2010News

LADOM suspended once again

The Ministry of Education has once more suspended the purchase of milk for schoolchildren from Lacteos Dominicanos (LADOM), the largest supplier of milk to the nation’s school breakfast programs. Education Minister Melanio Paredes announced the decision came after he concluded the company “had a serious credibility and trust problem” within the school population. Within the …
2010News

Fuentes urges more education

Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America’s most important writers, has called for the strengthening of the nation’s education system saying, “Education is the basis of everything, without education there is no development, no progress….” Fuentes gave his speech while receiving an Honorary Doctorate from the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra in Santo Domingo. Fuentes …