2010 – Page 10

The Roncierto New Year’s Eve tropical music concert is planned for the Juan Baron Plaza. But Telemicro, Channel 5 is announcing that there will also be a live merengue, salsa and bachata concert at a stage at the intersection of the Malecon and Maximo Gomez. Performing there will be Johnny Ventura, Pochy Familia, Jose Virgilio …

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The Chamber of Deputies has postponed the approval of the 2011 National Budget until Friday in order to include an addendum sent by the Presidency. The addendum will add RD$150 million for the construction of the Monte Grande dam. While it holds the majority in the Senate, the bill in a first reading in the …

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President Leonel Fernandez proposed to personally monitor increases in funds for education and raise the allocation to the sector from RD$49 billion to RD$54 billion in 2011 during a governmental Economic and Social Council meeting, as reported in El Dia. The funds are contingent on a revenues surplus by mid-year. The Senate has approved RD$49 …

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The Coalition for Dignified Education did not accept the proposal that President Leonel Fernandez made yesterday at the Presidential Palace to assign RD$10 billion of the mid-year review of the budget to education. The Coalition is demanding that 4% of the GDP should be included in the 2011 National Budget under study in the Chamber …

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Former Central Bank governor, economist Bernardo Vega called on the government to exercise real austerity in its spending to source the funds to allocate 4% to the education sector. Nonetheless, he expressed doubt that the government has the political will to assign 4% of the GDP or 16% of the National Budget to education, as …

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In the DR, the baby boomer generation studied with hardcover books handed down to brothers and sisters and friends. Somewhere along the line, publishing companies convinced the Ministry of Education to change these for workbook-textbook combinations that obliged parents to buy new books every year. And now, the Ministry of Education’s decision to totally change …

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President Leonel Fernandez has attended the inaugural of the Luperon Avenue branch of Anthony’s, a leading Dominican fashion store. Luperon Avenue has taken off as a major shopping sector for western Santo Domingo in recent years. Anthony’s joins Jumbo, La Sirena and La Americana, among others stores that have recently opened branches in the area …

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Purchasing power among minimum wage earners in the Dominican Republic is one of the lowest in Latin America, according to findings published in the International Labor Organization Global Wage Report 2010-11. The report focuses on wage developments and reviews the global and regional trends during the years of the economic and financial crisis of 2008 …

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The navy of the Dominican Republic and Colombia will work together to improve maritime controls, implementing international treaties. Naval chiefs from the DR and Colombia, Vice Admiral Homero Luis Lajara Sola and Rear Admiral Leonardo Santamaria Gaitan signed the agreement at the 27 de Febrero Naval Base. They agreed on mechanisms for exchanging information on …

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The Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET), the Police and the Committee for Emergency Operations announced their joint prevention plan for an accident-free Christmas yesterday, as reported in Listin Diario. Agents will use speed radars to enforce the 100 and 80 km speed limits on highways, and breathalyzers to discourage and control drunk driving. Controls will also …

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