2013 – Page 126

Drivers on 25 public transport routes in Santiago, affiliated to the FENTTRARENO transport union stopped work for several hours yesterday, Wednesday 21 August as they protested over the increase in fuel prices. Drivers assembled in front of the Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration from 8am and marched through Las Carreras Avenue, and a …

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So far this year, the Immigration Department has been able to prevent 20 pedophiles with criminal records from entering the country, says immigration rights lawyer Roque Leonel Rodriguez. He said that the new technological equipment being used at airport terminals alert the authorities before these individuals entering the country. Rodriguez said that those returned included …

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Police Officers attached to Interpol arrested Robert Froebe, a 43-year old German national in Puerto Plata on Tuesday, 20 August. He has outstanding arrest warrants in Germany on accusations of swindling, falsification and commercial fraud and was deported. www.elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=341274

Representing the Dominican Republic, Katie Bowcutt has won the Kiteboarding Freestyle Junior World Championships that took place in Costa Brava, Spain in the age 14-16 category. 42 athletes from 16 countries took part in the competition that was held in early July. As reported in El Caribe, she competed in unfavorable weather conditions. Her participation …

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The Dominican national basketball team, now without its star player Al Horford and star coach John Calipari will be at the Jenaro “Tuto” Marchand Continental Cup to be played in Puerto Rico at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan. The DR faces Brazil today, Thursday 22 August, then Puerto Rico, Canada and Argentina during …

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Musical producer Amaury Sanchez will be conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra of Santo Domingo when it plays rock music classics on Friday, 13 September and Saturday, 14 September at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo. Forty musicians will play around 20 songs by Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Queen, Police, U2, Led Zeppelin and others. …

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The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Roberto Rosario, has told El Caribe that of the 80,094 children born in the Dominican Republic last year, only 32,468 were registered within the required time by their parents at the Civil Registry offices, or just 40% of births. He says that the Dominican Republic lacks a …

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The news that a 10-year old girl from San Cristobal is pregnant has led to a public outcry and demands for action to be taken. In response, the Ministry of Public Health says that its 2016 goal for a reduction in the teenage pregnancy rate is 18%, from the current 22.1% level cited by the …

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The recent resignation of five long-term judges because of the low wages they received, has become a truly worrisome problem for the Justice Department. The Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus) and the former president of the Dominican Lawyers’ Association, Diego Jose Garcia, have expressed their concern at the situation. Finjus said that it implies that …

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The Chamber of Deputies has been given the task of drafting a bill to modify Social Security System Law 87-01. The aim is to lower the commission collected by the Pension Fund Administrators for managing the pension funds to 15%. The proposal is to establish a reduction to a 5% complementary commission for the AFP …

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