2008News

Operation Walk

Officials at the Plaza de la Salud have announced that “Operation Walk” will provide patients with free hip and knee replacements, beginning in March 2009. Foreign and Dominican doctors will perform the operations. Doctors will begin evaluating patients on 7 October and those interested should call (809) 565 – 7477 ext. 3000. Thomas Thornhill, who …
2008News

Baseball round up

Reggie Jackson may have to find a new nickname. Dominican slugger Manny Ramirez has become the new “Mr. October,” after hitting a home run in Los Angeles’ playoff opening win against the Chicago Cubs. The dinger was Ramirez’s 25th post-season swat, most all time, and gave him a whopping 11 homeruns in a divisional series, …
2008News

Thursday sales

Naturalizer shoes, up to 50% off. Plaza Fernandez. Tel 809 563-8990. Penny’s 2 x 1 shoe sale. Thursday, 2 Oct through Saturday, 4 October. Plaza Central, Diamond Mall, Centro Plaza Internacional (Santiago), Bella Vista Mall, Megacentro. Nacional supermarket has Pantene shampoo (375ml) for RD$109.95, Colgate 100ml 3 x 1, Colgate dental floss 2 x 1, …
2008News

Online education with Harvard

The Ministry of Education has signed an agreement with Harvard University’s Wide World educational online coaching program. Education Minister Melanio Paredes was in Boston to sign the agreement. The government will spend US$116,924 to participate in the program. The program is part of the Fernandez administration’s efforts to improve the quality of education in the …
2008News

Lucrative corrections

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) derives considerable revenue from correcting errors in civil documents, mostly made by their own staff. Today’s Listin Diario reports on the costly and time-consuming process that the law requires for correcting a misspelled name or date in a civil document. Most of the errors were committed by JCE staff when …
2008News

PRD constitutional proposal

The main opposition PRD party submitted a proposal to legislators yesterday to modify the Constitution via a special members assembly, known locally as “la constituyente.” When in opposition, President Leonel Fernandez strongly supported this body, a stance that has changed since he was elected President and holds a majority in Congress. President Leonel Fernandez presented …