2013 – Page 102

The Dominican government’s low-cost generic pharmaceuticals program, Promese announced the purchase of RD$2 billion in 823 types of pharmaceuticals for sale nationwide yesterday, Thursday 12 September. Program director Elena Fernandez said that this year the number of pharmaceuticals is 119% greater than last year. She said that Promese sourced 376 types of pharmaceuticals last year. …

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Speaking at a press conference at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Thursday 12 September, Taiwanese Minister of Transport and Communications Kuang-Shih Yeh said that his country could invest in yacht manufacturing in the DR. The minister, who heading a Taiwanese business mission to the DR to explore investing and potential for increased tourism between both countries, …

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With three years to go, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) is already releasing statistics on the voting list for the presidential, congressional and municipal elections scheduled for Sunday, 15 May 2016. According to the data, most of the potential voters in the Dominican Republic live in the north of the country with 2,571,953 or 37.7%. …

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The Dominican Tour Operators Association (OPETUR) says that Dominican airports are the most expensive in the region. Dominican airports are all privately operated. Opetur president Elizabeth Tobar says that the high airport fees affect the DR’s tourism competitiveness. She says that the high fees are one of the reasons for Puerto Plata’s tourism slump, as …

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Jamaican business owners are visiting the DR to explore opportunities for increased business with the Dominican Republic. The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (Jampro) is heading a delegation of 15 exporters who are visiting the country from 10-14 September. They will be attending the Expo Cibao trade show in Santiago and have scheduled individual business meetings around …

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Nine Dominican university students have won the first prize in innovation with their project that converts plastic waste into reinforced concrete building blocks meeting international engineering standards. The civil engineering students at the Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) won the student competition organized by the Latin America and the Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions …

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A legislator and director of social clubs from Barahona is calling on the Catholic Church to put an end to celibacy so that priests can marry and have families. PRD deputy Fabio Vargas Matos said yesterday, Thursday 12 September that celibacy needed to be revised given the too frequent occurrences of priests involved in sexual …

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The Dominican ambassador to the Holy See, Victor Grimaldi says that the Vatican has officially informed the Dominican Republic that former papal nuncio Josef Wesolowski, accused of sexual abuse of minors in the Dominican Republic, is under investigation by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He said that the Holy See reported that …

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Former priest Domingo Espinal, who was on the run from the law, has turned himself in to begin to serve his sentence for rape of a minor. He was sentenced to 15 years of jail in 2009. The former priest was spiritual advisor at the Licenciado Victor Garrido School, near the parish of the INVI …

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The captain of the Dominican men’s basketball team that qualified to play in the World Basketball Championship in Spain told the press yesterday, Thursday 12 September that the team representing the DR at the important championship should be the same as the one that qualified at the Caracas FIBA Americas tournament. Jack Michael Martinez is …

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