2020 – Page 34

The Attorney General’s Office took control of the District Attorney’s Office in Santo Domingo. The Attorney General said that an intelligence operation revealed there were serious irregularities in the handling of the Palace of Justice jail in Ciudad Nueva, National District. The jail is a first stop for many arrests in the capital city as …

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Cheché Abreu passed away on 17 November 2020 of a heart attack caused by Covid-19. He was hospitalized at the Clínica Rodríguez Santos in Santo Domingo. He was 81 years old. He was best known for his classic merengues and his music creation, “mangué.” Abreu worked himself up the Navy ranks where he also studied …

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Two police were injured when Ruben Darío Jiménez, the fugitive charged with the murder of four, fired against them. Jiménez would die in the clash with the Central Criminal Investigations Agency (Dicrim) unit. The Police officers had located Jimenez at a motel in eastern Santo Domingo and had zoned in to arrest him. Jiménez fired …

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The Biden-Harris Transition Team announced that Dominican-born Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón is named the chief of staff to Jill Biden. Reynoso migrated to the United States from Hermanas Mirabal (Salcedo) province when a child. During the Obama-Biden administration, Reynoso served as US ambassador to Uruguay and deputy assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere in …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) reports rains for Tuesday early evening and will continue to bring rains on Wednesday and Thursday, as a tropical wave moves across the island. Onamet forecasts isolated thunderstorms will affect the northeast, east, Caribbean coast, Central Mountain Range and the border area. Onamet explains that Hurricane Iota that is devasting …

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President Luis Abinader held a televised dialogue last night to share insights into how he is delivering on his promise for change in the country. He stressed: “The top priority of the government is to create jobs.” He answered questions posed by citizens on health, economic, justice, education, social and the tourism industry issues for …

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President Luis Abinader announced the creating of a Children and Adolescent Cabinet presided by First Lady Raquel Arbaje. President Abinader spoke on Monday, 16 November 2020 from the Presidential Palace to announce the new cabinet and reiterate his support to the bill that bans girls under 18 from getting married. The Civil Code allows 15+ …

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The JCE has good news. It will draft a bill so that birth certificates no longer require a “legitimization stamp.” That is, so that birth certificates do not expire. The JCE also announced it is giving priority to eliminating red tape to rectify civil status records. The five-member plenary of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), …

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National Treasurer Catalino Correa announced that the government will be paying the Christmas wage starting 1 December 2020 to stimulate economic recovery. The Christmas wage will inject RD$18.9 billion into the economy. This is RD$1.02 billion less than last year when RD$19.92 billion was paid in government Christmas wages. In 2019, the wages were paid …

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President Luis Abinader appointed the former vice presidential candidate of the People’s Force (FP), Sergia Elena Mejía to the Monetary Board with Decree 6430-20. She will replace former Vice President Jaime David Fernandez, a PLD politician. Mejia is best known as a Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) politician. As reported, Jaime David Fernández term had …

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