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The government has already begun construction of the Santo Domingo Cyberpark and the Americas Institute of Technology at Km. 27 of the Las Americas Highway. RD$208 million are being invested into what will be the DR’s first high tech park. The governments of Taiwan and Japan have committed funds to the project. The first phase …

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The Ministry of Education announced that it is seeking teachers in the US for its public school English education programs. Minister of Education Ligia Amada Melo said that locally there are not enough professors for the English programs at the public schools. She said that the Ministry will give priority to English language programs in …

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Minister of Education Ligia Amada Melo said that engineers recently received RD$6 million to prepare the physical facilities for the installation of 130 computer labs in 130 more high schools across the country. This is the second stage of the computer lab program that has sought to install computer labs in the principal high schools …

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The government is about to finalize an agreement with private power generators regarding arrears. The government had offered to make a payment of US$40 million on US$102 million in arrears, leaving the remaining US$62 million pending for the next government. The private generators rejected the agreement. Furthermore, the candidate most likely to win the next …

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The Secretary General of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, José Tomás Pérez said yesterday that the Junta Central Electoral has to make it easier for citizens to get their identification/voting cards or cedulas. "It has to make adjustments in the method and processing of the cedula so the people have to suffer through less …

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Uno+Uno television program, transmitted by TeleAntillas, Channel 2, is announcing that the presidential candidates Hipólito Mejía of the PRD and Danilo Medina of the PLD have accepted an invitation to present their government programs on the morning television program. The channel said that former President Joaquín Balaguer has not confirmed his participation. The presidential candidates …

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A National Parks inspector denounced that 11 men, using machetes (cane knives), axes, daggers and sticks cut up an unknowing crocodile in Mella, in the southwestern Independencia province. Janeiro Martínez said that he begged the men to desist, but he could not convince them. He said since he was unarmed, he could not stop the …

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Boxers from Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guatemala and host DR are participating in the Independence Boxing Cup that opened 28 February at the Palacio de Deportes of Santiago de los Caballeros. The event will last through 3 March and will serve as preparatory event for important international competitions, such as the Olympic Games.