2012 – Page 133

On Thursday, 2 August, President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the Los Palmeros Park at the kilometer 14 of the Las Americas highway, a subsidized cafeteria in Villa Olimpica, a sports area in El Tamarindo and a housing project, all in eastern Santo Domingo. The Los Palmeros Park is a monument to honor freedom fighters Amaury German …

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The administrator of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Michele Leonhart confirmed the United States commitment to strengthen the war against drugs upon receiving a decoration to the Order of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella in the rank of Great Officer from President Leonel Fernandez at the Presidential Palace on 3 August 2012. Leonhart is visiting …

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The Senate passed yesterday the necessary two readings on the bill that would increase wages for high-ranking government officers and set caps for all institutions with the exception of the Central Bank. Wages at the Central Bank are covered by the 2010 Constitution. The salaries at the Central Bank, nevertheless, would be subject to review …

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Minister for Public Health Bautista Rojas Gomez has announced that three more transplants have been carried out at the Center for Heart and Neuro-Ophthalmology and Transplants (CECANOT). One brings relief to a patient suffering from chronic kidney failure and two more benefit patients with vision problems. The two patients who had cornea transplants last week …

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Senators Adriano Sanchez Roa (Elias Pina), Manuel Paula (Bahoruco) and Sonia Mateo Espinosa (Dajabon), all at the border with Haiti, have rejected the Customs Department announcement that it would enforce the ban on importing used clothes into the country. They say the ban will increase poverty in the border communities. Most of the used clothes …

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The Council for the Strategic Development of Santiago (CDES) and the Provincial Government will meet on Monday to receive and evaluate proposals regarding the further geopolitical division of the province of Santiago. The activity, according to CDES president, Carlos Fondeur, will look at the challenges and opportunities for creating new municipalities and municipal districts. Santiago …

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In a press release, the Movement for a Civil Register Free of Discrimination reiterated yesterday, 2 August, that contrary to what the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Roberto Rosario Marquez has said, thousands are arbitrarily being dispossessed of their Dominican nationality. They said that Rosario used lies to cover up the systematic violations …

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The Ministry of Education (MINERD) has announced that it is investing RD$300 million to prepare 20,000 classrooms in 3,000 schools nationwide for the new school year. The plan covers repairs to sanitary systems, electrical work, painting and cleaning up of school grounds. The director general of School Maintenance, architect Julio Pena said that the public …

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Brigades from the Ministry of Public Works have begun to demolish the Jatubey bridge that is at Kilometer 10 on the Duarte highway and say they have orders to finish it as quickly as possible so that a new bridge can be built. The bridge has had traffic restrictions since the beginning of April this …

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Yesterday, Thursday 2 August, the Commission for Public Shows and Radio prohibited the playing of various songs.These include “Ponme To eso palante” and “Toy ennotao” by El Chuape, “Ellos dicen” by Secreto and “El lambonaso” by Carlito Way and Crazy Design otherwise known as Teke Teke. They also banned the record “Y yo aqui como …

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