2012 – Page 50

During a television interview on Telematutino 11, the Dominican Petroleum Refinery (Refidomsa) Administrative Council president, Felix Jimenez, announced that the Dominican State has already made an initial RD$1.6 billion of a RD$2 billion payment to the RD$6 billion debt, as reported in Listin Diario. He said that the debt was due to the managing of …

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The Ministry of Education’s School Structure Maintenance Department says that Hurricane Sandy affected 140 schools around the country, with collapsed walls, damage to electrics and bathrooms, and computers not working in the technological centers. The Ministry says that the Emergency Operations Center (COE) is ensuring that the schools being used as shelters for 856 people …

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The Deputy Minister of Community Health, Rafael Schiffino has announced that the Ministry of Public Health is taking a series of measure to prevent cholera and other epidemics from increasing after the recent rains and floods. He said that the health authorities would work together with the water companies and the local councils to strengthen …

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First Lady Candida Montilla de Medina has returned after her four-day official visit to Taiwan. She described her trip as very productive, saying she had identified potential for funding for a number of projects in areas like education and health. Her trip included a 40-minute meeting with Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, who reportedly confirmed that …

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The Director of the National Grape Institute (Inuva) Carlos Manuel Perez Carvajal says that Hurricane Sandy has caused an estimated RD$6 million worth of damage to 3,000 quintals of grapes that were being stored in the Neiba Valley in Bahoruco province. He said that he had prepared a report for Minister of Agriculture Luis Ramon …

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The Council of the Justice Department has dismissed Luisa Rosa Garcia Polanco, a judge from Santiago who is accused of serious misconduct while carrying out her duties by failing to convict certain people, including drug trafficking and murder suspects. The Council said that there were seven resolutions which they considered wrong including not imposing remand …

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Victor Alfonso Brito Vasquez, known as “El Guachy,” was killed yesterday, Monday 29 October during an incident at the Correction and Rehabilitation Center in Vista al Valle in San Francisco de Macoris. The prisoner, who was serving a 30-year sentence for murdering architecture student Lohara Tavarez in 2009, was shot whilst trying to escape. However, …

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At the WBO Convention, Luis Perez, in charge of WBO rankings, has denounced the Dominican Republic for allegedly being used by Puerto Rican managers to pad the record of their boxers, by pitting Puerto Ricans against local Dominican fighters with losing records and many of them with no victories at all. Former WBO President Ramon …

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Continuing to show up unexpectedly in different places with little or no fanfare, President Danilo Medina visited Santiago this weekend and looked over several government projects that are under construction but not finished. These projects included the Santiago Beltway and the Ecological Avenue as well as the Central Park. He was accompanied by the Minister …

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Minister of the Environment Bautista Rojas Gomez recently headed the ceremonial release of 50 baby turtles from the hundreds of eggs laid by the Carey turtle known as Guiby last August. According to El Caribe, more than a hundred of the baby turtles will finish hatching and go into the waters of the Caribbean at …

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