2017 – Page 31

The Commander of the Dominican Armada (Navy), Vice Admiral Miguel Enrique Peña Acosta, has said that during the month of November 2017, the Armada has confiscated 40 boats from groups who made illegal boat trips to Puerto Rico. Peña Acosta said that the operation was carried out together with the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), …

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According to the NGO, Coalition for Childhood, some 67% of children and adolescents in the country suffer from some type of physical or psychological violence. The NGO reveals that around 330,000 children are working in the formal or informal job market. Coalition for Children observes that 37% of the female children are carrying out a …

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According to the director of the National Intelligence Department (DNI), Admiral Sigfrido Pared Pérez, “there is a strong possibility” that the fugitive of justice, Pedro Alejandro Castillo Paulino alias “Quirinito”, has left the country via the Haitian border. He said that “Quirinito”, condemned for the murder of a Spaniard in 2008, and who then faked …

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Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez says Dominican authorities have received more than 55,000 complaints of intra-family, gender and sexual violence. He spoke during a meeting with national and international experts on gender violence. He said so far this year there have been 80 femicides and called all social sectors to join to end the problem. …

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The Second Penal Hall of the Supreme Court of Justice annulled the ruling that had ordered the demolition of the Torre de Plata of the Los Cacicazgos neighborhood. Neighborhood associations had disputed the construction of the high rise on grounds that it violated zoning rulings in the affluent neighborhood. The Supreme Court hall decided on …

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The Migration Department (DGM) has announced that they have confiscated hundreds more false identity cards and copies of the National Foreigner Regularization Plan (PNRE) identity cards as well as foreign passports and Dominican identity cards (cedulas). Among the documents are 162 fake ID cards, 141 foreign Passports, 67 Dominican cedulas and another 51 identity cards …

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The acting US ambassador Robert Copley calls for building upon the strengths of DR-CAFTA and tackling the obstacles to development and better relationships in his speech during the Thanksgiving Luncheon celebrated by the American Chamber of Commerce. He urged Dominicans to look to the example of the United States and the strength of its institutions …

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President Danilo Medina visited the new offices of the Embassy of Korea in the Dominican Republic. The new offices have been operating since August 2017 at the Avenida Enriquillo 72, Urbanización Real in Santo Domingo (Tel 809 482-6505). President Medina was hosted by Korea Ambassador Kim Byung-Yun. Speaking at the event, the ambassador forecast more …

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The director general of the Dominican Institute of Social Security (IDSS), psychiatrist César Mella, has left up to President Danilo Medina his removal from the position. The impasse over the post came about after the president of the PRD, an ally with the ruling PLD into the 2016 presidential election, asked him to resign in …

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The Passport Office has announced that they now have the facility for those requiring a Passport to pay by credit or debit card. The new measure is available in the Passport office at the Megacenter and will be rolled out to the other offices around the country. Director General of Passports, Ramón-Monchy Rodríguez said that …

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