2009 – Page 78

Hoy reports that the DR was admitted to the Development Center of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) yesterday. The country’s admission into the Development Center was announced by Minister of Economy, Planning and Development Temistocles Montas. The DR is now the 7th regional member of the Center, which has a total of …

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Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez is denying that recent articles passed by the Constitutional Revisory Assembly limit access to beaches for Dominicans. Pared also stated that the new Constitution doesn’t limit citizens’ rights, as is being claimed by civic groups like Participacion Ciudadana. Pared accused these groups of trying to discredit the Revisory Assembly’s work, …

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Why do something if you are eventually going to do it again? Well this would be the question many are asking after comments by deputy Pelegrin Castillo, who says that he has no doubt that legislators will reconvene after the 2010 congressional and municipal elections to amend some of the articles of the constitution that …

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Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal has now jumped into the fray, expressing his discontent with the recently passed article in the new constitution that limits public beach access. He is asking legislators to look for a mechanism to revoke the passing of the article, adding that if this is not done, “the hope of …

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The Public Health Ministry has inaugurated the first vaccine center for chronic or non-traditional diseases. Minister of Public Health Bautista Rojas Gomez was on hand to inaugurate the children’s vaccine center at the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital this morning. Children with diseases including HIV/AIDS will be able to receive care and medicines at the …

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A seven-year old boy has died at the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital. Franklin Morillo was hospitalized 16 days ago in a critical condition. His case gained continual media coverage and had been one of the longest times a child has had rabies, before dying. Morillo was treated with a technique called the Milwaukee method, …

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The National Federation of Private Schools (Fenacep) has decided not to apply resolution 1-2009-2010 which was passed on 20 September. The resolution called for parents to pay their children’s private school fees in advance. Instead, parents are expected to pay their children’s tuition fees on the 1st and 15th day of the school year. The …

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Pedro Castillo, former president of the Banco del Progreso, turned himself in to officials yesterday and was promptly taken away to the Najayo jail where he will begin to serve his 10-year sentence for a RD$14 billion banking fraud. He will remain in jail, unless paroled, until 2019. No word from officials on whether or …

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As of 26 February 2010 all labels on dairy products sold in the DR must have their nutritional and ingredient information in Spanish. This follows the passage of resolution 001-09, which mandates that all labels must be in Spanish, with clear and easily readable lettering. All milk-derived products, regardless of origin, must comply with the …

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The marathon baseball regular season is done and now it’s time for the real stars to shine. These stars, many of whom are Dominican, will have yet another chance to etch their names into baseball immortality this post-season. Manny Ramirez is leading this year’s class of Dominicans in the post-season. While this hasn’t been Ramirez’s …

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