2012 – Page 32

Following the completion of his first 100 days in office, sociologists and civil society representatives are describing Danilo Medina’s performance as mixed. The start of his term was marked by economic issues and protests for transparency and against corruption in government. According to sociologists Wilfredo Lozano and Cesar Perez, the economic deficit that Medina inherited …

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The Ministry for Public Works has announced that the toll for the Coral Highway will be RD$300 for the return journey, 70 kilometers each way, and that construction company Odebrecht is expected to complete the tollbooths by the end of November. The first tollbooth, charging RD$50, will be at Kilometer 18 between La Romana and …

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On Monday 19 November, President Danilo Medina issued Decree 625-12 that creates the National School Building Program and announced that in the next four years the government would build 28,000 classrooms to eliminate overcrowding. The government also has plans to extend school hours for students. Many public schools now have three shifts (morning, afternoon and …

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The Supreme Court of Justice has appointed two judges to examine the proposal to open corruption cases involving senator Felix Bautista. The case file was closed by Hotoniel Bonilla, director of the Department for Administration Corruption (DPCA) on 15 August, one day before the end of President Leonel Fernandez’s eight-year term. The president of the …

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As well as demonstrations in Santo Domingo, more Dominicans are protesting abroad against the government following the recent tax increases, dubbed the “paquetazo”. Students protesting in Santo Domingo said that Dominican youth are feeling outraged after realizing that the political class only exploits society, denying people’s rights to education and social security for the poorest. …

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Four people have died in Santiago over the last 36 hours due to the heavy rains. Wandy Nunez Campo, 23 and Amerly Rodriguez, 3 were discovered in the Yaque del Norte river near the Palace of Justice, after being swept away by the waters of the drainage canal in Yaguita de Pastor. Francisco Arias, Deputy …

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Leading pathologist Sergio Sarita Valdez has announced his findings following the autopsy on Doctor Soanny Montero, who was found dead in her car a few weeks ago, and said that it is grueling and sad but he was unable to find a cause of death, hence leaving the case unresolved. He said that it seemed …

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Six people were injured, three seriously, following a traffic accident at Kilometer 9 on the Duarte Highway on Monday 19 November when according to witnesses a tire blew out on a minibus, the driver lost control and collided with the wall which divides the two sides of the road. The injured, who were on their …

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The authorities have uncovered an alleged plot to murder the director of the Extradition Department of the Attorney General’s office, Gisela Cueto, supposedly devised by the named head of the Cibao Cartel, Ivan Miguel Tineo Paulino, who is currently appealing against an extradition request made by the United States authorities. Cueto gave details of the …

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The police have announced that Jose Vicioso, aged 80, the husband of the murdered pharmacist Teresa Batista Matos, 83, died last night, Monday 19 November. His wife was stabbed to death together with her maid Josefina Suero by three men who entered their house in the Santo Domingo neighborhood of Evaristo Morales. Vicioso, an ophthalmologist, …

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