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10-05-2009, 11:50 AM
The Ministry of Education recently closed schools in Jaramillo and La Juliana in the province of Monte Cristi. Similar measures have been taken in other places such as Isabel de Torres and Gomez. The influx of Haitian citizens in the area of the frontier between Montecristi and Dajabon has led to the closure of at least four schools and the temporary suspension of one pre-school due to the lack of Dominican students. On Saturday Listin Diario reported that other authorities were demolishing houses belonging to Haitians along the frontier in the area of Cabo Rojo and Pedernales.
The action of troops from the Ministry of the Environment was widely criticized by local authorities who said that Minister Jaime David Fernandez should not have ordered this "barbarous action against poor farmers and fishermen who are only struggling to make a living", according to the mayor of Pedernales, Maria Adalgisa Matos. Further north, the action taken by the educational authorities was excused by the local director of School District 13-01 Ramona Argentina de la Cruz. She told Listin Diario reporters that no children were attending these schools because the area was affected by the constant flooding of the Yaque River and most local residents had moved to Montecristi. She said that almost all the Haitian children could not be registered in the schools because they do not have birth certificates - apparently unaware of a 2001 ministry resolution authorizing the inscription of students without birth certificates.
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The action of troops from the Ministry of the Environment was widely criticized by local authorities who said that Minister Jaime David Fernandez should not have ordered this "barbarous action against poor farmers and fishermen who are only struggling to make a living", according to the mayor of Pedernales, Maria Adalgisa Matos. Further north, the action taken by the educational authorities was excused by the local director of School District 13-01 Ramona Argentina de la Cruz. She told Listin Diario reporters that no children were attending these schools because the area was affected by the constant flooding of the Yaque River and most local residents had moved to Montecristi. She said that almost all the Haitian children could not be registered in the schools because they do not have birth certificates - apparently unaware of a 2001 ministry resolution authorizing the inscription of students without birth certificates.
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