2013 – Page 160

Fifteen-year old Adonis Agripino Pilarte Vallejo has received a full scholarship from the Ministry of Youth to study medicine at the UNPHU, a private university. Listin Diario recently published a report where the gifted student was quoted as saying that he had to study at a private university because the state university UASD would not …

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Grupo Jaragua says that government clearing of lands is seriously affecting one of the last habitats for the endangered Ricord iguana, which only lives in that region. It is listed on the UICN Red List of Threatened Species due to the destruction of its habitat by illegal charcoal producers in border areas. The non-governmental environmental …

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Given the unresolved roe between the president of the PRD Miguel Vargas Maldonado and former President Hipolito Mejia, PRD legislator Hugo Tolentino has proposed the creating of another PRD to unify the followers of the party. He called for the creation of the Partido Reformista Penagomista that would be the authentic party. “There is the …

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In a “Rejoice in being healthy” ceremony held yesterday, Wednesday 17 July, the Ministry of Public Health celebrated the fact that around 18,000 people in the country have been cured of tuberculosis, equivalent to 82% of sufferers, while others are still in the process of being treated. The deputy minister of Collective Health, Rafael Schiffino, …

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The northern regional chapter of the Dominican College of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors (CODIA) and the contractors who won the competitions to build schools in Santiago, are urging the government to pay the amount outstanding, some RD$179 million, so that builders can finish the schools. They complained that the failure to disburse the funds has …

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Grupo Ramos, with its La Sirena, Ole and Pola stores, along with several other businesses, is the leading individual employer in the Dominican Republic. As reported in El Caribe, the retail company, founded in 1965, now has more than 10,000 employees. Mercedes Ramos said there were other business conglomerates in the country that have more …

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Damages for 60 children, from babies to teenagers, who fell ill from food poisoning while on holiday in the Dominican Republic have been approved by the high court in the UK. The children and their families were among 409 British holidaymakers awarded ?1.9m by their holiday company six years after a stay at the Bahia …

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A large group of people marched in Santiago yesterday, Wednesday 17 July, to complain about the mass presence of illegal Haitians throughout the country. The demonstrators carried banners and demanded that the authorities immediately deport illegal immigrants from the Dominican Republic. Members of the national police monitored the demonstration but no incidents were reported. The …

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Judge Rosalba Garib Holguin has ordered the closing of the Restaurant Bar La Chismosa in response to a requirement made by National District attorney Yeni Berenice Reynoso. The business is located on Av. Gustavo Mejia Ricart in the upscale Santo Domingo neighborhood of Piantini. The resolution closing the business states that it violated Law 136-03 …

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Two men died and one was seriously injured following a collision between a car and an SUV at kilometer 5 of the road from Santo Domingo to Yaguate, at the entrance to Najayo jail. The two men, who died instantly, were identified as Mariano Brito and Rafael de la Rosa, aged 58 and 51, who …

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