2017 – Page 123

The National Health Service says that the government spent RD$3 billion in medical services for Haitians in 2016. Dr. Nelson Rodríguez Monegro of SNS said that the epidemiological conditions in Haiti impact Dominican health indicators in matters such as AIDS/HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and others. He urged the need for both countries to meet to discuss …

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According to the Migration Department, in the first seven months of this they have deported 29,092 foreigners who were in the country illegally, mostly Haitians. So far this year, 28,919 of those deported were Haitian with 64 Venezuelans, some implicated in criminal activity. In addition there were 37 Indians, 10 Cubans, seven Armenians, five Chinese, …

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The Migration Agency (DGM) announced new norms to regulate the entry and stay of sports people in the country. The DGM says the measure seeks to regulate the growing flow of foreign baseball players, mostly minors. These individuals have been entering supposedly as tourists and overstaying their tourist visas or permissions. The new norms seek …

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Minister of Foreign Relations Miguel Vargas expressed great concern of the Dominican government regarding recent political events in Venezuela. “Peace in Venezuela is not going to come through unilateral actions,” said Vargas. He reiterated the position the Dominican Republic has maintained in international forums and organizations in the sense that only a fair and just …

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The administrator of the Dominican Corporation of State Electricity Companies (CDEEE), Rubén Jiménez Bichara, and the Electricity Superintendent, César Prieto, announced the Electricity Pact could be signed in the next few weeks. The Electricity Pact was ordered by the National Development Strategy Law (END 1-12) but has been delayed for years. They said that although …

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Amidst protests of corruption in bribes, overpricing of the contracting and construction of the Punta Catalina Thermoelectric Central, President Danilo Medina appointed economist Jaime Aristy Escuder as the first general manager of the power plant. Decree 261-17 dated 31 July 2017 establishes that Aristy will work under the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE). Aristy had been …

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The Ministry of Public Works announced the start of works to improve Puerto Plata-Santiago roads. This means the Gran Parada in Puerto Plata as well as in La Cumbre and Los Quemados, the so-named 47-km panoramic route across the northern mountain range (Cordillera Septentrional). The works called for paving of some sections, construction of drains …

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The director of the National Transit and Transport Institute (Intrant), engineer Claudia Franchesca de los Santos announced that in compliance with Transit and Transport Law 63-17, starting 4 August 2017 applicants need only wait 15 days after taking the written test and receiving a restricted driver’s permit to apply for the driver’s test. In the …

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Engineer Claudia Franchesca de los Santos, the new director of the Transit and Transport Institute (Intrant) says that technology will be used to impose law and order to the present chaos of Dominican transit. Those violating the Transit and Transport Law 63-17 will be unmasked in photographs. Furthermore, she announced that those using public transport …

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The Medina administration is proud of having rid the Ozama and Isabela rivers in Santo Domingo of carcasses of ships. The old ships that were being dismantled in the river basin were to be exported as scrap metal. However, the dismantling of the vessels was causing contamination of the environment. The Presidency reported the joint …

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