2011 – Page 51

A 19-year old, Katherine Suriel Guzman died after being mortally injured by a bullet fired by a policeman during a confrontation between the Police, EdeNorte brigades and protestors in the community of Sonador, in Monsenor Nouel (Bonao) province. She was standing in the front of her house when she was hit by a bullet. A …

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The Dominican Republic national men’s basketball team has moved up to the semi-finals of the FIBA Americas Championship together with Argentina, Brazil, and Puerto Rico. The DR defeated Uruguay 84-76 yesterday in the 10-team qualifier for the 2012 London Olympics. The first two teams in the tournament will qualify for the Olympics. The third through …

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Carlos Soto Molinari, whose daughter was robbed and beaten up while returning to her apartment in Santo Domingo, has organized a civic protest against rising criminality and lack of government efforts to fight crime in the Dominican Republic. The protestors will meet at the Parque La Lira in Santo Domingo, at the intersection of Lope …

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Non-governmental environmental campaigning organization Vida Azul is once more coordinating the International Coastal Clean-up Day in the Dominican Republic. The event is co-sponsored by Ocean Conservancy, an international NGO, as a local action that makes an important contribution to global change. All year long, organizations and individuals across the globe take part in Ocean Conservancy’s …

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The Presidency has sent a budget adjustment to Congress for a RD$4.7 billion addition to the education sector, as reported in Hoy. Minister of the Presidency Cesar Pina Toribio said that RD$4.2 billion of the funds are being allocated to the Ministry of Education and RD$500 million to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and …

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One of the nation’s most prominent civil society groups, the Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (Finjus) has once again come out and expressed concern that the National Judicial (CNM) is not being sufficiently transparent in the selection process of the judges who will be sitting on the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court and the Supreme …

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Senator Euclides Sanchez (PLD-La Vega), who chairs the Senate Public Works Commission, complained that public works projects built during the administration of current Public Works Minister Victor Diaz Rua show rapid decline. He attributed this to lack of supervision and said they represent a waste of public funds. As reported in Hoy, the congressman said …

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The presidential candidates from the country’s large and small political parties will sign an agreement with civil society organizations tomorrow in which they pledge to improve education. This political and social agreement will be signed in the auditorium of the Catholic University of Santo Domingo beginning at 9:30 in the morning and continuing until 3:30 …

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Faced with the current problems plaguing the National Lottery, where income is far below expenditure, the government should consider the need for reforming the agency in order to put it up to date with the market, or close it down, according to economist and business consultant Francisco Rojas. He believes it should not continue to …

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The president of the National Federation of Rice Producers, Ivan Tio Pimentel, has repeated his warning that the next rice harvest, the 2011 winter harvest, is in danger of being lost due to a lack of economic resources in the sector. He stressed that the existence of large inventories, production cost increases, a reduction in …

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