2012 – Page 100

The Chamber of Deputies has chosen the members of its 43 committees. Six are to be chaired by women, five will have women deputy chairs and six will have women as secretaries. The Discipline committee, which has seven members, has Henry Meran (PLD-San Juan de la Maguana) as chairman and the Treasury committee is chaired …

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The Santo Domingo Institute of Technology (INTEC) is entering a three-year higher education partnership aimed at promoting sustainable manufacturing and economic growth in Latin America. The partnership, which was launched by the United States and Costa Rica, is supported by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and …

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The rector of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Mateo Aquino Febrillet, has announced that all computer services at the university, including the intranet and internet, will be unavailable for twelve days, from 14 to 25 September in order to be updated and maintained. According to a press release, he said that security levels …

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The Couture Council of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) honored Oscar de la Renta with its 2012 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion yesterday, Wednesday 5 September 2012 at a benefit luncheon at the David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City. The event marks the arrival of Fall …

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The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) has ordered the suspension of all sales and marketing activities of the Orange 4G service as a preventive measure saying that there is a possible threat to, or violation of users’ rights, as this country does not have the technical capacity to provide this service. Indotel went on to say …

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The Commercial and Civil Appeal Court has rejected an appeal by Baninter Clearance Commission of the Central Bank and Consorcio Energetico Punta Cana-Macao (CEPM) relating to the proposed acquisition of local cable TV operator Aster Communications. CEPM had been selected as the winning bidder when the Central Bank put Aster’s assets up for sale earlier …

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Yesterday, Wednesday 5 September, the National Council of the Attorney General’s office, headed by the Attorney General himself, Francisco Dominguez Brito, suspended twelve prosecutors in the provinces of Santo Domingo, Santiago, La Vega and Monsenor Nouel, accused of serious misdemeanors in the line of duty. Those suspended pending investigation are Maximo Suarez Frias, Leonidas Suarez, …

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At around 4am yesterday morning, Wednesday 5 September, urban rap singer Jonas Joaquin Ortiz Alberto, known as Black Jonas Point, crashed into a lamppost and wrote off his car on the Las Americas highway. He was taken to Dario Contreras hospital and subsequently to Plaza de la Salud where he is currently in intensive care. …

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Francisco Alberto Gautreaux Calcano, a 43-year old Dominican who passed himself off as his country’s ambassador in the United States has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 months and a maximum of four years in jail in Rikers Island after pleading guilty to the charges of fraud and theft. The crimes were committed between …

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Following a large earthquake off the coast of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean islands were put on alert when the Pacific Tsunami center issued a tsunami warning for the area. Gloria Ceballos, director of the National Meteorological Office (Onamet) said that the warning was a mistake and was subsequently cancelled. The cancellation …

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