2012 – Page 136

President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the San Luis Community College (ITSC), located in eastern Santo Domingo on Monday 30 July. The technical training center will cater to students who live east of the Ozama River, enabling them to continue their studies without having to cross to the National District. Around one million people live in eastern …

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The recent rains have put a damper on President Leonel Fernandez’s schedule of inaugurations, but yesterday, Tuesday 31 July he formally opened a bridge over the river Masipedro, in Los Arroces, Monsenor Nouel province that cost RD$247 million, cut the ribbon for a school and inaugurated the municipal library in Bonao. However, he was forced …

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Former PRD vice presidential candidate Luis Abinader says that the country needs to get ready to face the consequences of the fiscal deficit which will be left by the Leonel Fernandez administration, estimated to be around RD$120 billion. He said that the next President, Danilo Medina, should not let the public bear that burden. He …

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A new system for calculating poverty, created by national institutions in the Dominican Republic with international support was presented last night, Tuesday 30 July at the Presidential Palace in Santo Domingo. The Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development said that the new methodology was the product of a consensus between the National Statistics Office (ONE), …

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Two weeks before the end of the Fernandez administration, the Customs Department has ordered a ban on the importation of used clothes entering via Dominican ports. Juan Morfa, vice president of the Cargo Consolidators Organization that includes used clothes importers, said that the measure has been taken unilaterally and will affect more than two million …

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In the coming weeks, J. P. Bottega of the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office plans to donate out of date police gear to police in the Dominican Republic as part of a wider effort to help police there. It includes gas masks, black riot helmets, radio holders and bulletproof vests. Leon Alter, president of the International …

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Hundreds of sugar cane workers gathered in Santo Domingo’s Parque Independencia yesterday, 31 July 2012, demanding government pensions for having worked in the sugar industry for decades. According to Jesus Nunez, coordinator of the Union of Sugar Cane Workers, the elderly workers had planned to march to the Presidential Palace but decided to call a …

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Students at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) said yesterday, Tuesday 31 July, that they would continue a vigil until it was agreed that they did not have to pay the new charges for academic credits. The students, who had called a meeting at UASD, met with resistance from the authorities who wanted to …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 31 July, factories affiliated to the Association of Manufacturers of Sausages and Meat Processors hosted a visit by a commission of Haitian legislators and government officials. Haiti called for a ban on processed meat imports after the DR ProConsumidor consumer protection agency released findings of a report that said most factories fell below …

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The Federal Trade Commission has said that it has taken action against a Dominican mortgage assistance operation that allegedly cheated Spanish-speaking homeowners in the US out of more than US$2 million. The scam operators allegedly offered homeowners a mortgage modification within 30 to 90 days, in exchange for a one-time advance fee of US$995 to …

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