2012 – Page 135

Despite reservations by jurists like Adriano Miguel Tejada, who expressed serious concerns in his AM editorial in Diario Libre yesterday, Wednesday 1 August, going so far as to cite Constitutional conflicts, the legislative proposal for the regulation of State salaries will be introduced again, after the bill died in the ordinary session of the legislature. …

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Marcos Villaman, director of the National Council for State Reform (CONARE) has warned that a poor country cannot pay government officials what it cannot afford. He called for prudence in approving the Bill to Regulate Salaries in Public Administration. “I think an exorbitant salary shows a lack of respect towards the public. If that exists …

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On Tuesday 31 July the government transferred RD$500 million to the National Health Insurance (Senasa), included and approved in the complementary budget, in order to deal with its deficit and the problems of the subsidized regime, as well as with the special plan for pensioners and retirees. Francisco Dominguez Brito, the chairman of the National …

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Yesterday, Wednesday 1 August the ministries of Industry and Commerce and Public Health reiterated the “excellent quality” of the salami that is produced in the country by the factories that have their health registry, and thus continue their call to the public to consume the product. This stance was agreed upon by Bautista Rojas Gomez …

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The institutions that are researching the quality of the nation’s salamis following recent allegations have incurred a series of violations of international agreements to which the Dominican Republic is a signatory, because they have not revealed the names of the brands concerned. Several experts in the field were consulted by El Caribe and reported that …

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Dominican Republic state hydroelectric generator Egehid has completed a US$22.8 million project to overhaul the 98MW Jiguey hydro in the upper basin of the Nizao River in San Cristobal province, Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) reported. CDEEE also announced the startup of the 56MW Aguacate hydroelectric plant over the coming months. Both plants were affected by …

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A proposal for police reforms by the National Police is tantamount to the creation of a police state, which is contrary to the Constitution of the Republic, according to the District Attorney for the National District, Yeni Berenice Reynoso. “They want to search without a warrant, interrogate without the presence of the Justice Department, and …

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The Dominican Academy of Science believes that the Loma Miranda area, located in La Vega, should not be exploited, because besides being an area that generates rain, the nickel that it possesses is believed to contain heavy metals such as chrome, which means the extraction process will pollute the waters of the Yuna-Camu watershed and …

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News reports are that the season’s fifth Tropical Depression has formed out over the Atlantic. This time the Lesser Antilles are under an alert and the National Hurricane Center in Miami says that there are sustained winds of 55kph and the center is located at 12.2 North and 49 West, about 1,300 kilometers to the …

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Today, 2 August in the London Olympics, lightweight boxer Wellington Arias lost to Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko, a gold medalist in the Beijing Olympics. The schedule for Dominicans in the Olympics as of Friday, 3 August is as follows: Track and field: Raysa Sanchez (400m) on 3 August. Winder Cuevas and first Dominican Olympic gold medal …

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