2009 – Page 145

Dominican boxer and former two-time world boxing champion Joan Guzman has signed a deal with Oscar De La Hoya’s “Golden Boy Promotions.” “This is a special day in my career,” said Guzman. Guzman continued by saying he had always admired De La Hoya’s fighting and style in and out of the ring. Guzman believes that …

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The government convened the Council of Government to meet on 5 August to review commitments taken on in January during the Presidential Summit meetings held earlier in the year. The government maintains that it has been fulfilling these commitments gradually, Secretary of the Presidency Cesar Pina Toribio said yesterday. The Ministry of the Economy, Planning …

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The 2009-2010 school year in the Dominican Republic starts on 17 August. The Ministry of Education expects an enrollment of 398,000 children in public schools alone. Fernando Reyes, director of the Solidarity Program, said that the government is allocating RD$145 million every two months to help parents with children in the public school system. Most …

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The embattled executive vice-president of the State-owned Electricity Corporations (CDEEE) Radhames Segura has said on several occasions that the contracts for electricity generation are burdensome and that they need to be renegotiated. He repeated this again yesterday, and newspaper reporters asked him why this has not been done. Segura has been in this post for …

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A group of public hospital doctors and nurses chained themselves up at the Ministry of Labor yesterday as part of their ongoing campaign for better salaries and other benefits. Waldo Ariel Suero, the head of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), led the group. Last night, police posted in the area did not allow any food …

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The National Revisory Assembly working on the Constitutional Reform might propose a broadening of the rule of jus soli that would grant amnesty to thousands of children born to undocumented foreigners in Dominican territory. Assembly Verification Commission chairman Frank Martinez says this was in the works among legislators. In order to grant the amnesty to …

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The Dominican and Haitian authorities reopened the bi-national market that is held in Dajabon every Monday and Friday. However, yesterday the market was much less active than normal with fewer buyers and sellers occupying the stalls around the city. According to Haitian consul Jean Batiste Bien Ame, the lower-than-usual turnout was the result of Haitian …

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The Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (Finjus) is arguing for the creation of a Constitutional Court, an entity that would be autonomous and independent. The foundation believes that is the clearest and most efficient way to reform the justice system. Finjus executive vice-president Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman says the new chamber would enable “important steps …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations has suspended Dominican Consular Minister in Nicaragua, Radhames Reyes Vasquez, a decision that was taken on Monday after last week’s public complaint by Reyes Vasquez who claimed that there was a ‘mafia’ in the institution that was stealing checks from the foreign service. Reyes Vasquez will remain without any duties …

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The Dominican Air Force has completed its plans to install its Southern Command in Barahona’s Maria Montez International Airport (MMIA). This will be one of the bases used by the new Super Tucanos recently acquired by the government from Brazil at a cost of around US$90 million. The Super Tucanos’ main role will be to …

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