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Haitian demand for medical services in DR is up; public hospitals are serving Haitians, Dominicans seek out private clinics

The collapse of the already precarious medical services in Haiti has also lead to increased Haitian demand for free or very low cost services in public hospitals in the Dominican Republic. Most women arrive shortly before giving birth to the emergency rooms of the hospital. The progressive increase in Haitian women giving birth in the …

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Inposdom director is out; government acts on Nuria Piera investigative report

President Luis Abinader suspended Adan Peguero at the head of the Dominican Postal Institute (Inposdom) and the entity’s legal advisor, Joaquín Félix Santana. Peguero is a high-ranking officer of the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) for eastern Santo Domingo. Earlier in the day, Peguero had announced he would take a leave of absence. The President …

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Good news: Daniel Supplice is back as special envoy to the Dominican Republic from Haiti

The Dominican and Haitian governments are preparing to resume talks now that Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry appointed sociologist Daniel Supplice as liaison between both governments. Supplice was Haitian ambassador to the Dominican Republic during the Michel Martelly government, from February 2013 to July 2015. Supplice was recalled in 2015 after he took the side …

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Market day in Dajabon; fuel shortage in Haiti is critical

The twice-weekly bi-national markets held in main cities on the Dominican-Haitian border were apparently held last Friday, at least in Dajabon. According to media reports, this commercial activity, the economic lifeline for the entire region, with millions of pesos changing hands each week, was held. Reports from Dajabón indicate that hundreds of Haitians started to …

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President Abinader in San Cristóbal

President Luis Abinader was in San Cristóbal province for the traditional Constitution Day celebrations on Saturday, 6 November 2021. San Cristobal is where the first Dominican constitution was signed 177 years ago. Present for this activity was Constitutional Court president Milton Ray Guevara and the Constitutional Court judges. President Abinader also held a government ministers …

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Constitutional Court president on Haiti; wants the country to pass a bill that bans foreign ownership of property on the border

The president of the Constitutional Court, Milton Ray Guevara blasted foreign powers that he says sacked Haiti and those that over the years have ousted and imposed governments in Haiti. He said these countries cannot now expect the Dominican Republic to bear all the burden of Haiti’s institutional and social crisis. Ray Guevara spoke when …

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