2012 – Page 16

Continuing with his now regular unannounced visits, President Danilo Medina visited the Luis Eduardo Aybar (El Morgan) public hospital in Santo Domingo earlier this week to see the conditions there for himself. Following the visit he announced that the hospital would be expanded and remodeled and ordered improvements to the equipment. He expressed his concern …

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The Presidency has announced the start of payment of the 13th wage for government employees. The government is the largest employer in the Dominican Republic. Yesterday, the first employees received their “double” check that is expected to stimulate the economy as people go on their traditional Christmas spending spree. The Presidency announced that a first …

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Minister of Public Health Dr. Freddy Hidalgo says that Dr. Juan Jose Dominguez has been removed from his post as director of the dental department at the Ministry of Public Health in response to allegations made by investigative journalist Nuria Piera. In two consecutive TV shows, Piera reported on how millions of pesos worth of …

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The Association of Shopping Centers (ONEC) is protesting at Congressional plans to consider changing the law to extend to 10 years the age of imported vehicles. Dominican law currently restricts imports to five-year old vehicles. The president of ONEC, Antonio Ramos says that the bill sends a contradictory message. He said that on one hand …

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In what news commentators say is an open invitation to break the laws by the people in charge of making them, deputies meeting with the chief of the Police yesterday called for beating crime by killing off criminals. The Dominican Republic does not have the death penalty. As reported in El Dia, yesterday, Thursday 6 …

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During the visit, the chief of the Police criticized the government saying that it was allowing criminal actions to be legalized. He mentioned as an example the authorization of the import of different brands of motorcycle and vehicle chassis. Police Chief Jose Armando Polanco Gomez said that in 2012 more than 2,000 of the chassis …

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The installation of surveillance cameras by the private sector has been a key factor in helping the Police identify those responsible for recent violent acts. As reported in El Caribe, a video camera recorded a watchman at Caribe Express in Bavaro tying himself up to pretend he was not involved, before thieves entered and stole …

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Drug surveillance agents in Curacao, Puerto Rico, the Dominican and the United States working together as the Caribbean Border Interagency Group were able to confiscate 3,967 pounds of cocaine off Dominican shores on 25 and 27 November. The US Coast Guard reports that on Wednesday, 5 December, US Coast Guard Cutter Decisive returned to its …

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Known best as the National Pantheon, the official name is Panteon de la Patria, or Pantheon of the Homeland. In an interview in El Dia, the director, Professor Jose del Monte Peguero says that the Pantheon is the place where key figures in Dominican history are buried. He made the point that a bill passed …

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This Christmas, Centro Cuesta Nacional (CCN) and Macadamia La Loma have joined forces to unveil the new Organic Chocolate and Macadamia Nougat (turron). The product is prepared by micro-businesses in several provinces as part of an alliance between Xocolat and Macadamia La Loma for the manufacture of the delicious treat. “In the nougat delicious bites …

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