2013 – Page 147

At a press conference yesterday, Tuesday 30 July, the Ministers of Public Health and the Presidency, Freddy Hidalgo and Gustavo Montalvo, announced that the government has committed to paying doctors and nurses RD$10 million out of the RD$42 million that are owed for incentives. They also promised to include a salary increase in the 2014 …

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A rare turtle has chosen Guibia Beach – renovated by the City Government last year – for laying 115 eggs, the Ministry of Environment reported yesterday, Tuesday 30 July. The Ministry has named the turtle “Jaira” as a tribute to Jairo Mora of Costa Rica, murdered in May 2013 for defending sea turtles. Jaira measures …

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The European Union ambassador in the DR, Irene Horejs, has said that Haiti and the Dominican Republic should sit down and discuss their commercial differences so that they get to the root of why Haiti is banning some Dominican products. Horejs said that both countries have to live in harmony on one island, while acknowledging …

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According to the executive vice president of the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), Ruben Jimenez Bichara, the heatwave that is affecting the Dominican Republic has resulted in a 25 to 40% increase in electricity consumption. As a result, CDEEE bills with generators have increased by US$150 to US$200 million dollars a month. He spoke about the …

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The Superintendence of Banking is mediating in the conflict between Cardnet and the National Fuel Retailers Association (Anadegas), which ordered a ban on credit card usage by its members on Monday, 29 July due to a 1.95 to 3% increase in the fee for the use of Mastercard, American Express and ATH. Anadegas president Rafael …

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Today, Wednesday 31 July the Higher Electoral Court (TSE) will disclose the result of a request for the suspension of the National Executive Committee (CEN) convention, called for by PRD president Miguel Vargas Maldonado at the Carlos Teo Cruz Boxing Coliseum for tomorrow, Thursday 1 August at 8am. The request was made by former president …

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The Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development has announced that the body of government official Rosalina Ynoa Gonzalez will be returned to the country on Friday, 2 August. Ynoa died on Wednesday, 24 July in Spain when the train in which she was travelling derailed, killing 78 other people. The Minister Temistocles Montas will head …

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Latin American idol winner Martha Heredia says that she wants to withdraw the writ that she issued against her husband urban music singer Manuel Varet Martes (Vakero) for physical aggression and for which he was sent to prison and later released on bail. After the singer placed the case against him, she herself was arrested …

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Eulogio Ignacio Medina Martinez has changed his story about the theft he was the victim of at the Las Americas International Airport. As originally reported in the press, he had identified, using surveillance video, three members of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) as the thieves who had taken almost US$10,000 from him in an …

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A gas station owner was injured after being shot several times last night, Tuesday 30 July, during an attack in Santiago as he was on his way home. Fausto Luciano, 78, owner of a gas station on the Joaquin Balaguer highway in the El Ingenio Abajo area, was shot in several parts of his body …

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