Dolores Vicioso – Page 239

Lawyer Raúl de Jesús Caraballo Rojas has secured a place in Dominican lottery history with a record-breaking win of RD$431,875,000. He told CDN he had gambled RD$1,500 every Wednesday and Saturday in the same play 15 times combining the bets with plays in the Lotomas and SuperMas. La Lotería Electrónica Internacional Dominicana (Leidsa) confirmed that …

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Dominican boxers Yunior Alcantara and Cristian Pinales won the country’s first medals in the Paris Olympics. The boxing wins put the Dominican Republic on the medal list in 59th place. Yunior Alcantara defeated Billal Bennama from France in the 51 kilos bout to win the bronze. Another bronze medal went to Cristian Pinales in the …

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President Luis Abinader is entrusting 44-year old National District senator Faride Virginia Raful Soriano with one of the toughest jobs in the country. She is appointed Minister of Interior & Police as of the start of Abinader’s second term in government, on 16 August 2024. Her term as a senator ends on 16 August. In …

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Minister of Education Angel Hernandez told reporters in no uncertain terms that to give an over the board 17% raise to all teachers is an incentive for the better teachers to slack off in their work if everyone gets a raise anyway. This comment came on the heels of a teacher’s protest outside of the …

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Television personality Mike Rowe, who campaigns for training kids to be employable in the trades, such as carpentry, air conditioning, electricity, plumbing and welding, would be really happy with this news. The National Institute for Technical and Professional Training (Infotep) and the Ministry of Education have signed an agreement whereby the Infotep will bring its …

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The recent visit of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has left some interesting questions, especially regarding proposed fiscal (tax) reforms. According to the Regional Center for Sustainable Economic Strategies (Crees in Spanish), the two reports issued by the IMF mission are not really clear on what they found in their look at the economic and …

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The Ministry of Public Works announced the routine closure of various structures in Greater Santo Domingo through Saturday, 3 August 2024. The tunnel on Las Americas Avenue between Venezuela and Sabana Larga avenues will be partially closed until Thursday. The long tunnel on 27 de Febrero between Churchill and Abraham Lincoln, the elevated section of …

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Water bottling companies in the Dominican Republic have agreed to take measures within 90 days to ensure that their products are shielded from direct sunlight. The move to protect public health was announced in a press release by the National Institute for Consumer Rights Protection (Pro Consumidor). A recent news story in Listin Diario highlighted …

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The Special Committee of the Chamber of Deputies assigned to review the 419-article Penal Code project has proposed amendments to articles 14, 20, 24, 73, 86, 87, 89, 109, 111, 113, 123, 127, 130, 132, 133, 135, 136, and 139, as well as articles 140, 161, 220, 288, 289, 290, 295, 302, and 328. Alexis …

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The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has sounded the alarm over the persistently low rates of exclusive breastfeeding in the Dominican Republic. According to the 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), conducted jointly by the National Office of Statistics (ONE) and Unicef, only 16% of infants in the country are exclusively breastfed for the first …

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