2012 – Page 283

There are 21 deputy ministers in the Ministry of Public Works, of whom 20 are assigned to the office of Minister Victor Diaz Rua. Only one of the deputy ministers has a specific title n Porfirio Antonio Brito Jorge, who is in charge of the northern region. Hoy reports today that the deputy ministers assigned …

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According to Acento.com.do, the PRD Judicial Commission is urging the government and Congress to order an investigation into Senator Felix Bautista and other high-ranking Dominican government officials, in connection with complaints about alleged irregularities in the allocation of building contracts for reconstruction in Haiti. According to the PRD, the State should take public responsibility in …

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According to the organizers, a 48-hour strike called by The People’s Popular Front (FALPO) and other organizations in San Francisco de Macoris for yesterday, Tueday March 6, was 95% successful. The protesters were demanding that the Government complete the construction of schools and communities that they promised to build two years ago and lower the …

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Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and according to the Center for Gender Studies at INTEC University, Dominican women are at a socio-economic disadvantage. More women are unemployed, 21.5% as opposed to 10.1% of men, especially amongst the youngest age groups where almost 40% are lacking work. According to the report, based on data from the …

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According to the Director of Prisons, Mario Acosta, one of the six inmates pardoned on 27 February by President Leonel Fernandez died on Saturday, reports Hoy. Salvador Plasencia Hernandez, aged 49, who had been diagnosed with HIV and throat cancer and was in the Sanchez Ramirez prison in Cotui for forgery and fraud. Plasencia Hernandez …

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The old-style jails in the Dominican Republic are vastly overcrowded, according to data from the National Prisons Board, which states that out of a total number of inmates of 22,271, some 17,750 are held in the old jails which should have a capacity of 6,133 n some 289.4% over capacity. There are three new-style prisons …

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The police reported that 104 police and military agents have been killed in the last 14 months at the hands of supposed criminals and in fights, and a further 285 were injured by gunshots, knife wounds or contusions. 55 of those who died were actually on duty at the time, and 170 of those injured, …

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Maestro Cares Foundation Co-Founders, global pop icon Marc Anthony and entrepreneur Henry Cardenas, announced today, Wednesday March 7 that the Foundation has received a land donation by the Dominican-based company Central Romana Corporation. The land will serve to house 43 boys currently living in the Orfanato Ninos de Cristo, an orphanage located in La Romana. …

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According to the Seismological Institute there have been two earthquakes in the last couple of days, one near Monte Cristi and the other in La Romana. The tremor in La Romana occurred at 6:52pm in the evening, with a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter scale some 7 kilometers from La Romana and was felt …

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Cuban magazine Jit reports that Juan Francisco Puello, president of the Caribbean Baseball Confederation, is in Cuba to make preparations for the 2013 Caribbean Baseball Series. The confederation groups the winter baseball leagues of Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic that play the Caribbean Series in February every year. The championship has the …

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