This is a summary of the print 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, October 24, until yesterday’s print edition, Saturday.
Monday October 24
Schoolchildren will receive free transportation
President Louis Abinader declared of high national interest the creation of the first National School Mobility System, which seeks for children to reach educational centers quickly and safely.
The information was released yesterday in a statement Homer Figueroaspokesperson and director of Strategic Communication for the Presidency.
The official said that by decree the president instructs the Ministry of Education to organize and execute all the necessary actions to implement the initiative, which transports children free of charge and in a comfortable and safe way.
You can complete note here: Government instructs school transportation
Tuesday, October 25
Camacho accuses the brothers Alexis and Carmen Medina of threatening the Public Ministry
The head of the Anti-Corruption Attorney’s Office (Pepca) Wilson Camachoyesterday accused Alexis and Carmen Magalis Medina Sanchezof supposedly threatening the Public Ministry as a way of exerting pressure in the Antipulpo case where both appear as defendants.
He warned the Court that the brothers of the former president Daniel Medina continue with this type of conduct against the prosecuting body, they will act accordingly.
Camacho said that they made the warning regarding a comparison made by Alexis in the cessation of the coercive measure “from which threatening content could be inferred”, and that Carmen Magalys would have done the same at last Friday’s hearing.
Read full note: Anti-octopus: Camacho warns about imputed threats
Wednesday, October 26
Like Cantinflas! PRM and PLD accuse each other of violating electoral regulations with proselytism
The spokesman of Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) in the Senate, Frank Romero, He said yesterday that his party’s act in Santiago de los Caballeros was not proselytizing and that the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has a tool in the Political Parties Law to control the untimely campaign that other political organizations are carrying out.
“Regarding the act that took place in Santiago, the first thing is that it was in a closed place; I don’t think it’s proselytizing. Yes, we can say that we have seen billboards, we have seen some proselytism from various parties and that the Board has a tool to control this, which is the Law of Parties 3318”, said Romero.
Expand here: PRM and PLD accuse each other of violating electoral regulations
Thursday October 27
Diarrhea outbreak in Dajabón triggers alarms
The detection of an acute diarrheal outbreak in the province of Dajabón, on the northern border with Haiti, activated alarms in the Dominican Republic due to the possibility that it was cholera, which affects hundreds of people in the neighboring country and has left at least 37 deceased.
According to data provided by the Ministry of Public Health, in the last week 43 cases have been treated (41 Dominicans and two Haitians) due to strong decomposition in border communities such as Loma de Cabrera, Restauración and Partido, in Dajabón.
Medical reports indicate that patients, in addition to acute diarrhea, have dehydration.
Read more here: Diarrheal outbreak on the border with Haiti activates alarms in the DR
Friday October 28
JCE proposes agreement would limit proselytism
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) He presented a proposal to the parties so that they commit to limit proselytism for the 2024 elections or otherwise apply the sanctions established by the regulations.
The “proposal-commitment” was presented by the president of the JCE, Roman Jaquezin a meeting with the representatives of the organizations and basically urges them to comply with the law regarding the limitations of campaign events.
Read full note: The JCE proposes an agreement to limit proselytism
Saturday October 29
Crime Ensanche La Fe shakes its inhabitants
“A very serious man riddled with seven shots, and so they say that crime has gone down,” the boguedero expressed indignantly. Narciso Mejia after the death of Francisco Javier Santiago Polanco, 51, shot to death at a fuel station in Ensanche La Fe.
Mejía, merchant of a warehouse located in front of the place where the made of blood, said that criminals no longer have a schedule to commit their crimes, because assaults occur daily at that intersection. He fears that violence will come to his business as well.
