2021 – Page 32

President Luis Abinader advocated once more for an independent and autonomous justice system and a state with checks and controls. President Abinader was voted President when the majority of the population rejected corruption and impunity in the long-standing governments of the Dominican Liberation Party that had been consecutively in office since 2004. Giving the keynote …

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has named Katharina Falkner-Olmedo its representative in the Dominican Republic. She replaces Miguel Coronado, whose term ended on 31 October 2021. At the time of her appointment, Falkner-Olmedo was head of the Office of Financial Management and Procurement Services for Operations (FMP) in Washington, DC, USA. Falkner-Olmedo began her career …

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Modern identity cards are being issued to National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) personnel. The National Drug Control Agency reports that new machine-readable identification cards are being issued to its staff. The DNCD had not renewed the IDs since 2006. An internal audit precedes the card renewals. The objective is to control, analyze, evaluate and improve …

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The former legal director of the Ministry of Youth, José Manuel Vidal Tejeda, has presented details of irregularities at the Ministry of Youth to anti-corruption authorities of the Abinader government. He was fired recently. He said he was dismissed for denouncing “an undue act, indelicate and that could also lead to its being categorized as …

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Diario Libre cites documentation of the National Institute of Student Welfare (Inabie) as evidence of irregular contracting for the school lunches in public schools nationwide. Several contractors that have been left out have brought the irregularities to the open. Inabie is a division of the Ministry of Education. Diario Libre explains that the official document …

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The judge hearing the arraignments in the case against policemen and others accused of keeping a shipment of 400 kilos of cocaine seized from traffickers in August 2021 is postponed for 23 November. The contingent of police officers have a new lawyer that needs to study the file. The new lawyer is Ivan Ariel Gomez …

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Pedernales senator Dionis Sanchez says there are perhaps 100 military stationed in Pedernales. He doubts there is anywhere near the 12,000 men the government has announced has sent to patrol the border with Haiti. During a TV interview on Telesistema, Channel 11, Dionis Sánchez said: “As far as Pedernales is concerned, I reiterate, there is …

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The Army reported the arrest of a Dominican truck driver who was transporting 44 undocumented Haitians. The 32 Haitian men and 12 Haitian women had no identity documents. Edward Rafael Santana Sosa, a resident of Martin Garcia in Santiago Rodriguez province was arrested.Santana Sosa was caught transporting the Haitian nationals in a red Daihatsu truck, …

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The National Public Defense Office (Oficina Nacional de Defensa Pública) reports assisting 853 Haitians in the first months of the year of 897 foreigners. The foreigners receive free legal advance through this government department. Of the foreigners assisted, 804 were Haitian men and 67 Haitian women. The office also assisted 6 Venezuelans, 4 US or …

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The Center for Export and Investment of the Dominican Republic (ProDominicana), presented the Dominican Republic Fashion catalog in Spain, to designers, manufacturers and personalities of the Spanish fashion industry. The launching took place within the framework of the Dominican fashion event held by the National Institute of Dominicans Abroad (INDEX) Apparel, costume jewelry, jewelry and …

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