2011 – Page 47

On her TV show over the weekend, investigative journalist Nuria Piera revealed that a RD$4 million a month program intended to provide breakfast to 4,000 policemen working in the 103 sectors where the Barrio Seguro (Safe Barrio) program is implemented is rife with irregularities, as reported in El Caribe. She said the untendered contract was …

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The Last Survivors conservation project has just released an infomercial in English and Spanish to promote awareness for the need to preserve two rare species of land mammals that still roam Dominican forests. Jose Nunez-Mino, field project manager for the Hispaniola Endemic Land Mammals Project encourages involvement in the initiative to spread the word so …

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The DR defeated Puerto Rico 103-89 in Mar de Plata, Argentina on Sunday. On Saturday, however, the DR had lost its crucial game with Brazil (83-76) together with its bid to win one of two berths for the 2012 Olympic Games. The DR had defeated Brazil in a previous game. The fourth place (4/3) is …

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Frank Micheli, president of La Romana’s Toros Baseball team has announced that the Toros (The Bulls) are working on assembling a team to defend the Dominican professional baseball championship crown. In an interview with Hoy newspaper, Micheli said the team was successful, not only in the competitive aspect but in integration and identification with the …

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Aficionados of good Latin music are in for a treat on Mondays at Lucia 203, when Pila de Musica takes the stage. Monday music performances are coordinated by Victor Victor, known for his romantic bachatas and boleros. Victor Victor & Los 3 de La Vellonera take the stage with guest artist Pavel Nunez at 10pm …

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President Leonel Fernandez was in Santiago yesterday to inaugurate an industrial vocational school at the Pekin neighborhood and the first phase of the housing development INVI-Villa Progreso La Barranquita. The governmental housing project cost RD$243.9 million for 168 dwellings of 85 square meters each. The high school was financed by the governmental Fromper fund and …

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With crime in the Dominican Republic at its highest ever levels and rising, President Leonel Fernandez announced that a panel has been set up to discuss what to do and called on people from all walks of life to attend. Speaking at the formal inauguration of a vocational school in Santiago and a housing project …

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President Leonel Fernandez was a speaker at the World Economic Forum debates in Davos, Switzerland in January and then again in Rio, Brazil in April of this year, but ironically, the DR’s rankings in the recent Global Competitive Index report continue to reflect a lack of leadership and efficiency in government. After almost eight years …

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The National Business Council (CONEP) says that the results of the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index 2011-2012, where the DR slides from 101st place on a list of 139 countries to 110th out of 142 are a cause for concern, as reported in Hoy. Conep called for a national commitment to revert those results. …

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Economist Miguel Ceara Hatton analyzes government spending on public education during the past governments in an op-ed piece in today’s Hoy newspaper. The article is well timed now that 10 presidential candidates pledged to comply with the law that establishes that the government should allocate 4% of the GDP to education. In his analysis, Ceara …

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