2014 – Page 241

Two MKI tunneling machines will simultaneously excavate the underground section of the second part of the Metro Line 2 linking east and west Santo Domingo. One will be located at Carretera Mella with San Vicente de Paul Avenue and the other at Los Tres Brazos. The tunnel will connect the Puente de la 17 to …

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Ruling PLD party secretary Reinaldo Pared Perez is optimistic that discussions within the party will lead to the passing of the Political Parties Bill during this legislature. In an official PLD statement, the politician, who has also announced his presidential pre-candidacy for the party, said the matter would be discussed at the next PLD Political …

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Despite the Constitutional Court ruling 168-13 establishing that Juliana Eguis does not qualify for Dominican nationality on the grounds that her parents were in the Dominican Republic illegally, the US Consulate issued a humanitarian visa to Juliana Eguis on 20 March 2014 identifying her as a Dominican in the special visa. Eguis tried to travel …

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Former President of Chile Eduardo Frei says that more attention must be given to the immigration problem that he says is affecting Latin America, a situation he says has changed in the last few years. He said that Latin American countries needed to develop public policies on immigration to confront this “reality of the modern …

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The president of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) Major General Julio Cesar Souffront Velazquez and the chief of the Police of Haiti Godson Arelus have held a meeting at the agency in Santo Domingo to strengthen cooperation to fight drug trafficking cartels and organized crime on the island. They agreed to improve logistics and …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations is reported to be adopting measures to reduce wasteful spending. In the process, however, the real working diplomats are feeling the delays in payment. As reported in Diario Libre, the plan is for payments to diplomats to be made through the Controller General Office in two monthly installments, one for …

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In the ongoing discussions for the Labor Code revisions both employers and labor representatives are in agreement on restricting access to social networks during work hours. The point was included in Article 45 of the draft. Government, employer and labor representative groups are discussing the draft. The government has said it will back items on …

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The Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) director General Juan Brown has told Diario Libre that they are waiting for authorization from the City Government of Santo Domingo (ADN) to restrict heavy traffic along the Malecon seafront boulevard from Maximo Gomez Avenue to Arzobispo Merino Street. He said they had started to ban traffic after resolution 11-2012 …

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The president of the Association of Industries of Herrera and the Province of Santo Domingo (AEIH), Victor Castro, is calling for the government to devise coherent mining policies that are adapted to the reality that this is an island made up of fragile ecosystems with already large environmental liabilities. Castro said that there needed to …

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The president of the Dominican Association of Builders and Promoters of House Construction (Acoprovi) complains that large-scale construction of low-cost housing promised by President Danilo Medina is not going ahead as planned because of obstacles imposed by the Department of Taxes (DGII). Fermin Acosta said that Law 189-11 for the Promotion of Mortgage Market and …

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