2022 – Page 193

An impasse at the National Social Security Council (CNSS) brought to the open after a report in Listin Diario has resulted in the departure of the general manager. The CNSS is the governing body of the Dominican Social Security System. Monico Sosa, a member of the CNSS, explained the differences for the story in Listin …

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Listin Diario is continuing with the series of stories on the need for modernizing Dominican property renting regulations. The newspaper has been covering the downsides to renting in the Dominican Republic. The present laws make it difficult for the owners to retake their property if the tenant violates contractual agreements. Recently, the Constitutional Court ruled …

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Under present rulings, the President of the Republic has the deciding vote in the National Council of the Magistracy that chooses the judges of the higher courts. President Luis Abinader will have had the greater say in the choice of the majority of the Constitutional Court before his first term is over in August 2024. …

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The Chamber of Deputies voted to replace the late deputy Jose Francisco Lopez Chavez (Valverde-PRM) with his widow, Marta de Jesus Collado Osoria. The family legacy practice has been much criticized but continues to prevail in the Dominican Congress. Read more in Spanish:Hoy 17 March 2022

Public Prosecutor’s Office announced it has dismantled a human trafficking network operating through the border with Haiti. Prosecutors seized hundreds of passports, firearms and cash in what is named Operation Iguana. The Attorney General Office press release explains that the network leader had served as government immigration coordinator for the Migration Agency in Jimaní, the …

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The Center for Caribbean Studies of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (Pucmm) launched the book “The Chinese Presence in the Greater Caribbean: Yesterday and Today” that analyzes Chinese immigration and its legacy in the Caribbean from the 19th Century to present. Dominican historian Mu-kien Sang Ben was the coordinator of the research. The …

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The media is urging transit authorities to act to put a stop to a dangerous practice by motorcyclists in the cities. Several accidents have already happened when motorcycle drivers have climbed on sidewalks to evade bottlenecks and get where they are going faster. Diario Libre has been covering the story. The president of the National …

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Educators, community leaders and families gathered at Charlie’s Foundation in Cabarete, Puerto Plata to welcome the DREAM Project to its new expanded space – DREAM at Charlie. The two entities merged to better serve communities in and around the Cabarete Beach. As reported, At DREAM en Charlie, DREAM will continue Charlie’s Foundation’s English as a …

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Norwegian Cruise Line decided that the Norwegian Escape passengers return by air to Miami. The ship ran aground when leaving Taino Bay, Puerto Plata port for St. Thomas on 14 March 2022. The ship eventually was unstuck and returned to Taino Bay port. Yet NCL decided the ship will remain docked at the Taino Bay …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #727 with the deadline of 15 March 2022 reports 116 new cases, up from 90 on the previous day. The death rate is at 0.76%, one of the lowest in the Americas. The nationwide average positivity is now 1.45%, down from 1.60% on the previous day. The 116 …

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