2012 – Page 144

The US Senate Finance Committee approved amendments to the DR-CAFTA Agreement yesterday. The measures now go to the full US Senate for discussion. The DR-CAFTA amendments correct and modify product-specific rules of origin for textiles and include a correction to the definition of sewing thread to include single multifilament synthetic yarn, a type that was …

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The National District judge Alejandro Vargas has sent the merengue singer Antonio Piter de la Rosa (Omega) to the Model Jail in San Pedro de Macoris for three months on remand, charged again with violence towards a woman. He also ordered the public prosecutors office to arrest the complainant Yuly Lopez, saying that he considered …

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The public prosecutor for Santo Domingo has asked for a year of remand in jail for the merengue singer Joan Manuel Novas known as El Sujeto, who is accused of seducing a minor which, according to the magistrate Olga Dina Llaverias, is the same as an act of violence, as reported in El Caribe. As …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 24 July, Jose Angel (Jochi) Gomez Canaan, who is accused of hacking email accounts, was taken from the Palace of Justice to Najayo prison where he will remain for three months on remand. The National District judge, Alejandro Vargas, sent the son of TV producer Guillermo Gomez to prison and said the remand …

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Chef Federico Haza has come from Peru for the 4th Festival of Peruvian Cuisine at Santo Domingo’s Melia Hotel. The festival iopen for lunch and dinner from 25 July through 5 August 2012. Gastronomy is one of the main attractions in Peru, and it is estimated that the sector makes up more than 11% of …

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The Ministry of Education said new school buildings incorporate structures that are earthquake-resistant. William Sifres, the engineer in charge of the school constructions division at the Ministry of Education, says schools that are not up to the norms are undergoing the necessary modifications in order to reinforce their structures and make them more resistant to …

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The Permanent Agriculture Commission of the Chamber of Deputies recommended that a pound of chicken at the stands and markets be sold at RD$46.00, as the top price. The commission also recommended the establishment of a National System of Control and Monitoring of the Price of Chicken in the Dominican Republic. The information was given …

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The textbook industry in the Dominican Republic has grown to be a RD$14.5 billion business. This is a big change from 30 years ago when textbooks were passed down to be used by all the children in the family. Now, families have to buy all new books because the publishers have merged textbooks and workbooks …

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Classes at the main Santo Domingo campus and in San Francisco de Macoris were suspended to chill out the protests and clean up damages protests to tuition and fee charges at the UASD became violent. The university announces classes resume on Wednesday, 25 July. Broken windows were repaired, and damaged vehicles removed from the main …

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The next administration has already decided to begin the construction of two coal-fired 300 MW generation plants. The decision, according to the Listin Diario, is already taken because time is short regarding the definitive solution of the energy problems. The news report says that President-elect Danilo Medina gave the first signs that this was going …

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