2014 – Page 306

The Electricity Superintendence (SIE) has suspended work being carried out by the Punta Cana-Macao Energy Consortium (CEPM) to introduce their electricity service to the Municipal District of Nisibon, until there is a resolution to a dispute. The SIE says that CEPM has violated rights obtained by the Eastern Electricity Distributor (Edeeste) to supply electricity to …

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Pedro Fernandez, El Nacional newspaper’s correspondent in the northeastern city of San Francisco de Macoris, has reported that he has evidence that a local drug dealer known as “Michel” has hired two contract killers to murder him. The international press freedom campaign group Reporters Without Borders has asked the Dominican Republic authorities to take the …

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A high-ranking officer in the National Police, General Juan Ramon de la Cruz Martinez, was killed early yesterday morning, Monday 13 January, when his car crashed into road barriers over a bridge and slid down to the river. El Dia reported that his son, First Lieutenant Oliver de la Cruz Rodriguez, lost control of the …

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On the occasion of the La Altagracia Day holiday on Tuesday, 21 January that honors the protector of the Dominican Republic, the 70-musician strong National Symphony Orchestra will be playing its traditional La Altagracia concert at the Basilica Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia in Higuey. The concert itself is set for this Friday, 17 January …

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The new ID and voter card (cedula) scheduled for issue this year will have holographic images to combat card forgery and unauthorized alterations and duplications. Other enhanced security measures include micro text printing – small text that is only visible with a magnifying glass and hidden characters and patterns within the intricate graphic design, according …

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The National Immigration Council (CNM) has assigned top priority to the regularization of temporary foreign workers in keeping with the guidelines of the National Immigration Legalization Plan. The plan seeks to legalize foreigners with irregular status in the Dominican Republic and to organize immigration. In Resolution 01-14, the CNM instructs the Foreign Relations Ministry to …

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The director of the regional section of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) Manases Pena has told Hoy newspaper that doctors have been seeing a larger number of Haitian patients since the hospitals eliminated patient fees. He called on the government to send the complementary resources now that the hospitals are not able to charge patients. …

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On the fourth anniversary of the earthquake in neighboring Haiti, today’s Diario Libre, Monday 13 January, focuses on key issues for long-term sustainability in Haiti and warns that forces within Haiti seem to be leaning towards exporting Haiti’s problems. “It has been four years now since the devastating earthquake that destroyed many of the main …

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Despite the statement following the 3 January meeting in Ouanaminthe where the Haitian government recognized the sovereign right of the Dominican Republic to define who is eligible for Dominican nationality, the Haitian Prime Minister has stated that Haiti would continue insisting that the Dominican Republic should nationalize people of Haitian origin. Since Haiti for years …

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In an op-ed piece in El Dia today, Monday 13 January, the former Haitian ambassador to the Dominican Republic Edwin Paraison who took part in the 3 January Haiti-DR talks writes that the official point of view of the Haitians has not changed. In the statement after the first talks were resumed on 3 January …

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