2012 – Page 199

Professor of biology at Harvard University, Brian D. Farrell signed an agreement with Rector Mateo Quino Febrillet of the UASD yesterday, Tuesday 29 May for the digitalizing of the insect specimens in the collection of Professor Eugenio de Jesus Marcano and the plants in the UASD Herbarium, through the Professor Maria Moscoso Botanical and Zoology …

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The Dominican Republic basketball team is training at the University of Kentucky for its Centrobasket 2012 commitment and then its last chance to make the London Olympics. The DR team will compete in the Centrobasket Championship for Men from 18-24 June in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Dominican team is training at the Joe Craft …

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Get to know the works of veteran Dominican painter Elsa Nunez at the Museum of Modern Art, starting 5 June at 8pm. The exhibition, Elsa Nunez: Retrospective 1962-2012, features 120 of her works. The acclaimed artist has held 48 individual exhibitions and hundreds of collective shows throughout her 50-year career. For more on upcoming events, …

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Yesterday, Monday 28 May, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) issued Resolution 30 officially declaring PLD candidates Danilo Medina and Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez as President and Vice President of the Republic, respectively, in the 20 May 2012 elections. The JCE declared the final results of the elections definitive and valid, and the winner as the …

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A spokesman for President-elect Danilo Medina said he had nothing to tell the press because he is currently spending all his time receiving the people and representatives of sectors that worked for his win. Medina spokesman Rafael Ovalles apologized on behalf of the President-elect. “He says when he has something of importance to say, he …

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While the PRD is immersed in heated debates over the future of its president Miguel Vargas, the victorious PLD is also going on the hunt for the so-called traitors who kept the PLD from sweeping the elections for the overseas deputies in the United States and Canada. Much to their surprise, the PRD won more …

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Former PRD presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia, met yesterday, Monday 28 May with leading members of his election campaign team to evaluate the past election process and convene the Political Commission for Friday, 1 June, a step that could move the opposition party closer to internal division. At the end of the meeting, PRD general secretary …

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A study carried out by civic group Participacion Ciudadana reveals that there is no fixed wage for a minister in the Dominican Republic, as reported in El Dia. For example, the base salary for the Minister of Tourism is RD$75,000 while the Minister of Foreign Relations’ is RD$300,000. Other base salaries are Minister of Education: …

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At a time when the nations of the world are alert to the need to preserve their water resources as a priority for ensuring their survival and food security for their populations, the Dominican Republic has granted mining concessions that will affect most of its drinking watersheds. This situation can be verified easily by checking …

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Yesterday, Monday 28 May, the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) formalized two contracts for the purchase and sale of energy from two private companies that will generate 100 megawatts of wind-powered electricity within 18 months. The investment in the two parks, financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), totals US$195.7 million, or RD$7 billion, which according …

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