2014 – Page 247

The Ministry of Tourism (MITUR) has announced that as part of the Colonial City Tourism Development Program, a thorough restoration of the area is planned, including roads, historical facades, parks, squares and bastions in order to provide Santo Domingo with an historic center to boost the economy and improve the quality of life of its …

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects that the Dominican economy will grow by 4.5% in 2014, up from 4% of GDP in 2013. The IMF mission visiting the DR last week has concluded that the economy had developed “better than expected” and welcomed the government’s commitment to macroeconomic stability. The mission recommends broadening the tax …

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Presidential legal advisor Cesar Pina Toribio told the press that he has requested the return of the Family Code bill that was sent to the Senate last week. Vice President Margarita Cedeno coordinated the bill that has met with widespread rejection. The many changes proposed in the bill include the creation of a Ministry of …

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The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) has delivered a report to the Ministry of Foreign Relations that details the progress they have made on issuing identity cards to Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic. The work is due for completion in the next few weeks. The meeting took place in the …

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The Dominican government has announced that the high-level monthly talks scheduled for March are being postponed until 8 April. The meeting, originally scheduled for 8 March, was postponed until 20 March due to US Vice President Joe Biden’s visit that was also subsequently cancelled, reportedly due to the Ukrainian Prime Minister’s visit to Washington. Presidency …

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Former Haitian consul in the Dominican Republic Edwin Paraison met with Interior and Police Minister Jose Ramon Fadul yesterday, Monday 17 March. The minister had questioned the alleged involvement of the former consul’s Zile Foundation in the controversial “Taking Our Territory” campaign. Fadul said the visit was aimed at ‘clarifying concepts,’ and Paraison said that …

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The United States government has donated RD$42 million in medical equipment to the Ministry of Public Health to reduce infant and maternal mortality at public hospitals. The equipment will be installed at the San Lorenzo de los Mina Maternity Hospital. The Los Mina hospital records what is estimated as the highest number of cases of …

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A commission from the International Red Cross (ICRC) arrived in the country yesterday afternoon, Monday 17 March, to meet with a number of organizations and to promote human rights, as well as to introduce their new Haitian delegate, Agathe Stricket. As well as Stricket, the mission comprises Patrick Zahnd, Eric Tardid and Jean Jacob Charles, …

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Police spokesman Colonel Jacobo Mateo Moquete announced changes in regional commands throughout the country at a press conference yesterday, Monday 17 March. General Juana Francisca Campusano, who used to head the Special Police for Juveniles has been appointed Head of the Southern Central region based in Bani, the second time she has held this position. …

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Last night, Monday 17 March, at least nine people were killed and another five were injured, including a child, when a truck hit a minibus at kilometer 16 at the Tabara crossroads on the Azua-Barahona highway. The high-speed, head-on collision occurred at 8:30pm. Night driving is strongly discouraged in the Dominican Republic. The fatalities included …

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