2015 – Page 341

The Constitutional Court has ruled that citizens have the right to denounce government officers for misconduct in the execution of their jobs. Ruling TC0259-14 says that citizens can place complaints against public officers for misconduct, crimes and offenses committed. It upholds Art. 22 of the 2010 Constitution that states citizens have the right “to report …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito has confirmed that he is waiting for the results from the commission set up to investigate a series of incidents in which drugs that had been confiscated from suspected traffickers disappeared from the Police Anti-narcotics Department (Dican). He said that the main priority now was to take whatever measures were …

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Government authorities have decided to appoint a commission to investigate the migration status of around 1,200 Haitians, for whom a Canadian charitable organization, The Samaritan Foundation, reportedly built around 250 homes in Montellano, Puerto Plata province. The Deputy Minister of Naturalization and Migration has said that members of the Ministry of Interior and Police will …

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After a day off for Three Kings Day, Dominican winter baseball resumes this evening, Wednesday 7 January 2015 with games scheduled for San Pedro de Macoris, Santiago and La Romana through Sunday, 10 January 2015. The Gigantes del Cibao, Aguilas Cibaenas, Estrellas Orientales and Toros del Este are in the fight to make it to …

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First Lady Candida Montilla de Medina was at the Grand Cibao Theater in Santiago yesterday, Monday 5 January 2015 to watch the Christmas Story as part of the Three Kings Day celebrations along with hundreds of children. While Three Kings Day falls on 6 January, the holiday was moved to the previous Monday. She also …

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The Medina government says it knows nothing about the supposed visit of President Danilo Medina to Puerto Rico on 13 January 2015 as announced by David Bernier, Secretary of State for Puerto Rico. The Presidential Place has said that the official organization to announce foreign visits of the President is the Ministry of Foreign Relations …

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Economist Pavel Isa has told Diario Libre that in macroeconomic terms, 2015 will be a good year. He says the DR will benefit from the recovery of the US economy, which is likely to be reflected by an increase in tourism, remittances from expatriate Dominicans and exports. Economist Jackeline Mora highlighted the positive effect of …

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Dengue fever, malaria, leptospirosis, and cholera rates remained low in 2014, according to the Ministry of Public Health department of epidemiology (DIGEPI) report on the incidence of these diseases in the DR in 2014. Maternal deaths, nevertheless, remained at the same level as in 2013. The novelty during the year was the appearance of the …

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The demolition of the Luis Eduardo Aybar public hospital has resulted in the loss of hundreds of medical records. The hospital, which started operating in 1946, used a manual system for storing records and thousands of those records have now been destroyed. Before the demolition began, a few patients, especially those who were pregnant or …

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Chief of Police Major General Manuel Castro Castillo says that as of the end of 2014, the crime rate had declined to 16.1, down from 20.3 registered in 2013. Castro Castillo says this is the lowest level in the past 12 years, also when compared to regional countries. He attributed the decline to the new …

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