{"id":506206,"date":"2026-04-29T21:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/senate-approves-in-first-reading-law-creating-the-national-alert-system-alertard\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:36:32","slug":"senate-approves-in-first-reading-law-creating-the-national-alert-system-alertard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/senate-approves-in-first-reading-law-creating-the-national-alert-system-alertard\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate approves in first reading law creating the National Alert System (ALERTARD)"},"content":{"rendered":"The regulations stipulate that all searches for missing persons will be carried out under the presumption that the person is alive, regardless of the circumstances, date, place, or time of the event.\n\nSanto Domingo.\u2013<\/strong> The Senate of the Republic approved in first reading the bill that creates the National Alert System (ALERTARD), an initiative that regulates the operation of immediate search mechanisms at the national level for the prevention, location, assistance and protection of missing persons.\n\nThe project, sent by the Chamber of Deputies, aims to establish action protocols without distinction of nationality, race, gender, age, beliefs, religion, social condition or political opinion, thus guaranteeing an inclusive approach in the search processes.\n\nLikewise, the legislative piece stipulates that, in cases of disappearance, the authorities must act under the presumption that the person is alive, regardless of the circumstances in which the event occurred.\n\nSimilarly, the project prioritizes the care of children and adolescents, establishing immediate actions for their location and protection in case of disappearance or abduction. Furthermore, it indicates that, in the event of a presumed risk, the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the National Police must act considering that the person could be in danger.\n\n\n

Other approved initiatives<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nIn a first reading, the Senate also approved the bill that creates the Social Security Institute of the Dominican Municipality, proposed by Senator Rafael Bar\u00f3n Duluc. Likewise, it sanctioned the National Seed Law project, an initiative of Senator F\u00e9lix Bautista.\n\nSimilarly, the bill declaring the Lomas Redonda-El Comej\u00e9n Natural Monument, in the province of San Jos\u00e9 de Ocoa, proposed by Senator Milc\u00edades Aneudy Ortiz Sajiun, was approved.\n\n\n

We recommend reading: Senate approves law to stop misleading advertising in the real estate sector<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\nIn a second reading, the plenary approved the bill regulating real estate intermediation and misleading advertising in the Dominican Republic, with the aim of guaranteeing transparent practices in the sector. The initiative on the classification and authorization regime of airport infrastructures, which modifies Law 491-06 on Civil Aviation, was also sanctioned.\n\n\n

Resolutions and other topics<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nIn a single reading, the senators approved several resolutions, including the request to install a ProConsumidor office in San Jos\u00e9 de Ocoa, as well as the construction of a regional blood center in Santiago.\n\nIn addition, the air services agreement between the Dominican Republic and Singapore was announced, and contracts for the sale and donation of land between the State and individuals were approved.\n\nDuring the session, lawmakers observed a moment of silence in memory of several deceased personalities.\n\nThe President of the Senate, Ricardo de los Santos, called the next session for Wednesday, May 6th at 2:00 PM.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The regulations stipulate that all searches for missing persons will be carried out under the presumption that the person is alive, regardless of the circumstances, date, place, or time of the event. Santo Domingo.\u2013 The Senate of the Republic approved in first reading the bill that creates the National Alert System (ALERTARD), an initiative that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":506207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[43655,40603,40456],"class_list":["post-506206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dominican-news","tag-alertard","tag-law","tag-senate"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-27GC","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-29-at-9.30.47-PM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Ana Laura L\u00f3pez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-29-at-1.45.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-29-at-9.30.47-PM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}