2012 – Page 143

Yesterday, Tuesday 24 July, President Leonel Fernandez was in Santiago to inaugurate public works built at an announced cost of RD$932 million. These were the 350-meters long bridge over the North Yaque River that links the communities of Baitoa and Sabana Iglesia built by the Ministry of Public Works at a cost RD$319 million. Minister …

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The Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology Ligia Amada Melo said that the disturbances at the UASD give rise to the opportunity to get rid of those students who have been studying for 8 years or more, some even 15 years, and who are taking up space that could be used by those who …

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Vice President of the Republic Rafael Alburquerque handed over the flag to the Dominican Olympic Committee and announced that the government would award RD$10 million to the Dominican athlete that wins gold in the London Olympic Games, RD$6 million to the athlete who wins silver and RD$4 million to bronze medal winners. If the volleyball …

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In the last ten years, 86,774 foreigners, mostly Americans, Haitians, Cubans, Columbians and Spaniards, have obtained residency in the Dominican Republic, as reported in Hoy. According to the Miguel Roman Garcia, director of the section for immigration control at the Immigration Department, these residencies, both temporary and permanent, are granted after state intelligence agencies and …

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A study presented by the director of the Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (ProConsumidor), Altagracia Paulino, has determined that out of product samples for 258 companies manufacturing beef-pork salami here, 97% was below the minimum 16% protein content established by law. The research also showed the tested salamis had high levels of yeast …

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The National Association of Distributors of Liquid Petroleum Gas ordered members not to sell fuel at any of the stations this morning due to the conflict with the National Institute of Consumer Protection (Pro Consumidor) on the filling of propane gas cylinders, as reported in El Dia. They warned that the strike is for an …

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PLD senator for Azua, Rafael Calderon, a PRD-dissident who was a technical secretary of the Presidency during the 2000-2004 administration of President Hipolito Mejia (PRD, 2000-2004), was voted by the party to be the spokesman for the ruling PLD party in Congress, as reported in El Caribe. The La Romana senator, Amarilis Santana is the …

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According to an interview with Diario Libre at the XIX International Conference on AIDS in Washington, D.C., Jaime Valencia, operations director of the international organization Aid for Aids said that social stigma, the lack of education on HIV/AIDS and sexual tourism are some of the reasons why the Dominican Republic is still in second place …

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Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez, who is responsible for the change in the Constitution so that it now bans abortion regardless that the health of the mother be at risk, went public to favor that physicians give priority to save the life of the teenager who suffers from cancer and would need chemotherapy. The chemotherapy would …

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In honor of the occasion, Michel Zaleski, Chairman and President of the DREAM Executive Board and Chairman of the Soros Economic Development Fund, Nathalie Munoz, Miss Dominican Republic U.S., and Senator Adriano Espaillat rang the opening bell today, 25 July 9:15am to 9:30am at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square. The DREAM Project is an …

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