2017News

Traffic accidents cost public insurance company RD$725 million in past 16 months

The executive director of SeNaSa, the government medical insurance company, Chanel Rosa Chupany announced that the company has paid RD$725 million to cover the medical costs of victims of traffic accidents over the past 16 months. The payments were made to 48,501 SeNaSa affiliates, according to a press release. These statistics indicate an average 100 …
2017News

Profamilia survey shows 74% Dominican women in favor of the right to abortion

A recent survey documents that abortion is more common among young people than legislators want to accept. President Danilo Medina recently vetoed the Penal Code approved by the National Congress for a second time for including articles that impose absolute restrictions on abortion in the Dominican Republic. A recent survey of university students carried out …
2017News

Manuel Antonio Saleta García to direct Santo Domingo Metro

President Danilo Medina appointed engineer Manuel Antonio Saleta García on Friday, 12 May 2017, to replace the longtime director of the Santo Domingo Metro Office (Opret), engineer Diandino Peña. Peña was the talk of the town after he was interviewed by investigative journalist Alicia Ortega during the Monday, 8 May TV investigative show El Informe …