2008 – Page 15

Intec University and Penn State University have signed a cooperation agreement that will allow Intec students to study at Penn State. The agreement will also include the installation of the Haas Technical Education Center in the DR. Michael Immel, Director of Corporate Relations for the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering …

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Al Horford, the second year center for the Atlanta Hawks, is among the top-ranked centers in this year’s All-Star voting. According to initial stats released by the NBA, Horford has received 45,284 votes behind Dwight Howard, Sam Dalembert, Rasheed Wallace and Jermaine O’Neal. Horford is following a strong rookie year with a solid second campaign …

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After taking a week off, the Dominican Winter League was back on center stage last night with all six teams seeing action. In last night’s first game the Aguilas took care of the Escogido with a 5-3 victory at Estadio Quisqueya. Though it was intended to be a pitcher’s duel with Fausto Carmona and Francisco …

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The annual Christmas ‘bonus’ checks or the 13th salary check will be paid to government workers during this week and the beginning of next week, according to the director of the Treasury, Guaroa Guzman. In a press release reported in Diario Libre, the official reported that public employees, including pensioners, civilians and the military, would …

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The Ministry of Education has saved more than RD$38 million in October and November this year in the school breakfast program by billing the food according to student attendance and the number of days that classes are held in public schools. Minister Melanio Paredes told El Nuevo Diario that savings were also made because when …

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The government said yesterday that anyone who uses intimidation tactic and causes chaos would not be included in the Santo Domingo Metro feeder bus routes. Fenatrano transport union bus owners are campaigning for the routes. This union has been pressuring through strikes, hunger strikes and work stoppages as well as radio spots. Presidency Minister Cesar …

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The Dominican Social Security System, created by Law 87-01, foresees government access to pension fund money for the construction of housing projects, but it does not specify a mechanism that would ensure that the workers’ saving would be used for other areas of public investment. Experiences in other Latin American countries with systems of individual …

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The Director General of Customs Miguel Cocco warned on Wednesday that his agents would clamp down on anyone found responsible for selling counterfeit medicines and promoting the smuggling of these fake meds. He decreed zero tolerance for these people. Cocco said that selling these forged medicines causes permanent harm to the population and the consumption …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic reports that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for November 2008 went down by 3.28% from October, an unprecedented development, since this is the largest single month reduction ever registered in the Dominican Republic. As a result, the January-November inflation rate was at 6.01%. The document from the Central …

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Some 38,000 emergency services personnel and volunteers will be working to prevent accidents across the country during this holiday season, especially traffic accidents and alcohol-related intoxications and deaths, according to a plan announced as “Christmas Awakening 2008-2009” to be carried out by the government agencies in charge of citizen protection. The Armed Forces, the National …

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