2012 – Page 96

After the pontoon bridge over the Ozama River was opened, tons of garbage are now littering the shore of Santo Domingo off the Malecon. Most of the waste consists of plastic plates, glasses, bottles, and containers but there are also tree trunks and other types of garbage. Most can be seen at La Playita, between …

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The Energy Committee of the Chamber of Deputies is looking at a proposal, submitted by Deputy Carlos Gabriel Garcia, to revise the contract with Barrick Gold mining to increase Dominican government earnings from the Pueblo Viejo, Cotui gold mine. Appearing before the Committee, Garcia said that the original agreement, signed on 25 March 2002, only …

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According to Diario Libre, most workers in the country do not have social security because they are not in formal employment. Only 1.6 million people are formally employed while 2.2 million are working informally. Informal sector workers are defined as workers in establishments with less than five employees, the self-employed and farmers, drivers, artisans, salespeople …

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In a judicial contest to be held on 13 September, Dominican-American Rita Mella will be vying to head the important Surrogate Court of Manhattan. The court oversees wills, estates and adoptions. The winner will succeed Kristin Booth Glen, who is stepping down after seven years as one of the borough’s two Surrogate’s Court judges. Mella …

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Santos Dipton Marte, aged 30, a driver for the National Dominican Watchman company, which collects and delivers money and other valuables, has disappeared with more than 10 million pesos. According to the police spokesman in Puerto Plata, Colonel Jesus Cordero, Dipton Marte left his colleague, Antolin Lopez at a gas station in San Marcos, in …

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Popular urban singer Jonas Joaquin Ortiz Alberto, known as Black Jonas Point, is beginning to come out of a coma following his car accident last week. The doctors say that he has opened his eyes and is beginning to make some spontaneous movements. He suffered fractures to the spine and leg, as well as head …

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Police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Diego Pesqueira has appealed to July Mercedes Lopez, the dancer who made a complaint of abuse against merengue singer Antonio Peter de la Rosa (Omega), to give herself up to the police. Lopez, who disappeared while attending a court hearing against Omega on July 24, is wanted on a charge of …

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Antonio Guadalupe, regarded as one of the most outstanding Dominican artists of all time, has gathered his works from 1999-2007 for a retrospective, Cuerpo Inocente, and has issued an open invitation to visit his art studio, on Av. Cesar Nicolas Penson 70, Edificio Caromang, Apt. 203 near the National Theater in Santo Domingo. The exhibit …

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“I Don’t Want to be Strong” (No quiero ser fuerte) by the Teatro Las Mascaras troupe is being staged at the neighboring Teatro Guloya from 13-16 September as part of the III Ibero-American Pocket Theater Festival. The play depicts human loneliness and lack of courage to take decisions when affected by certain circumstances. Lidia Ariza …

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The Executive Branch has closed down three government agencies by decree 545-12. These are the National Council for State Reform (Conare), the Commission of Support for the Reform and Modernization of the Justice System (Carmj) and the National Commission for the Execution of the Penal Process Reform (Conaej). The decree says that the Presidency and …

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