2008 – Page 15

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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The Higher Land Court in the Central Department has ordered the registration of property rights in favor of two people for a total of 3.4 million square meters of land in the parcel 6-004-10866 of the Cadastral District 10/1 of the city of Higuey that forms part of a portion of some 35 million square …

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The Ministry of Public Health says that polluted water was behind a recent Hepatitis A outbreak with 41 cases in the community of Jima, in Monsenor Nouel province. Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez told reporters from Listin Diario that studies had showed that fecal material in the community’s drinking water was the source of the …

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An internal electoral conflict caused major inconveniences to commuters and tourists yesterday from Bavaro to Higuey route. Bus drivers from the Sichotrature and Sichotraopa unions parked their buses on the highway to impede the normal flow of traffic. They were demanding the release of Benjamin Avila, who was detained for three days in Veron police …

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Just hours after the German Consulate in Santo Domingo requested the assistance of the Dominican immigration authorities in apprehending and extraditing German citizens wanted by the international police, National District prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso Segarra announced the capture of Roland Friedrich Hams, wanted for the alleged theft of 4 million of euros. German Consul Dirk Rahlenbech …

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