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The Presidency has accepted the request for a leave of absence made by Minister of the Presidency Lisandro José Macarrulla Tavárez. Macarrulla Tavarez and his son Victor Lisandro Macarrulla Martínez are named in the Medusa accusatory file presented against former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez for criminal profiteering when in office. The leave for the …

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As journalists and citizens delved into the Medusa accusatory file, made available to the general public over the weekend, detail after detail of accusations of corruption in office are coming to the surface. The case that is unraveling for everyone to read and follow is the story of the influential government officer who resorted to …

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Miriam German Brito, the current Attorney General of the Republic has issued a cautionary note regarding some proposed reforms to the Dominican Constitution. One such reform that has come to light is the creation of a Ministry of Justice, rather than the current Department of Justice. The guest speaker at the luncheon sponsored by the …

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The RD$30 billion project that will provide Santiago de los Caballeros with a monorail system and cable car system, all designed to reduce traffic jams in the city, has produced a stout reaction from the hundreds and hundreds of public car drivers in the city and the surrounding areas. Without any warning, the drivers halted …

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A judge of the Permanent Attention Office of the National District ordered lawyer Johnny Portorreal to serve up to 18 months of preventive custody. Portorreal is accused of swindling hundreds of people with the surname Rosario. He is accused of billing more than RD$16 million for services to secure a supposed billionaire inheritance for the …

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The Ministry of Public Health is strengthening its vaccination strategy nationwide to prevent diseases. The Ministry says that an internal re-engineering has taken place to improve technical and management capacity and be more efficient in reaching out to the population. The Extended Immunization Program (PAI) is the Vaccine-Preventible Agency (Dirección de Immunoprevenibles por Vacunas – …

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President Luis Abinader, Vice President Raquel Peña and Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez, received the Letters of Credence for the new ambassadors of Paraguay, Chile, Lebanon, Guinea Bissau, Angola, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Armenia on Friday, 8 July 2022. The representatives of Paraguay and Chile are based in Santo Domingo, while the ambassadors of the other …

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Dominican diplomacy sees many opportunities in strengthening ties with Armenia, as reported in Acento. Armenia ambassador Anahit Harutyunyan presented her credentials to President Luis Abinader last week. She is concurrent with Cuba and Canada. Ambassador Hans Dannenberg came with the ambassador for additional meetings with the President and higher up government officials. He stresses the …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved, after a process of urgency and two consecutive readings, major changes in the way that professional licenses will be granted. The bill still needs to be passed in the Senate. Under the proposed legislation, all professional licenses, called exequaturs, will be issued by the Ministry of of Superior Education (Mescyt) …

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The Ministry of Public Health and the Ramon de Lara Military Teaching Hospital in a Friday, 8 July 2022 update, said the Dominican Republic’s first monkeypox case patient is evolving satisfactorily. The patient is stable and does not have fever, fatigue or other complications. During a press conference, Public Health Minister Daniel Rivera and physician …

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