2014 – Page 175

President Danilo Medina was in the beach town of Juan Dolio yesterday, 4 June 2014 to participate in the formal inaugural of the Las Olas By Metro condo. The highrise is 16 floors and has 246 apartments facing the sea. Developer Luis Jose Asilis said that Metro has attracted hundreds of investors to the area …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito and Police Chief Major General Manuel Castro Castillo in a press conference yesterday announced major measures to improve citizen safety as part of the National Security Plan. The Attorney General Office announced they would prosecute 394 people for incorrect use of the new 911 emergency telephone number. Attorney General Francisco …

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While original reports were of a slow start of the National Foreigner Legalization Process, by day two, the pace had picked up considerably. Listin Diario reports that more than 500 persons were registered at the 12 governor headquarters nationwide on the first day. But by day two, three times the number of people were queuing …

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According to the president of the Economic and Social Council, Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, the Electricity Pact would be in place in six months time, following consultations across the country and abroad. At the meeting of the Council, the proposed decree that President Danilo Medina would issue to bring together the stakeholders to discuss the …

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Migration announced the boosting of border surveillance after the start of the National Foreigner Legalization Plan to discourage more illegal immigration from Haiti. Director of Migration Jose Ricardo Taveras said that they are reinforcing border controls now that word is getting out that hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants will get legal status in the …

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Border towns in Pedernales, Independencia, Elias Pina, Dajabon and Montecristi provinces are no one’s land with mass immigration of Haitians, claimed PLD deputy Francisco Bautista in a report in El Nacional. He said that the border control authorities, including the Specialized Border Control Corps (Cesfront) are not capable of controlling the immigration of Haitians to …

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In an op-ed piece published on Tuesday, 3 June in the Miami Herald, Dominican Ambassador in Washington Anibal de Castro highlights the historic citizenship and documentation reform legislation now being implemented in the Dominican Republic. The set of legislation began with Constitutional Court Ruling 168-13 that summarized decades of immigration rulings, to the Naturalization Law …

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According to the European Union representative in the country, Alberto Navarro, the EU and the Dominican Republic trade US$2 billion each year. The EU is the country’s second largest trading partner after the United States. Navarro said that over the last 25 years the EU has provided grants of around EUR1 billion to the DR. …

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The Center for Export and Investment in the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD) and the Department for the Development of Arts & Crafts (Fodearte) signed an agreement to seek new markets abroad for Dominican arts and crafts exports. Jean Alain Rodriguez signed for the CEI-RD and Miguel Pimentel Schouwe for Fodearte. Rodriguez commented that arts and crafts …

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Business and government officers are participating in the IV Forum for Central America and the Dominican Republic: Transparency, Participation and Access to Public Funds. The emphasis is on small and medium-sized businesses government procurement. The forum ends on Friday, 6 June. The event has been organized by the Dominican Government Procurement Office, directed by Yokasta …

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