2012 – Page 237

The Ministry of Labor is reminding the public that Labor Day will be celebrated on Monday, 30 April and not on Tuesday, 1 May. Since the First of May falls on a Tuesday, and the legislation, Law 139-97, requires that it must be a working day, Labor Day will be celebrated the day before, Monday, …

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Classes are still suspended, indefinitely, at the Jose Reyes School in protest at the establishment of a garbage depot just 100 meters from the school. Yesterday morning, students, teachers and parents and friends held a vigil with facemasks outside the dump in Los Alcarrizos where the city accumulates garbage before transferring it to the Duquesa …

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At just eight days from the target date set by the authorities for the Primary Care Centers program to go into effect, a clash of interests between all the actors in the Dominican Social Security System (SDSS) is putting the beginning of the model at risk. The Deputy Minister for Public Health, Nelson Rodriguez Monegro, …

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Dominican authorities confirmed yesterday, Monday 23 April, the death of six people affected by cholera in Tamboril, where as of yesterday 523 patients have been treated for symptoms of the disease, as reported in Diario Libre. A further two adults with cholera symptoms have died in the town after being hospitalized. The latest victim is …

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The Dominican government and United States ambassador Raul Yzaguirre have been discussing the accusations voiced once again by Spanish priest Christopher Hartley about the treatment of Haitians in the cane fields of the Dominican Republic. According to a report by Hoy reporter Fior Gil, the ambassador said that he did not think that Hartley’s accusations …

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Senator Wilton Guerrero (PLD-San Cristobal) reported yesterday, Monday 23 April, that alleged drug traffickers who are contributors to Hipolito Mejia’s campaign were plotting against the life of journalist Nuria Piera with the aim of changing the current balance of the election campaign, which he says broadly favors PLD candidate Danilo Medina. According to the report, …

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A South Korean businessman, Hak Sun Kim, owner of the Carib Hair factory in Nigua, in San Cristobal province has been missing for 19 days. Kim was the general manager of the factory that manufactured wigs and synthetic hair. His business partner Young Park held a press conference yesterday, Monday 23 April, in the presence …

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The Ministry of Culture and Orange Telecom are sponsoring quality live artistic presentations at the open-air Teatro Arena Nereyda Rodriguez in the afternoons and evenings during the celebration of the Santo Domingo International Book Fair. The book fair, the country’s leading annual cultural event, opened on 18 April and continues through Sunday 6 May on …

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Despite being among the best-paid Dominican government officials, legislators have taken a break from their congressional jobs for which they were elected in order to work on their political candidates’ campaigns in the 20 May presidential election. As reported in Hoy, only administrative staff is working in Congress where legislative sessions have not been held …

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Ramon Ventura Camejo, a minister at the Public Administration Ministry (MAP), who had said that government ministries had to comply with the law that limits the number of appointees to six deputy ministers, is now suggesting a loophole. In February, the MAP had issued resolution 07-2012 that establishes the limit of six deputy minister per …

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