The State Department of the United States denounced in its Report on Human Rights in the region, corresponding to 2019, that the Dominican Government has not correctly implemented the laws to apply criminal penalties against public officials accused of corruption. “The government took some measures to punish officials who committed human rights abuses, but there … Read more
For the first time in more than four years, NASA collects applications for future astronauts, aspiring explorers of the Moon and Mars during this month of March. The call comes at a time when the agency prepares to send the first woman and the next man to the Moon with the Artemis program. Exploring the … Read more
In past political contexts, Sergia Elena Mejía de Séliman, high leader of the Christian Social Reform Party (PRSC), and today vice president of Leonel Fernández, presidential candidate of the People’s Force, was a systematic attacker of his current ballot companion. From accusation of purchase of aldermen to support criticisms made by Hipólito Mejía (at that … Read more
White House Democratic candidate Joe Biden told a factory worker in Detroit that he was “a liar” on Tuesday in a heated exchange over gun control while campaigning in Michigan’s primary. Images shared by journalists, and amplified by Biden rival Bernie Sanders and by supporters of Republican President Donald Trump, showed the former vice president … Read more
The US authorities reported on Monday another four deaths of people infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the death toll in the country due to the virus to 26, mostly in the state of Washington. Washington state health officials reported the deaths of three more people from coronavirus, all of them residents of a nursing … Read more
The global number of patients killed by the new coronavirus epidemic exceeded 4,000 on Tuesday, according to AFP figures, after China reported another 17 fatalities in its territory. With the new death toll in China, the total number of fatalities amounted to 4,011 due to the epidemic that has already spread through 100 countries and … Read more
It will be today when the presidential candidate of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Luis Abinader, announces his ballot companion, after considering that he is still on time. A press conference convened for 5:00 pm in his campaign command created expectations, given the belief that the important unknown would be cleared. On the other hand, … Read more
Agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) sprayed pepper gas to an undocumented Dominican immigrant while working at a restaurant in Brooklyn, New York. According to ABC14 News, María de los Ángeles Sanz Pimentel was subsequently arrested after the search of the Spanish restaurant La Cabaña, located in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park South. … Read more
Although the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has extended the deadline for the parties to register their presidential and congressional candidacies, even several political organizations have not done so nor made it clear who will be the candidate for the vice presidency. The deadline for political parties to register their presidential and congressional candidacies expires tomorrow. … Read more
The US State Department warned American tourists not to travel to Haiti because of the increase in criminal violence, robberies and kidnappings. The alert level, which increased to four “no trips,” indicates that in Haiti armed robberies, vehicle thefts, and kidnappers “could use sophisticated plans or take advantage of unplanned opportunities,” of which American tourists … Read more