2015 – Page 282

Following three weeks of tension in relations between Haiti and the Dominican Republic that led to the temporary closure of Dominican consulates in Haiti, a meeting between the foreign ministers of both countries will be held today, Tuesday 10 March 2015 in Antigua, Guatemala, at the 20th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the …

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In Diario Libre today, Tuesday 10 March 2015, economist Eduardo Garcia Michel writes that the DR is at a crossroads of deciding to continue to allow unbridled immigration of poor people from Haiti (an estimated one million Haitians already live here) or to take action and start to apply the immigration and labor laws and …

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The Latin American Political Committee of the Dominican Republic (Copola USA-RD) recommends that United Nations members such as the European Union, France, Spain, Italy, USA, Japan, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Russia and the UK and members of UNASUR, Caricom and OAS organizations grant a pool of 50,000 humanitarian visas or temporary work permit visas to Haitian …

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Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu says that the exchange rate has stabilized following the injection of US$200 million into the market, which was authorized by the Monetary Board in the second week of February. He recalled that in mid-January the dollar-peso exchange rate was between RD$45.15 and RD$45.20 and now it was at RD$44.74, …

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According to the World Bank, the DR is ranked sixth in extreme poverty among 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. A new World Bank book, “The Forgotten: Chronic Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean” says that transitory poverty in the country is 8.6%, double the regional average. Extreme poverty in the Dominican …

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Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta says that the DR exported over 10 million pairs of shoes to the US last year, which is up 10.5% compared to 2013. He said that the DR is one of the five countries in the world with growth in footwear exports. The country is now the …

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Following a case brought by Juan de Jesus Javier Polanco, who alleged that it was unconstitutional for the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) to retain vehicles without a court order, the Constitutional Court has said that it is illegal for vehicles to be impounded following a traffic violation and that there should just be a fine …

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The National Cooperatives Council and the Dominican Cooperatives Federation have complained that the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) rector’s office has retained RD$425 million that belongs to the university cooperative. They went on to say that the cooperative at the UASD was on the verge of collapse and they would be taking the UASD …

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The San Lorenzo de los Mina Maternity and Children’s Hospital in Santo Domingo East says that 525 women experiencing incomplete abortions were admitted in the first two months of the year. Abortion is banned in the Dominican Republic. He said that in 2014, the hospital treated 4,075 women for incomplete abortions, of whom 629 were …

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The trial of 14 people accused of transporting 700 kilos of cocaine and who have been held in pretrial detention for two years, including two French pilots, was suspended yesterday, Monday 9 March 2015 when prosecutor Milciades Guzman asked for two of the judges to be replaced as according to a journalist from the French …

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