2015 – Page 296

Migration director Jose Ricardo Taveras is urging international critics of Dominican efforts to regulate migration in the country to help Haitians get the documents that will lead to their legalization of their stay in the Dominican Republic. “I do not know why there is so much concern about documenting Haitians in the Dominican Republic when …

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US representative Nancy Pelosi led a delegation of US legislators on a visit to President Danilo Medina and Dominican legislators on Thursday, 19 February 2015. Lobbying for the naturalization of Haitians as Dominicans was at the top of the agenda. In a press release, Pelosi’s office reported that discussions on the “the issue of Haitian …

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The Ministry of Hacienda, the Tax Agency (DGII) and the IRS of the United States have announced the start of joint work on drawing up an inter-governmental agreement for the application of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in the Dominican Republic. FATCA is the United States’ global tax enforcement law. The foreign earned …

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Santiago has a new archbishop. The bishop of the diocese of Bani, 67-year old Monsignor Freddy Antonio de Jesus Breton Martinez was promoted to the post of Santiago’s archbishop. He is originally from Canca la Reina (Licey) in Santiago province, replacing 75-year old Ramon Benito de la Rosa y Carpio. Pope Francis sent 48-year old …

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The PRSC has announced the election by consensus of party president Federico Quique Antun Batlle as the party’s presidential candidate in the 2016 May election. Legislator Victor (Ito) Bisono was elected acting president of the party. The party also announced a list of 15 candidates for senator and another hundred or so for deputies, mayors …

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Acting Santiago prosecutor Aura Luz Garcia has ordered the closure of the Institute for Weight Loss, Body Esthetics and Gynecology (IDEAMEC) in Santiago after a two-hour interrogation of gynecologist Oscar Polanco and lawyer Aulio Collado Anico representing the beauty clinic where two women died last week. Garcia said the clinic would remain closed for as …

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Firefighters in Santo Domingo were able to rescue a woman who lost control of her Toyota FJ vehicle while driving eastwards on the Malecon in Santo Domingo on the curve by the Banco Agricola. The vehicle plunged into the Caribbean Sea at around 8am on Saturday, 21 February 2015. The woman whose life was miraculously …

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Two people drowned and an estimated 20,000 had to leave their homes due to heavy rainfall over the weekend. The victims were 12-year old Nasyeli Olivares who drowned in a river in Salcedo and 45-year old Bartolome Santos who drowned while trying to cross an irrigation channel in Nagua. Street flooding affected Greater Santo Domingo, …

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US Team SmartStop is taking part in the Vuelta Independencia Nacional underway through 1 March 2015. A six-man roster captained by Zach Bell, who finished second on stage six last year, came for the eight-day UCI 2.2 stage race that began on 22 February. This year, the team is back to win first. As reported …

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34-year old Dominican tennis player Victor Estrella won the sixth ATP Challenger Tour crown in Morelos, Mexico on Saturday 21 February 2015. This gave him the three points to move up into the elite group of the top 50 tennis players as ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals. As of today, Monday 23 February …

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