2015 – Page 51

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has told the Ministry of Interior and Police that children of Dominicans who are born overseas are Dominicans and do not need to go through a naturalization process to acquire Dominican citizenship, as the Ministry has been erroneously requiring. The Central Electoral Board (JCE), which is in charge of civil …

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The region’s largest animation studio is being set up in Juan Dolio, a 40-minute drive from Santo Domingo. Lantica Media and AG Studios are working together in association with Mexico-based Anima Estudios. Antonio Gennari of Lantica Media and Alex Garcia of AG Studios announced that the facility would be set up at the Pinewood Dominican …

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Minister of Industry and Commerce Jose del Castillo Savinon has not given up hope of a change of Haiti’s policy to ban the overland imports of 23 consumer products in effect since 1 October 2015. He says, however, that it is unlikely that talks on the issue, which started on 13 October 2015 at a …

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The Constitutional Court has annulled a court order prohibiting the arrest and deportation of Italian businessman Armando Casciati who allegedly operated businesses promoting sex tourism in the country. Diario Libre reports that the Italian businessman owns several businesses in Sosua, including a hotel, a TV channel and several bars allegedly dedicated to prostitution, for which …

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Five of seven volunteers selected to oversee the school breakfast programs under the Instituto Nacional de Bienestar Estudiantil (National Institute of Student Welfare) resigned yesterday, Monday, 9 November 2015 arguing that the government entity has violated the Law of Free Access to Information and refused to provide information that has been requested, as reported in …

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On Saturday, 7 November 2015, Las Terrenas and El Limon experienced a power cut lasting for more than 10 hours. The blackout was caused by a fault at the Sanchez substation that supplies the new connection line via the Interconnected National Electricity System (SENI). The local private electricity company, Luz y Fuerza, apologized for the …

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On Friday, 6 November 2015 one woman was killed and 25 people were injured after two buses collided on the Cruce del Isleno-La Ceiba, Bavaro road in the east of the country. Yubelkis Mercedes Avila, 28, died of her injuries in a Higuey hospital. The vehicles, which were transporting hotel employees, were a 32-passenger bus …

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The Attorney General’s office has announced that it will be lifting the ban on medical and legal information relating to 80 inmates who were taken from Higuey jail to Anamuya jail to prevent the spread of diseases. The men were in jail on remand and last week they were transferred by the Public Prosecution Service …

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For 2013, the biggest groups of naturalized citizens of the United States came from Mexico, India, Philippines, Dominican Republic and China. It is the first time that the DR has overtaken China. United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statistics show that of the nearly 800,000 people who decided to become US citizens in the …

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Yesterday, Monday 9 November the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) seized 54 packages of a white substance thought to be cocaine or heroin and arrested six people on a luxury yacht that was leaving Casa de Campo Marina in La Romana. The drugs were onboard the 135-ft long and 30-ft wide luxury yacht, “The Kingdom” …

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