Fw: NOUVELLES DE LA REPUBLIQUE DOMINICAINE (Lundi 6 mars 2023)
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NOUVELLES DE LA REPUBLIQUE DOMINICAINE (Lundi 6 mars 2023)
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Construction and agricultural sectors depend on Haitian labor
(DL; Monday, March 6 2023)
According to representatives of employee’s unions, the agricultural and construction sectors are not of interest to the Dominican worker due to low wages. That is why they are replaced by Haitian labor. However, the Minister of Agriculture, Limber Cruz, affirms that salaries in the agricultural area are the ones established by the Ministry of Labor. Cruz said, “That's not true. The salaries of foreigners and Dominicans are the same”.
Governor of the Central Bank exposes the growth of the Dominican economy to representatives of Bank of America
(El Caribe; El Día; LD; La Información; Diario Digital; Monday, March 6 2023)
The Governor of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD), Héctor Valdez Albizu, presented to Bank of America executives the keys that define the Dominican economic dynamism, the Central Bank's macroeconomic policy and the existing investment scenarios.
Prices of medicines and clinical supplies increase
(HOY; Monday, March 6 223)
The prices of medications for daily use such as those for high blood pressure, diabetes, and other chronic diseases have skyrocketed from 10% to 20%. The paper quotes a source stating medicines have not risen in price because of the dollar or the inflation rate, but because of maritime fleets, since 90% of medical supplies come from China and delays continue after COVID-19 pandemic.
Former U.S. Ambassador advises Dominican ministries on relations with the United States
(El Caribe; (Video); Friday, March 3 2023)
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic James W. Brewster said during an interview with journalist Katherine Hernandez that his company Patino Brewster & Partners advises some Dominican ministries on commercial matters and international relations. “We are currently working with a couple of ministries here in the Dominican Republic to build relations with the United States, we are also working on connecting the Haitian ambassador and his relationship with the United States, and there are other governments with which we also work,” he explained.
DR Minister of the Presidency met with U.S. Assistant Secretary for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti
(LD; Friday, March 3 2023)
Minister of the Presidency Joel Santos Echavarría met with the Assistant Secretary of for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti Barbara Feinstein. Both officials discussed issues related to the "Manzanillo development plan," as well as international support for the Haitian situation.
DR Senate recognizes Aquilino Antonio Gonell, sergeant who defended the US Capitol
(Z101FM; Senadord.gob.do; (Video); Friday, March 3 2023)
Dominican Republic Senate President Eduardo Estrella presented a special distinction to Aquilino Antonio Gonell, a Dominican-American Capitol Police sergeant who defended the US Capitol on January 6 of 2021. Estrella and the senator for the province of María Trinidad Sánchez, Alexis Victoria Yeb, highlighted the courage of Gonell, who was seriously injured during the assault on the Capitol.
Interview with Dominican-American politicians (Video)
(El Caribe; (Video); Friday, March 3 2023)
Mayor of City of Lawrence Brian De Peña, NY Assemblymember George Alvarez, and Rhode Island State Senator Ana Quezada were interviewed by Z101 journalists. They commented on the importance of the Dominican community in the United States.
U.S. consultant highlights technical advances of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation
(El Caribe; (Video); Friday, March 3 2023)
Former U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official Javier Rodríguez - advisor to the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC) - highlighted the IDAC modernization program.
President Abinader arrives in Ecuador to participate in the meeting of the Alliance for Development in Democracy
(El Nuevo Diario; HOY; DL; El Nuevo Diario; ACENTO TV (Video); CDN37 (Video); LD; Monday, March 6 2023)
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso will chair the VI meeting of the Alliance for Development in Democracy (ADD), in which the President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves and President Abinader will participate; as well as the vice president of Panama José Carrizo, and their respective foreign ministers.
President of the Electoral Board on 2024 general elections
(El Nuevo Diario; Monday, March 6 2023)
The president of the Electoral Board (JCE), Román Jáquez Liranzo, affirmed the political parties were called to sign a pact committing to stop early proselytism, stating the Board cannot sanction this issue and can only denounce it.
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Election of candidates for 2024 general elections is an urgent task
(LD; Monday, March 6 2023)
According to Law 33-18, political parties must select through primaries, conventions, assemblies, and surveys, this 2023 the candidates for elective positions who will run in the 2024 elections. The law also stablishes deadlines. If the modality to use is via Primary, the deadline is the first Sunday of October and with the other modalities, the last Sunday of November 2023.
Criminal Code would return to the Senate due to changes in the Chamber of Deputies
(HOY; Monday, March 6 2023)
The Justice Commission analyzes the content of article 123 of the Criminal Code with the probability of recommending to be returned to the Senate. The president of the Permanent Justice Commission, Alexis Jiménez, announced that the commission would meet next week to analyze the bill.
Health authorities report three new cholera cases
(LD; Monday, March 6 2023)
The Ministry of Public Health reported three new cholera cases detected in the country, according to the epidemiological report, so far there are no relatives of the patients with suspicious symptoms of the disease.
Commentary on International Women's Day
(DL; Monday, March 6 2023)
Diario Libre editorial comments on International Women’s Day. “The advances of women for the conquest of equal opportunities and the free exercise of their rights are unstoppable."
DR holds the third edition of the Humpback Whale World Congress
(HOY; DL; El Dia; Monday, March 6 2023)
Dominican Republic holds from this Monday until March 10th the third edition of the Humpback Whale World Congress, in which experts from 28 countries will focus on their study and preservation.
UN: Arrival of weapons from the U.S. increases violence in Haiti
(ACENTO; LD; Monday, March 6 2023)
UN indicates that Haiti is going through its worst crisis, and the weapons in possession of criminal gangs using violence to control the country accentuate it. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that "The latest rise in firearms seizures, together with intelligence and law enforcement reports, suggests that the firearms trafficking between the United States and Haiti is increasing.”
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Commentary on firearms in Haiti
(ZOLFM; Monday, March 6 2023)
Journalist Diulka Pérez comments on the Haitian crisis and the firearms used by criminal gangs in this country. "The UN recognizes that the firearms that arrive in Haiti come from the U.S.”
Commentary on Ukraine-Russia conflict
(LD; Monday, March 6 2023)
Journalist J.C. Malone comments: “In the second decade of the 20th century, Europeans waged their first great war. In the third decade of the 21st century, they march towards the third great war. They are disciplined, predictable, methodical, they always do the same thing."
Commentary on the new global order
(HOY-Printed edition –pg. 24; Monday, March 6 2023)
Economist Eduardo Klinger Previda comments on the "new global order: “The new actors that have risen do not admit hegemonism or authoritarianism. China is increasingly unbearable for them. They prefer to go back to the 18th century."
Dominican authorities dismantle transnational network of immigrant smuggling
(ACENTO; El Día; DL; LD; Monday, March 6 2023)
Dominican authorities dismantled a transnational criminal network that used false documents to smuggle migrants through a route that involved seven countries and whose final destination was the United States, for which they charged about $15,000.
Micro-drug trafficking networks spread throughout the DR and Puerto Rico
(LD; Monday, March 6 2023)
According to Listin Diario more than 400,000 kilograms of cocaine transit through the Dominican Republic every year. But only between 7% and 10%, about 28,000 kilograms, of this drug remains in the Dominican Republic; the rest is shipped to other destinations in Latin America or even Europe. "Local drug traffickers handle approximately 2,333 kilograms of cocaine, which is then increased with a mixture of other substances prior to sale (…) This drug, and others such as marijuana, ecstasy, crack, heroin, and hashish, are distributed and sold in more than 39,000 points throughout the national territory and in Puerto Rico.”
European Union donates one million euros to the Dominican Republic to prevent gender violence
(LD; El Nuevo Diario; Monday, March 6 2023)
The Dominican Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development informed that the European Union donated one million euros to the DR to promote and implement a prevention strategy against gender violence and inequality, as well as improving prevention and care services for women, adolescents and girls.
Firefighters control forest fire in Valle Nuevo National Park
(El Nuevo Diario; LD; Monday, March 6 2023)
Firefighters managed to control the fire that has affected the Valle Nuevo National Park since last weekend. Gerónimo Abreu, in charge of the National Fire Management Program of the Ministry of the Environment, explained that to mitigate the advance of the flames, firebreak lines were drawn to eliminate the existing fuel, taking into account the direction of the wind in the area of the event.