2012 – Page 94

A Dominican girl who grew up in a La Romana orphanage since the age of 13 got the break of a lifetime when she was chosen to model by Nzinga Knight, a practicing Muslim, who herself was premiering in the New York Fashion Week with her contrastingly fully draped sensual dresses. Knight has found a …

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President Danilo Medina has announced the creation of a new National Health Plan for the DR. Details of the plan to improve conditions in the health sector would be released in two weeks said Minister of Public Health Freddy Hidalgo. Diario Libre reports that President Danilo Medina held a meeting with representatives of the state …

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The government has announced that it will budget RD$200 million to add to the US$30 million five-year loan from the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) for restoring and re-launching Santo Domingo’s Colonial Zone as a major tourist destination. The funding for this project will be included in the 2013 budget. Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia …

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President Danilo Medina sent a legislative proposal to Congress yesterday, Tuesday 11 September, defining the makeup and role of the Economic and Social Council (CES). President Medina is complying with Art. 251 of the 2010 Constitution that states that the composition and operation of the Economic and Social Council needs to be established by law. …

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A legacy of the eight-year Fernandez government, the Dominican Republic has again scored badly on the World Economic Forum’s report card. News commentator Juan Bolivar Diaz reports in yesterday’s edition of Hoy, Tuesday 11 September, that the DR was confirmed as the world leader in corruption, lack of reliability of police services and low quality …

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Senator Felix Bautista has sent a sheriff’s order to the new print and online news magazine, La Lupa, demanding the retraction of a news story headlined “Two similar jails built with almost RD$900 million in difference” within five days. The president of the magazine’s publisher, Grupo SIN, Fernando Hasbun, said that 11 days before they …

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The hundreds of small, nearly invisible government entities, which function as part of the nation’s bureaucracy, cost the government almost RD$5 billion a month in salaries. Some of the offices have as little as just one employee and others have a couple of dozen people collecting paychecks. They comprise about 260,000 of the government’s employees. …

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The Santo Domingo Water and Sewer Corporation (CAASD) is reminding residents of many areas across the National District that their water supplies will be cut off today, Wednesday 12 September. The Santo Domingo West area will be affected on Friday, 14 and Saturday 15 of September. CAASD director Alejandro Montas said that work would begin …

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The percentage increase in violent crimes in the province of Santiago in the first seven months of 2012 is the same as for the first half of 2011, and is causing widespread concern in the city. According to a report from the Volunteers for the Security of Santiago (VOSES), 15 violent deaths were registered in …

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Listin Diario reporter Alicia Estevez interviewed her friend Candida Perdomo, who was an executive assistant at Morgan Stanley that morning 11 years ago when the twin towers were attacked. In what is certainly one of the most dramatic statements seen in print, Perdomo told the reporter: “I can’t forget the sound of the bodies hitting …

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