2012 – Page 163

The hearings on the proposal of the Complementary Budget were set back in the Senate, since the members of the joint commission that is studying the legislative bill could not reach an agreement. The stalemate relates to articles seven and five of the proposal submitted two weeks ago by the Executive Branch. The problems with …

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The president of the Constitutional Tribunal, Milton Ray Guevara, is arguing for the creation of a culture of respect for the Constitution in the Dominican Republic, since in his judgment it is not enough to have the most positive and necessary institutions because what is important is “to live it, respect it, to know it …

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The Coalicion Educacion Digna is pointing out that the Ministry of Education, as of 31 May, had only received 32.38% of the budget it was assigned in the National Budget Law. “If this pace is maintained, by the end of the year the Ministry of Education will only have received disbursements for 77% of its …

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The Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) announced the suspension of classes yesterday, Wednesday 4 July for the second day running following the protests that erupted over tuition and fees hikes at the state university. Mateo Aquino Febrillet said that the University Council would be meeting at 9am today, Thursday 5 July, to deal with …

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Barely 17.6% of the commercial banks total loan portfolio goes to the productive sector, while 73.4% goes to the areas of commerce and services. According to Diario Libre, this leads producers to complain that not enough resources are going to the farming sector for food production, and that they have to go to the informal …

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Economist Fernando Alvarez Bogaert has published a long article in Hoy newspaper on the government deficit, which he says is over RD$115 billion. He says that the behavior of the economy so far in 2012 is awakening some serious complications. He said that the situation was the result of three factors: a fall in income, …

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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Milk Cluster, working together with State Standards Agency Digenor and the Ministry of Public Health, have set up five milk processing plants in the province of Dajabon. The project is part of a larger USAID program called “Improvement of Quality of Raw Materials for Cheese …

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The Dominican population has multiplied 4.42 times since 1950, going from 2.1 million in 1960 to 9.4 million in 2010. However, in terms of volume, there was a slowing down of the population growth rate, according to the National Statistics Office (ONE). The agency noted the reduced growth rate beginning in 1960 was probably due …

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Grupo Jaragua announced it has secured international funding for purchasing land in order to ensure the survival of ecologically isolated bird species. Grupo Jaragua announced the purchase of 100 hectares of transitional, previously unprotected and highly threatened forest within the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve. The initiative represents an important step towards halting the conversion of Caribbean …

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With the aim of finding a solution to the internal crisis affecting the PRD, Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, rector of the PUCMM university, will mediate in an attempt to reach an agreement between the Hipolito Mejia and Miguel Vargas Maldonado factions. The announcement was made yesterday, Wednesday 4 July by PRD former vice-presidential candidate Luis …

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