the Haitian authorities for turning the Dominican Republic’s Foreigner Legalization Plan into a business. He says that their main interest should be for their citizens …

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The president of the Central Electoral Board and national civil registry, Robert Rosario pointed out that the international organizations are exercising pressure on the DR to legalize Haitian immigrants, but are reluctant to help pay for the process. He said that the ruling for the application of Law 169-14 that grants special naturalization procedures is …

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The Senate has approved a first reading of the bill aimed at naming Loma Miranda in La Vega a national park. The status will prevent commercial activity from taking place within the park. Votes in favor of the park were cast by senators Reinaldo Pared Perez, Cristina Lizardo, Euclides Sanchez, Adriano Sanchez Roa, Julio Cesar …

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Santo Domingo Mayor Roberto Salcedo and the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Roberto Rosario have signed an agreement whereby ID renewal centers will be set up in high-density barrios. This will bring the facility near to people’s place of residence in order to speed up the issuing of the document. http://listindiario.com/la-republica/2014/6/11/325501/JCE-y-ADN-llevaran-centros-de-cedulacion-a-barrios-de-la-capital

The Santo Domingo street across from the Dominican Rehabilitation Association (ADR) headquarters where Dona Mary Perez viuda Marranzini has spent so many hours now bears her name after 50 years of philanthropic work. “I have no words to thank all who have worked with me, during those 50 years,” said the ADR founder. She had …

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Dominican schools receive thousands of Haitian children who live in border towns. The children were enrolled in schools located in the border provinces of Montecristi, Dajabon, Santiago Rodriguez, Elias Pina, Bahoruco, Pedernales after the 2010 earthquake devastated their schools. A report in Listin Diario mentions that the students study in both public and private schools …

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