2011 – Page 238

A candidate for the most beautiful avenue in the Americas, ironically Santo Domingo’s seafront Malecon is dying of neglect. In protest, the Santo Domingo Hotel Association has announced the funeral of the Caribbean Sea-bordering Malecon. Hoy newspaper joins the protest, making the point that the suspension of several major works on the Malecon like the …

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The labor situation in the country will continue its downward spiral, according to the confidence index on “the perception of the condition of future work” prepared by the Santo Domingo Technological Institute (INTEC) business studies department. The index fell to 46.53 in December 2010. In 2009, the index was at 52.6. Hoy newspaper quotes the …

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The Collegiate Tribunal of the Penal Chamber of the Court of the First Instance in La Altagracia province has sentenced two Venezuelan pilots and two crew members to 30-year jail terms. The four arrived in an aircraft with 59 kilograms of cocaine and landed at Punta Cana Airport. The pilots, Kenneth Mendez and Gustavo Martinez, …

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Family members are claiming that the jail authorities did not allow inmate Jose Luis Montas Vargas (a.k.a. El Duro Motors) to receive timely medical treatment. El Duro was involved in the Paya drug trafficking related massacre. President Leonel Fernandez ordered the Justice Department to continue investigations into the death of Montas Vargas yesterday morning at …

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“You can’t do anything because I’m a minor, but you’d also better remember that I’m armed”, a 13-year old boy is quoted as warning a School Police agent on duty in the San Vicente de Paul School in Los Mina, as reported in Diario Libre. According to the agent, and this is backed up by …

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Eduardo Fukushima will be performing at the Teatro Monina Sola at the Centro Cultural Narciso Gonzalez in Villa Juana, in Santo Domingo. The dance performance takes place on Friday, 11 February at 8pm. Fukushima won the Funarte Klauss Vianna 2008 award, and the Proa and Rumos awards in 2009 and 2010. He is a dance …

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The commission of jurists appointed by President Leonel Fernandez has announced that it has reached an agreement on the legislation for the Constitutional Court that will be sent to the National Congress in the next few hours. El Nuevo Diario reports that commission chairman Mariano German announced that the technical report would be finished this …

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The European Union disbursed 25 million euros yesterday to be used to support the national budget and social programs in the Dominican Republic, according to a press release from the European Development Fund National Office. The agreement was signed by the head of the European Union delegation in the DR, Irene Horejs and the local …

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The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) has announced plans to install new radars at Las Americas (SDQ) in Santo Domingo and Gregorio Luperon Airport (POP) in Puerto Plata. The current equipment, according to El Nuevo Diario, is at least 16 years old. The IDAC decided to replace the equipment when a lightning strike disabled the …

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Following the Uruguayan model, the Dominican Social Security System is contemplating adding domestic servants and other informal workers into the system. The National Social Security Council (CNSS) is working on a project aimed at including an estimated 230,000 domestic employees in the system. This will be the first step towards beginning a subsidized contributory scheme, …

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