2012 – Page 27

According to statistics released by the Gender-Based Violence Unit, the Public Prosecutor’s office in the National District received 7,298 complaints about gender- based, sexual and domestic violence between January and September this year. July had the most complaints with 917, followed by August with 913. The lowest month was April with 692. The statistics show …

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According to a source at the Attorney General’s office, the Attorney General, Francisco Dominguez Brito, has asked Dr. Mariano German Mejia, president of the Supreme Court of Justice to remand the Senator for La Altagracia, Amable Aristy Castro, in jail for alleged acts of corruption when he was Secretary General of the Dominican Municipal League …

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For Christmas, Teatro Guloya is presenting El Mejor Regalo de Navidad. Tickets are RD$300 adults and RD$200 children. From Tuesday, 20 November through 14 December. 8:30pm and 6:30pm on Saturday. Guloya is also presenting an exhibition of Nativity Scenes. Call 809 685-4856. For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see http://dr1.com/calendar

Yesterday, Sunday 25 November, President Danilo Medina continued his series of surprise visits to oft-neglected areas of the country, which he has been doing since his first month in office. This time he went to Manzanillo in the province of Montecristi and Pedernales on the Haitian frontier – the farthest northwest and southwest points of …

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President Medina has appointed five consuls through decree 653-12. The new consuls are: Felix Antonio Martinez was appointed Consul General in New York City, Crismely Lora Abreu as Consul General in Bogota, Colombia, and Domingo Ramirez is the new Consul General in Panama. Oscar Amaury Rios de Padua was appointed Consul General for the country …

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While reiterating that the government spent too much money on the elections, the leading members of the National Business Council (CONEP) are also eyeing the fact that by year’s end government spending will have been 40% higher than last year. CONEP president Manuel Diez Cabral told reporters from Listin Diario that over the last six …

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According to the Santiago Water and Sewer Corporation (CORAASAN), there is a deficit of 13 million gallons a day in the city’s water supply. Operations and maintenance manager Hector Jaquez disclosed this information during the International Engineering and Architecture Congress held at the Business Building on Las Carreras over the weekend of 24-25 November. The …

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“Santo Domingo, the National District, and the urban areas are full of obstacles,” said engineer Alma Ferrera, who is in charge of accessibility at the National Council on Disabilities (Conadis). From the newest infrastructures to the oldest buildings, most were built with little knowledge of accessibility, which includes the elderly, cardiac patients, people with back …

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Dominican universities are not in optimal shape to feature in an international level ranking, because they lack teachers with doctorates, masters and specialties, infrastructure, laboratories, education technology and computers, as well as modern university management. Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Mescyt) Ligia Amada Melo, said that the low subsidies the universities receive from …

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President Danilo Medina has issued several decrees removing three lesser known public institutions, bringing the total eliminated so far to six. They are the Office of Cooperation, Education, Science and Technology, ascribed to the Presidency of the Republic, the Presidential Office of Democratic Initiatives and the Presidential Commission on the Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals. …

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