2012 – Page 154

Yesterday, Thursday 12 July, the Minister for Women, Alejandrina German, announced that a 24-hour emergency telephone line has been set up to help women who are being mistreated and to prevent more femicides. There were 230 femicides in the Dominican Republic last year. The hotline is 809 689-7212 and is serviced 24 hours. Nevertheless, she …

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The Ministry of Education said that 60% of the 96,399 students at the middle school level who took the Standardized National Examinations during June have passed all four examinations. Spanish Language had a pass rate of 89.09%, Mathematics 73.47%, Social Sciences 88.69% and Natural Sciences 80.71%. In the technical and professional group, which had 16,420 …

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Yesterday, Thursday 12 July, 117 inmates at Najayo prison in San Cristobal received education diplomas in a variety of subjects ranging from graduating in primary or secondary education to technical courses. The director general of prisons, Mario Acosta congratulated the inmates and urged them to start a new life. The director of the prison educational …

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At a meeting last month, a group of judicial officials from Central America and the Dominican Republic agreed to a minimum sentence of no less than five years for any individual involved in the increasingly common crime of organ trafficking. The discussion however did not set limits for individual countries. For example Honduras recently set …

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With Danilo Medina now to become President, the influence of certain families within the ruling party, the PLD has increased and become more entrenched. Without doubt, at the top of the list are the Pared Perez and Lizardo Mezquita families. In the case of the Pared Perez family, Medina’s right-hand man is Carlos Pared who …

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Orange Dominicana has launched its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in the Dominican Republic following a US$150 million network investment. The upgraded network will provide faster mobile Internet services and is the first LTE network to go live in the Dominican Republic as well as one of the first in Latin America. According to Wireless …

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Lawyers Julio Cury and Jesus Feliz Jimenez, representing former President Hipolito Mejia, have issued a writ at the Supreme Court of Justice against senator Wilton Guerrero for defamation and slander. Guerrero claimed that Mejia had travelled to Sinaloa, Mexico in a plane flown by the pilot of “Capo Guzman” of the Sinaloa Cartel, supposedly to …

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The Electrical System Prosecution Board (PGASE) has formally accused the Hotel BQ, formerly Delta, on Sarasota Avenue in Santo Domingo, of electrical fraud. The hotel and its representatives are accused of tampering with meters. According to judge Moises Ferrers, head of PGASE, the EdeSur power distributor is owed more than RD$11 million due to this …

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National District Judge Jose Alejandro Vargas has sent Miguel Angel Valerio Lebron (Don Miguelo), to Najayo jail on remand for a month, accused of publishing intimate photographs of his ex-partner Paola Cristal Terrero Arias. He is also accused of physical and verbal abuse towards her. www.eldia.com.do/nacionales/2012/7/12/87882/Artista-Don-Miguelo-fue-enviado-a-carcel-Najayo

The country will continue to feel the effects of a weather front with cloud cover and wind coming from the east. This afternoon and early evening, electrical storms are forecast in the northeast, southeast, southwest, central mountain area and the frontier. The front has had the effect of reducing the hot summer temperatures. www.hoy.com.do/el-pais/2012/7/13/436865/Habra-mas-lluvia-y-menos-calor