2025 – Page 138

A landmark decision by a judge that enabled the Ministry of Housing to demolish a building (Albania Rodriguez) in El Café de Herrera sector of Santo Domingo West municipality may end up encouraging more people to complain. The structure was found to be in violation of building codes and that it posed a significant risk …

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A controversial ordinance passed by the National District city council, which designates the capital city’s La Fe neighborhood as a special land use zone, is facing opposition due to concerns that it violates Law 368-22 on Territorial Planning, Land Use and Human Settlements. This law removed the power of municipalities to make such decisions independently, …

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Vice President Raquel Peña and Minister of Environment Paíno Henríquez led the launch of the 2025 Forest Fire Prevention Season Initiative in the mountain valley area of Constanza. The initiative aims to protect the country’s forests and natural resources through increased investment in firefighting equipment and heightened public awareness. Vice President Peña emphasized the importance …

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The Ministry of Environment and members of the Dominican Navy, recently planted 3,000 red mangroves in southcentral Las Calderas, Baní. The effort was sponsored by Ricoh Dominicana. The reforestation effort took place at the Navy’s Nautical Club, a location ideal for the species due to its consistently flooded soil. Red mangroves are vital to the …

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The director of the Migration Agency, Vice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester says that exceptions cannot be made for construction workers to the law that establishes the rules for applying for Dominican residence and work permits. Asociacion Dominicana de Constructores y Promotores de Viviendas (Acoprovi), the association that groups constructors, wants flexible deals to regularize …

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According to the National Health Service (SNS), public hospitals gave free medical services to 93,579 patients of Haitian origin who sought services at the emergency wards. This compares to 937,014 Dominican patients, thus Haitians were 10% of the total. Most of the Haitian patients were women arriving to give birth. In most cases, the Haitians …

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President Luis Abinader announced the government would fund the extending of another 12-14 km of border fence after the fence had proved effective at checking cattle ranch theft on the border with Haiti. Abinader made the announcement during the La Semanal press conference of 10 February 2025. The cattle ranchers in the area have requested …

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Security ministers and high-ranking officials from six Central American countries and the Dominican Republic will be meeting on Wednesday, 12 February 2025 at the Organization of American States (OAS) headquarters in Washington, DC, to sign a new joint initiative against illegal arms trafficking, ammunition, and explosives. This involves the formal adoption of the “Central American …

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The National Council for the Aging (Conape) has taken charge of the care for Jose Cesteros after a video went viral showing the master painter wandering the streets of the Colonial City in a state of abandonment. The man who produced the video on the 88-year old legendary painter complained that several promoters of Cesteros’ …

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The National Physical Education Institute (Inefi) gave a job to decathlon athlete Jose Miguel Paulino after Diario Libre reported on his economic woes and this went viral on social media. Paulino is a Central American and Caribbean champion in decathlon, and the local record holder in his discipline. He got his job after Diario Libre …

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