2011 – Page 17

The money demanded by the Coalition for a Dignified Education, the UASD, the Dominican Federation of Municipalities (Fedomu) and the judges for their areas is equal to 33.6% of the budget. Just yesterday the Chamber of Deputies went through the agenda in less than 10 minutes so that they could send the legislative proposal of …

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The National Business Council (CONEP) headed by Manuel Diez Cabral, says that in order to approve several of the clauses contained in the legislation on the General Budget of the State 2012, which modify organic laws, a special majority of two-thirds of the deputies must vote in favor of the proposal. Diez Cabral said that …

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Although the Central Bank is saying that poverty has been reduced by 1.6% according to estimates contained in a household income study based on the “Work Force Survey” conducted in April 2011 by demographer Antonio Morillo Perez, a specialist in poverty, the reality remains that there are three million poor people in the country. The …

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Users in the Dominican Republic suffered the effect of major problems affecting Blackberry smart telephones worldwide. Blackberry’s owner RIM says that its services “have improved significantly”, following a three-day global blackout. Nevertheless, users nationwide had their messaging and e-mail service disrupted. Blackberries are the most popular local smart phone.

Dozens of women dressed in bridal gowns marched through the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) campus yesterday in protest against domestic violence, particularly against women. This violence is not only physical but also social and economic, according to the marchers, who called for improved public policies for tackling the problems that seem to be …

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The figures surrounding food and nutrition in the Dominican Republic place the country alongside Bolivia and Guatemala as “serious”, with Haiti, our neighbor, listed as “alarming.” This is the conclusion of a report contained in the Global Index of Hunger (GIH), published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and reported in today’s Listin …

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A new factor that might stand in the way of a proposed meeting between PRD presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia and party president Miguel Vargas might be the choice of vice presidential candidate. According to information obtained by Diario Libre, the Vargas team is demanding the vice presidential slot as a condition for joining the campaign. …

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The District Attorney of the National District has given up on presenting two witnesses in the trial against nine alleged hired killers who worked for Puerto Rican capo Jose David Figueroa Agosto because of harassment and threats against them. At the same time a witness had to move house and one, a Chinese national, has …

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The Ministry of Industry & Commerce, the Department of Foreign Commerce and Administration of Trade Agreements (Dicoex), the US Agency for International Development and the Center of Trade Policies of the School of Diplomacy and Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Eduardo Latorre are presenting the results of the study: “Evaluation of …

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The 5th Anthropology and Archaeology Congress is taking place at the Museum of Dominican Man. It is dedicated to Marcio Veloz Maggiolo, one of the leading Dominican scientists, researchers and writers. The two-day congress, which is open to the general public, is focusing on presenting research in socio-cultural anthropology, indigenous archaeology, cave art, colonial archeology, …

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