2014 – Page 238

President Danilo Medina was in Punta Cana yesterday, Tuesday 25 March for the inauguration of two hotels and a water park in Punta Cana built at a cost of US$250 million. The Royalton Punta Cana and Memories Splash Punta Cana hotels, which have 1,010 rooms as well as 11 bars and eight restaurants, have been …

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President Danilo Medina has defended the actions of the Dominican authorities in preventing Juliana Deguis from departing from the airport to the United States without a passport. Deguis presented a US special visa as her travel document. She was planning to attend an Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) hearing on her case in Washington, …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) Official Commission chairman Cesar Feliz has announced the start of an audit of the 60,869 birth records of foreigners since 1929 to comply with Constitutional Court Ruling 168-13. The ruling allows for a year to carry out the audit that could be extended for another year. Two hundred and twenty people …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 25 March, President Danilo Medina met Princess Elena, the eldest daughter of the King and Queen of Spain Juan Carlos and Sofia, in her capacity as the Cultural and Social Director of the Mapfre Foundation. Princess Elena was received by the President and his wife, Candida Montilla, together with other members of the …

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The Medina administration seems to have resorted to electronic controls in its attempts to discourage political patronage in the foreign service. Diario Libre reports that belt-tightening is underway at the bloated foreign service using electronic controls. Payments are now being made through the Ministry of Hacienda and not in lump sums through the Ministry of …

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Executives from South Korea’s Hitejinro Brewery have told President Danilo Medina of their interest in investing in the Dominican market to export beer. The venture would create jobs in the country. They met with the President in the Presidential Palace yesterday, Tuesday 25 March together with the Minister of Economy, Planning and Development Temistocles Montas. …

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The United States ambassador in the Dominican Republic, James Brewster has called on the community to unite to tackle the scourge of people trafficking. He was speaking at a seminar on Best Practices in Investigation and International Cooperation to Combat Child Sex Tourism and Human Trafficking yesterday, Tuesday 25 March. The event was attended by …

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The Dominican Army chief, Major General Ruben Dario Paulino Sem, says that measures aimed at controlling illegal immigration on the border with Haiti have resulted in the repatriation of 10,000 Haitians who had entered the country illegally. Paulino Sem said that personnel posted on border crossing points are changed every 15 days so as to …

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Minister of Foreign Relations Carlos Morales Troncoso met with the director for the Americas of the European External Action Service Roland Shafer, yesterday, Tuesday 25 March. Shafer praised the strategic role the Dominican Republic plays as liaison between countries in Central America and the Caribbean Forum (Cariforum). He stressed that the country could play a …

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Minister of Public Health Freddy Hidalgo has announced that the Chikungunya virus is now in the country. The disease is flu-like but less virulent than dengue. He said that hundreds of fever cases have been reported in Nagua, San Cristobal and San Pedro de Macoris that show all the signs of the disease. He said …

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