2010 – Page 64

School tuition fees are the subject of debate every year, and the announcement that of Education Minister Melanio Paredes had “found” a law dealing with the issue has captured the attention of the nation’s press. In today’s edition, Diario Libre writes, “while the National Federation of Private Educational Centers said that they were surprised that …

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The Association of Health Service Administrators (ADARS) has notified all affiliates insured under the payroll Health Services Plan that coverage for traffic accident injuries will end on 31 December 2010. The proviso was covered in Resolution 227-02 by the Superintendent of Health and Labor Risks (Sisalril). The Adars communication was sent to the head of …

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Economist Henri Hebrard says that the Central Bank (BC) document on the public debt is positive, but the debt service is high, and he does not think the government is likely to increase its social spending. In the meantime, PRD president Miguel Vargas Maldonado, says that this is the administration that has taken out the …

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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is due to review the Dominican government’s Letter of Intent (LOI) this Friday. The LOI was submitted by the government to the IMF for approval of the second and third revisions of the Stand-by Arrangement. The information appears on the IMF webpage, where the schedule of …

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The Ministry of Women has launched a campaign called “Mission Possible” that seeks to reduce the 20% pregnancy rate among teenage girls. According to the ministry, one in five girls under the age of 19 is either pregnant or has given birth. The campaign, which will focus on the nation’s schools, is supported by the …

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Spanish business representatives are studying the possibility of using garbage from Santiago de los Caballeros, the second largest city in the Dominican Republic, to generate electricity. This could involve an investment of US$225 million. The mayor of Santiago, Gilberto Serulle, met with the Spanish visitors. According to Serulle, the city produces 900 tons of refuse …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) is asking for money again. This time the new chief magistrate of the JCE, Roberto Rosario, is asking for half a billion pesos in order to renew the personal identification and voter registration cards known as the “cedula”. Hoy newspaper also reports that JCE members visited the Attorney General to …

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The Banking Association of the Dominican Republic (ABA) is in favor of the legislation that is intended to spur development of the mortgage market. The bill seeks to assign 20% of the money in the Pension Funds to the construction of low-cost housing developments. In the meantime, the president of the ABA, Jose Manuel Lopez …

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The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) seized 180 kilos of cocaine in 177 packages, during a joint operation with the Justice Department in a rural community in the southwestern province of Azua yesterday. According to Diario Libre, officers from the Technical Department for Sensitive Investigations (DITIS) have not yet established where the drugs came from, …

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The judge of Instruction of the Court of the First Instance in Hato Mayor has released a woman accused of cutting off her husband’s “manhood”, when he tried to force her to have oral sex. According to El Nuevo Diario and other newspapers, investigative judge Rosemary Pena Rosario released Sonia Martinez Romero yesterday afternoon, because …

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