2017 – Page 62

Minister of Environment Francisco Domínguez Brito envisions water issues to become the most serious conflict the Dominican Republic will have with Haiti. He said he has pending a visit to speak to the Haitian authorities over the issue. In an interview with Diario Libre, Domínguez Brito said that Haiti has only two important rivers that …

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President Danilo Medina appointed Héctor Mojica the new director of the Metropolitan Bus Services Office (Omsa). Former director, Manuel Antonio Rivas, is being held as a suspect in the murder of UASD law professor Yuniol Ramírez Ferreras. Two other employees, including the financial director, have also been accused in the case. Prior to his new …

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Education Minister Andres Navarro announced that 137 Christian schools will now be operating under the same administrative and pedagogical structures of public schools, while maintaining their Christian curriculum. The Ministry of Education has also integrated several Roman Catholic schools into the public school network. The new collaboration agreement, that detailed the guidelines for the joint …

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A Russian tourist was killed in the Dominican Republic as she was hanging out topless of the window of a moving car when riding with a 32-year old Ukranian girl friend, Ivanna Boirachuk, to Punta Cana. The video of the horrific accident was shared on social media. The victim was identified as 35-year old Natalia …

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A German, Heinrich Christilieb (Sacha), was arrested in Sosua, Puerto Plata accused of sexually exploiting teenagers for pornography. He was arrested on Calle 21, El Batey, Sosua where a hard disk of a computer was seized with child pornography, clothing for girls and other articles. Puerto Plata prosecutors said that the arrest operation was carried …

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Judge Alejandro Vargas, hearing the case of 25-year old Yohanni Martínez, accused of stealing the baby girl of a 15-year old Winifer Cruz from the La Altagracia Maternity Hospital, gave Martínez a break. Prosecutors had requested pre-trial custody on grounds of her deceiving hospital staff, but the judge said there were major breakdowns of procedures …

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The remains of state university UASD professor, Yuniol Ramírez, who was known for his strong anti-corruption stand, were buried on Saturday, 14 October 2017 after being recovered from the waters of the Las Varias stream in Manoguayabo, in western Santo Domingo. Ramírez’s corpse was found tied with a chain and two blocks and a bullet …

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The bicameral commission that is studying the Political Parties Bill announced they will not proceed before hearing from the Political Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), as reported in Diario Libre. The ruling PLD party has more than enough votes to push through Congress whatever its Political Committee decides. Moreover, the faction within the …

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Dominican Ambassador to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Mario Arvelo, was elected to chair the Committee on World Food Security at the FAO headquarters during a plenary on 13 October 2017. The vision of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is to be the most inclusive international and intergovernmental platform for …

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President Danilo Medina is banned by the 2015 Constitution from running for re-election. What the Constitution says has traditionally not been an impediment for a President to seek re-election. The Constitution disqualified former President Hipólito Mejía from running for re-election in 2004 and President Danilo Medina from running in 2016, and both pushed forward constitutional …

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