2013 – Page 139

According to a study commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development, the National Children and Youth Council (CONANI) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), children and young people in the Dominican Republic are living under better conditions now than they were ten years ago, due to the changes in institutions and policies …

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According to a study by the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo (INTEC) on Youth and Employment in the Dominican Republic, the chances of young people aged between 15 and 29 finding jobs are reaching alarmingly low levels. Economist and social researcher Fabricio Gomez Mazara said that formal employment is concentrated in four provinces: the National …

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Students at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), the largest university in the country, are complaining of problems in the process of choosing their courses for the next semester. The registration process at the public university ends on Saturday, 10 August and many students say they have been unable to select their courses. UASD …

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Police spokesman Colonel Jacobo Mateo Moquete has announced that the investigations in response to complaints made by foreigners who claim that their two safes disappeared containing RD$60 million in cash and jewelry in Sosua, and which involved 14 former members of the National Police, is now in the hands of the Public Prosecution office. He …

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Yesterday, Wednesday 7 August, agents from the Navy arrested 23 Haitians who were trying to travel illegally to Puerto Rico, which takes the total to 50 detained so far this week. The group of 14 men and 9 women were arrested in Guayacanes, San Pedro de Macoris and were then taken to the Naval Intelligence …

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Justin Molina became the ninth child to die so far this month, on Monday 6 August. He drowned in an open cistern outside his house in La Vega. The children, aged between one year and seven months and eight years old, have usually died in accidents near or in their homes. In total, six have …

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Next Sunday, August 11, Dominicans will celebrate their heritage and growing presence in New York where they are the fastest growing national group by marching up Sixth Avenue from 36th to 52nd Streets starting at 2pm, the New York Daily News reports. Turnout is expected at half a million people, while 10,000 are expected to …

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Amarilis Rodriguez plays the leading role of Mrs Clark in Todos somos iguales (We Are All Equal), Bienvenido Miranda’s adaptation of the play in English by US Pulitzer Prize winning author Paul Zindel, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1964). The play revolves around a dysfunctional family of a single mother and her …

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In a bid to reduce the large (33%) group of young people known as “ni-nis” by the national press (they neither study nor work), President Danilo Medina has announced the start of a Presidential Scholarship Program as of next year. This announcement came as the President presented 5,272 students with scholarships for study at overseas …

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During the first half of this year, public expenditure totaled RD$202.5 billion, excluding financial operations, while tax collections plus donations totaled RD$183.7 billion. As a result, central government budgetary operations showed a RD$18.8 billion deficit, equal to 0.8% of GDP, reported the Ministry of Hacienda’s national budget division. The Ministry points out that the deficit …

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