2012 – Page 184

Carmen Montas Cedeno and Patricia de la Rosa Fernandez, president and vice president of the Association of Specialist Immigration Lawyers asked the authorities yesterday to approve and implement a proposed plan to facilitate residency permit procedures for foreigners, as reported in El Dia. The lawyers seek exceptions for their present clients to the new system …

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) via the executive director for the Dominican Republic, Nogueira Batista, has sent a letter to President-elect Danilo Medina putting their management team and technical staff at his disposal to help him finalize economic plans, as reported in Listin Diario. In the letter he said that they know of Medina’s wishes …

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The Ministry of Education (MINERD) has announced that the National Standardized Tests will be taken by 303,716 students for the basic and intermediate levels and will start on Tuesday 19 June. From 19 to 22 June there will be the basic level exams (eighth grade and third cycle of adult education) and from 26 to …

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The director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority, (Amet) Major General Jose Anibal Sanz Jiminian announced that over the last year more than 700,000 fines were issued for traffic violations. He went on to say that Law 241 on Ground Transport is obsolete and called for its modification. One of the articles he would like to …

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A commentary in page 2 of Hoy newspaper today, 15 June 2012, speculates on whether punctuality will return to the Presidential Palace. President Leonel Fernandez is notorious for being late. Over the 12 years of the Fernandez administrations, those who have appointments or attend events with Fernandez are known to arrive on time, “out of …

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Today, 15 June, the judges at the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) will hear the case on the charges brought by Miguel Vargas Maldonado regarding his suspension as president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) and the expulsion of other activists. The magistrates Mariano Rodriguez, Manuel Hernandez Peguero, Mabel Feliz, Marino Mendoza and John Guiliani will …

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The Banco Popular has announced that two automatic teller machines in Santo Domingo are now accepting cash deposits in pesos. The funds will immediately become available. The ATMs are located at the Blue Mall at Winston Churchill and Gustavo Mejia Ricart and another at the installations of the Palace of Fine Arts (Palacio de Bellas …

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The Weather Department (Onamet) reported that yesterday, Thursday 14 June, the temperature reached 35 degrees or more in Santiago Rodriguez, Loma de Cabrera, Sanchez, Villa Riva, Rio San Juan, Gaspar Hernandez (Espaillat province), Arroyo Barril airport in Samana, Santiago airport and Jimani. At the same time the department warns that temperatures will stay high due …

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Longtime Colonial City resident Nelia Barletta continuously found herself having to find the words to defend with friends and family why she lived between the sea, river and old city walls, “down there,” in the Colonial City. Better to tell them with pictures. The color, 500 years of history, characters, the DNA of the old …

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The 2012 FIVB World League resumes its volleyball action with Pool A competing at the Santo Domingo Volleyball Pavilion in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. The event is organized locally by the NORCECA Confederation, presided by Dominican Cristobal Marte and the Dominican Volleyball Federation. Men teams from Russia, Cuba, Japan and Serbia will kick …

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