2013 – Page 163

The Dominican Animal Friends Society (PADELA) has organized a music concert at Hard Rock Cafe in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo to raise funds for their pro-animal programs, including sterilization and neutering of street dogs. “Viralata Full” presents Pavel Nunez, Vicente Garcia, David Vasquez, DJ Gnomico and Chino Sing starting 8:30pm on Thursday, 18 …

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At the weekly press conference held at the Presidential Palace, the director for the Special Fund for Agricultural Development (Feda), Antonio Lopez announced that President Danilo has made promises of 61 projects during his unannounced visits nationwide. Of the projects, so far 43 have been funded already at annual interest rates of 5%. In total, …

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Vice President Margarita Cedeno will be speaking at the Dialogue of Social Policy for Central America, Dominican Republic and Chile in an event organized by the Secretariat for Social Integration in Central America (SISCA), which will be held 22-23 August in Panama. Cedeno will be talking about the experience of the country with regard to …

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Bulletin number 23 of the National Literacy Plan has shown that as of 15 July, the plan has signed on 302,315 beneficiaries, more than the 300,140 expected by 31 July. The bulletin also highlights that there are 23,255 learning centers and 25,060 educational material kits have been issued. The highest numbers of those learning to …

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The government-run vocational institute, Infotep has certified 4.3 million persons in one or more of 1,028 technical courses in a variety of skills from 1980 to 2012. The director of Infotep, Idionis Perez says that the vocational training center will soon open new branches in Santo Domingo Norte, Santo Domingo Este, Santo Domingo Oeste and …

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After waiting for around 20 years, the province of Monte Plata will at last have a quality hospital, Angel Contreras Mejia. The hospital was inaugurated by Minister of Public Health Freddy Hidalgo Nunez yesterday, Monday, 15 July. The hospital will benefit more than 190,000 inhabitants of five municipalities – Yamasa, Sabana Grande Boya, Peralvillo and …

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Sonia Vasquez, the representative of the Population and Family Fund of the United Nations in the Dominican Republic, has advocated that public and private schools in the country should teach sex education, in an effort to reduce the number of teenage pregnancies. She said that the statistics show that out of every 1,000 women who …

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When campaigning for President, Danilo Medina had promised to clean up the bloated ranks of Dominican diplomacy. Numerous media reports have provided evidence that hundreds have been appointed and earn high salaries while spending more time in the Dominican Republic. Most are simply political appointees. Two recent changes in key diplomatic posts raise questions as …

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The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) discarded the recourse presented by the Hipolito Mejia faction of the PRD opposition party that demanded their inclusion in the National Executive Committee (CEN), alleging they had been irregularly excluded by the president of the organization, Miguel Vargas Maldonado. The TSE said that the recourse is not admissible because evidence …

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The talk of the town is the early Sunday, 14 July brawl at the trendy La Chismosa bar/lounge at Av. Gustavo Mejia Ricart. Circulating on the media is a photo of 16-year old, Eduardo Morales, who was seriously injured in a fight, reportedly among those attending celebration of Unibe university graduates. Dominican law prohibits the …

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