2004 – Page 19

The president of the Dominican College of Medics (CDM), Waldo Ariel Suero, announced the suspension of the 72-hour public hospital strike that would have begun today. The physicians agreed to have the executive editor of El Nacional newspaper, Radhames Gomez Pepin, mediate the conflict after Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez discouraged Monsignor Agripino Nunez …

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Olgo Fernandez of the Office for Border Development announced that the Bi-national Artibonite Watershed Management Project would begin on 15 December and is programmed to last seven years. Forty per cent of the project will be implemented on the Dominican side of the border and 60% on the Haitian side. The initiative is being financed …

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A recent study shows that 75% of students who enrolled in the state university UASD abandoned their studies prior to graduation. The study on drop-out rates in the public higher education system, as prepared by Maura Brea de Cabral, says that the main reason that causes students to forego their education is financial, as well …

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The president of the CONATRA transport syndicate, which reaped the most benefit from the Mejia government’s Plan Renove, has filed a complaint with the District Attorney’s office against fellow transport syndicate director Juan Hubieres, who is the spokesman for FENETRANO, another leading transport union that profited from governmental support. Hubieres was not included in the …

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Listin Diario op-ed columnist, Oscar Medina, focuses today on the dilemma the authorities are facing following the occupation of the government-owned hills that border the Duarte Highway. He explains that the government chose to expand the highway by using lands that were unoccupied at the time, but took no action when, gradually, the lands closest …

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The high cost of whisky in the wake of the peso’s decline during the first half of the year and ever-rising taxes have altered the habits of Dominicans. Listin Diario reports that whisky consumption dropped 6% from January to September of this year, compared to the same period in 2003. By contrast, sales of rum …

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According to a report in the Listin Diario, the payment of such things as the public debt, the government payroll, the subsidy to those who do not pay for electricity or consume less than 200 kWh per month, and the subsidy for the cost of propane gas will make up 74% of the 2005 National …

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