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Is President Luis Abinader getting cold feet regarding Police Reform? The member of the Commission for the Transformation and Professionalization of the National Police, news commentator Ricardo Nieves says police reform has not advanced because of the lack of will on behalf of President Luis Abinader. “To this day the reform is frozen or dormant …

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Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MIREX) met with relatives of the Metro Servicios Turisticos bus driver that is missing after a bus service to Haiti. As reported, Metro was chartered to transport 16 Turkish and Haitian citizens to Haiti. The driver of the bus is a Dominican. All 17 persons are reportedly kidnapped …

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There is speculation the insistence on behalf of Antoliano Peralta, legal advisor to President Luis Abinader, in the convening of the National Assembly to reform the Constitution is because the ruling political party has struck a deal with upper echelons of the Dominican Liberation Party. Noticias SIN carries the story that the PLD and the …

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People are talking about who they know who has fallen sick with Covid-19 recently, despite having three vaccines. It would seem the fourth wave is trying to get a start here. It did not come due to the gatherings for Easter Week. Apparently it again is imported by Dominicans who have traveled abroad, or visiting …

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President Luis Abinader attended the inauguration of Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles this weekend. He traveled to San Jose, Costa Rica on Saturday, 7 May and was back Sunday, 8 May in the evening. He held a bilateral meeting with Chaves before the swearing-in ceremony. The Dominican Republic is part of a new regional …

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It was a good week for Abinader and it was a bad one, too. The Dominican Republic received a visit from the International Monetary Fund last week, and President Luis Abinader basked in the fairly rosy feedback from the agency that oversees the economies of most of the world. In essence, the IMF told the …

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The government project to double the capacity of Line 1 of the Santo Domingo Metro system is now about 75% complete. According to sources at the office of the supervising engineers, the beams, arches, and struts are close to 95% complete and the platforms are 100%. These platforms have been extended to double their length …

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The period of consultations opened by the Ministry of Labor for domestic workers new labor working conditions ended after 25 day-window for people to email their opinions since 29 March 2022. In an interview with Diario Libre on 3 May 2022, Labor Minister Luis Miguel de Camps explained what’s in the books now for household …

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As nearly everyone knows, Mother’s Day in the Dominican Republic is a very special day. In some respects, it rivals Christmas or Black Friday in shopper’s intensity. And merchants know this. However, for the past year or so, the National Institute for Consumer Protection (Pro-Consumidor) has kept a watchful eye on commercial practices such as …

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State prosecutors (Pepca) did not include Greybby Cuello, the former director of Conani, among those accused in the Coral and Coral 5G cases, Diario Libre points out when covering the indictment presented by the Pepca in the Coral (Cusep) and Coral 5G (Cestur) cases. The prosecutors suggested merging the Cusep and Cestur cases. The Conani …

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