This is a summary of the printed editions of the week in which we will highlight the news that was of greatest interest and relevance in said editions, starting from last Monday, August 22, until yesterday’s printed edition, Saturday.
Monday August 22
All in shock; Police kill ex-partner and three other people
In the stony and bad path of the First Street in the area of the Coquitos, in the depths of Los Alcarrizos, the community was shocked by the tragedy caused by the cape of the National Policeattached to the General Directorate of Land Traffic (Digesett), Esteban Xavier Corawho shot and killed Pamela de la Cruz, his ex-partner, María del Rosario, ex-mother-in-law, his ex-sister-in-law Indira de la Cruz, wounded his own 4-year-old son and had previously also killed Liren Méndez Báez “Mocho”.
A dilapidated house made of pieces of tin and roofed with zinc sheets was the scene of the fatal act of blood. Yesterday, those close to the victims showed their pain and sought encouragement between tears and hugs.
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Tuesday, August 23
Thousands of Haitians call for resignation of prime minister
Some 2,000 demonstrators took to the streets of the capital yesterday, Monday. Haiti and other cities, where they blocked roads and closed businesses to demand the resignation of the prime minister ariel henry and ask for a better quality of life.
journalists from Associated Press watched an unidentified man gun down a protester in Port-au-Prince before fleeing in a car as the crowd temporarily dispersed.
Police clashed with protesters in some areas, firing tear gas, as protesters burned tires to block roads.
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Wednesday, August 24
Hackers attack the IAD; they ask for about US$600 thousand to return data
A massive hacker attack has paralyzed since last Thursday 18 the computer servers of the Data Center of Dominican Agrarian Institute (IAD)affecting all departments and a large part of operations.
A group of computer engineers from the Ministry of the Presidency of the Republic is still struggling to keep the system afloat.
The attack that was warned by the National Cybersecurity Center (CNCS), is of “Ransomware Type”, and as explained and confirmed yesterday Walixson Amaury Nunez, IAD’s chief technology officer, the hackers threaten to expose the information if they are not given money.
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Thursday, August 25
Ministry of Public Works executes more than 600 works throughout the national territory
The Ministry of Public Works exceeds 600 works in progress, with an approximate investment of 90 billion pesos, reported yesterday the director of the state entity Delightful Ascension.
He also said that they have managed to conclude in these two years of management some 136 works in different communities of the national territory.
During his participation in the Weekly Lunch of the Corripio Communications Group, the official pondered the efforts made to respond to the population’s requirements.
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Friday August 26
Defense of Jean Alain accuses MP exchanging author bribes Medusa
The Defense Council of the ex-prosecutor Jean Alain Rodriguez yesterday accused the Public Ministry of exchanging in its accusation of the jellyfish case to the author of the bribes that exceed RD$654 million.
He indicated that all the witnesses provided by the Anticorruption Attorney as evidence against Jean Alain, whom they point to as the author of the crimes and offenses that appear in the accusation is Canó.
He added that only in the case of the businessman Ulysses Ramirezfrom Smart Display, when he resisted paying more than agreed as a bribe, Canó is mentioned as an accomplice, and Jean Alain then, according to him (Canó) appears as an accomplice.
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Saturday August 27
Taiwan warns China and Russia threaten the world order
chinese and Russia is it so “disturbing and threatening the world orderal” with Beijing’s recent large-scale military maneuvers near Taiwan and the invasion of Ukraine by MoscowTaiwanese leader said.
The president, Tsai Ingwen, made the remarks in a meeting in Taipei with a US senator marsha blackburnin the second visit of members of the Congress from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. That trip made China begin military exercises that included the launch of numerous missiles and the deployment of dozens of ships and warplanes that surrounded the island.
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