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Protection of Children and Adolescents

Descripción del servicio

The POLITUR Program for the Protection of Children and Adolescents seeks to reduce inequalities and universalize social services for all children and adolescents in the Dominican territory, through the protection of the right of children and adolescents to be protected against violence, abuse, exploitation, trafficking and trafficking, and to guarantee their right to identity, to live with family and due process in cases of conflict with criminal law.

Target:

1. Protect children and adolescents against all forms of violence, abuse, exploitation, trafficking and trafficking, especially that which occurs as a result of activities related to tourism.
2. Guarantee the right to identity of all boys and girls, by strengthening timely and late birth registration.
3. Reduce the number of children institutionalized for reasons of poverty or conflict with the law.

A quién va dirigido

This service is aimed at Children and Adolescents

Departamento que lo ofrece

Children's Department. In the colonial city, and in the interior of the country through all the supervisory offices and sections of POLITUR.

Información de contacto

Tel.: (809) 869-8566 ; (809) 754-2979 ; (809) 754-6059 ; 1-809-200-3500 (línea gratuita) ; 809-222-2026 ext 2123 ; 809-754-7998
Dirección: Gustavo Mejía Ricart #121, Esq. Teodoro Chasseriau, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.

Requerimientos o requisitos

Being a boy, girl or adolescent in a state of vulnerability and in need of a safe and instructive reception for emotional, personal and spiritual development without distinction of race, color, religion or social status.

Procedimientos a seguir

Responsible person

Director of Social Programs and Rescue of NNAs

Address of NNAs

C/ José Reyes esq. C/ El Conde, Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.

Legal Basis of the Service

Organic Law of the National Police 590-16 dated July 15, 2016.

Horario de prestación

24 hours, Monday to Sunday

Costo

Free of charge

Tiempo de realización

15 days

Canal de Prestación

- Face-to-face - Suggestions or telephone complaints - Via email - Detection of NNAs wandering unaccompanied by their parents. - Detection of NNAs wandering unaccompanied by their parents. - Through notices and/or calls from people in the Zone. -At the request of different sectors linked to POLITUR. -For verified complaints in Social Networks - Online service request via Form.

Información adicional

Responsible person

Director of Social Programs and Rescue of NNAs

Address of NNAs

C/ José Reyes esq. C/ El Conde, Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.

Legal Basis of the Service

Organic Law of the National Police 590-16 dated July 15, 2016.


ESTAFA OCCIDENTAL CARIBE

April 4, 2026

estamos aquí con el señor Daniel Rincón Segundo Teniente, dónde le notificamos de la estafa que sufrimos en el Hotel Occidental Caribe estamos pidiendo devolución de nuestro dinero.

Gonzalo Miranda Aguiar

“Not Really Public: The Truth About Punta Cana’s ‘Public’ Beaches”

April 1, 2026

I was going to stay quiet… but I can’t.

I came to Punta Cana expecting beauty—and I found it. The beaches, the roads, the development… everything looks like paradise.

Until you try to actually access it.

I went to Playa Blanca and Playa Juanillo—both promoted everywhere as “public beaches.” White sand. Calm water. “Must visit.”

But here is the truth no one tells you:

They are not public.

You cannot just walk in. You are stopped at a gate. You are told to spend at least $50 per person just to enter. And during Semana Santa? Not even that was enough. We were simply turned away.

When I said, “But this is a public beach,” the guard looked at me and said:

“The only way to enter freely is by helicopter.”

Let that sink in.

A “public” beach… only accessible if you fly in.

At that moment, it stopped being about a beach. It became about something bigger.

How is it possible that in a country surrounded by natural beauty, even locals—and yes, even tourists—are blocked from spaces that should belong to everyone?

It reminded me of “Hawái” by Bad Bunny. The idea that paradise gets turned into something exclusive, something controlled, something that no longer belongs to the people.

This is how it starts—little by little. Access gets restricted. Prices go up. Gates go up. And suddenly, what was once for everyone… is no longer yours.

That is why people fight for their rights. Because if we stay quiet, the “big elephant” will keep moving forward—until there is nothing left for the average person.

Punta Cana is beautiful. No doubt.

But beauty without access is not paradise.

It is exclusion.

G Badilla

Found trip

March 21, 2026

La compañia found trip de pinta cana RD no responde por nada, no dan garantia ni reagendamiento en su excursiones

Andres castro

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