2012 – Page 140

A press release from the office of President-elect Danilo Medina has announced that five Latin American Presidents, the Prince of Asturia Felipe de Borbon; and the Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Fortuno, will be coming for the inaugural on 16 August. President Porfirio Lobo from Honduras; Michel Martely from Haiti; Mauricio Funes, El Salvador; Juan …

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Senator Felix Bautista (PLD-San Juan de la Maguana) presented a bill in Congress yesterday that calls for the prevention, treatment, penalizing and eradication of violence against women and establishes urgent safety measures to protect the lives of women and their children. So far this year, there have been more than 113 femicides. Amongst the measures, …

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Adriano Miguel Tejada shares his thoughts today in the Diario Libre editorial about the reasons why if the Dominican Republic has grown 7.2% on average over the past eight years, there is so much unemployment, poverty and unequal distribution of wealth. “The question is relevant because governments come and governments go and the spread increases …

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A bill in Congress would increase the salary of the President of the Dominican Republic from RD$90,000 at present (about US$2,250) to US$12,771. Diario Libre publishes today a list of the salaries of other Presidents in the Americas. Dominican Republic: Danilo Medina US$12,771, pop 10 million United States: Barack Obama US$33,394, pop 300 million Mexico: …

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Rector Mateo Aquino Febrillet says that around 9,000 students of 180,000 students at the state university, UASD have been registered for more than eight years. He said the university will now determine who gets to stay. Ambiorix Rosario, president of the Federation of Students (FED), made the point that the university course offering does not …

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The Ministry of Public Health has announced that the five patients who received heart, kidney and cornea transplants at the Heart Neuro-Ophthalmology and Transplant Center (Cecanot) are all in satisfactory condition. The director of Cecanot, Dr. Federico Nunez, confirmed that they are all making satisfactory progress having received the organs of a 22-year old who …

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For years, Dr. Ashley Baquero has campaigned to create awareness that all residents in good health should sign authorize donation of their organs. You may have died, but your organs can save another life. Baquero is also president of the Society of Transplants of Latin America and the Caribbean (STALYC). He headed efforts to pass …

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The executive vice president of the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) Celso Marranzini says that the mafia is trying to return to the electricity sector. He called on those who are on 24-hour power circuits to be alert. He said that international organizations demand that the power distribution companies collect more from consumers. Manuel Labrado, representing …

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There is “a new city in the city,” focusing in a news report on the four new malls that are opening this year n Agora, Sambil, Galeria 360, all on the John F. Kennedy stretch between Leopoldo Navarro and Abraham Lincoln, says a report in Diario Libre today, 26 July 2012. The malls, with their …

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The CEO of Barrick Gold, Jamie Sokalsky has announced that production will start in August at the huge Pueblo Viejo gold mine. He said that the mine is expected to produce up to 125,000 ounces of gold this year and to reach full production in 2013. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ceo-says-huge-dominican-republic-gold-mine-essentially-complete-and-ready-to-operate/2012/07/26/gJQAPCNSBX_story.html