2012 – Page 28

Thousands of Catholic parishioners from all over Santo Domingo took part in a march yesterday, 25 November called “One step for my family” which started early in the morning and went on until after midday along a large part of George Washington Avenue. Thousands more in Santiago and other cities marched at the same time. …

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The Executive Branch has created the Presidential Commission for the Reform of the National Police with the objective of drawing up a plan for converting the force into a model for citizen safety and protection in step with modern times. The decision is contained in decree 650-12 which was issued yesterday, Sunday 25 November. According …

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Because police officers were asking for money in order to deliver an arrest warrant, Mariana Arisleyda Santiago Reyes could not stop the abuse by her former partner and ended up stabbing him to death. According to her story, as told in El Caribe, Mariana went to the police station in Camboya, a barrio of Santiago, …

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On Friday night 23 November the Leones del Escogido plunged the Tigres del Licey deeper into the basement, by winning 3-1. Daniel Cabrera was the dominant pitcher and Mauro Gomez took care of the offense. In San Pedro de Macoris, the Toros del Este defeated the league-leading Estrellas Orientales 7-3. A homerun by Steven Lerud …

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Santo Domingo is hosting the 20th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Forum (Cariforum) next week. Ministers from Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago will be attending. Minister of …

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The Inter-American Development Bank has announced a US$25 million loan to be used to finance improvements in drinking water service to 60% of households in the metropolitan area of Santiago. Some 329,000 people are expected to benefit, the IDB reports. Javier Grau Benaiges is the IDB project team leader. In recent years the continuity of …

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Santo Domingo Mayor Roberto Salcedo has announced the start of a recycling project in the Colonial City. He said “Recycling for a Better Life” seeks to educate residents and businesses in the old city in the adequate management of waste and recycling, as reported in 7dias.com.do The project, which has European Union support and funding, …

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If the country recycled 25% of its solid wastes, US$60 million a year could be generated, reports 7dias.com.do The Zero Waste program was presented yesterday by Roberto Herrera, president of the National Network for Business Support to Environmental Protection (Ecored), Smeldy Ramirez, representative in the Dominican Republic for the Inter-American Development Bank and Albina Ruiz …

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Research by the Central Bank reveals that 73% of foreign students at Dominican universities come from Haiti, as reported in Listin Diario. Central Bank researchers contacted 24 local universities. Haitians are privileged among foreigners in that they are allowed to pay the same tuition rates as Dominican nationals. The findings include the statistic that almost …

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The Dominican and US authorities have announced the dismantling of a network with supposed ties to the violent Mexican Los Zetas cartel said to smuggle people to the United States. According to the National Department of Investigations (DNI) the members of the ring had insiders at the Las Americas International Airport Migration Department, named as …

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