2013 – Page 20

First Lady Candida Montilla and Minister of Public Health Freddy Hidalgo opened the new Dr. Hugo Mendoza Pediatric Hospital in the Ciudad de la Salud health center in the Villa Mella area in northern Santo Domingo yesterday, Thursday 5 December. The government reported spending more than RD$1 billion (US$37 million) on the hospital that has …

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The Inter-American Development Bank has announced a US$35 million loan to be used to strengthen competitiveness in San Juan de la Maguana province, a major farm producing area. The IDB says the funds are earmarked to strengthen the productive capacity, competitiveness and environmental and financial sustainability of the province, birthplace of President Danilo Medina. The …

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President Danilo Medina received the 13-member OAS Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Thursday 5 December and listened to their presentation for an hour and a half. Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo, acting Minister of Foreign Relations Jose Manuel Trullols, and legal advisor to the President Cesar Pina Toribio were …

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Despite the fact that UN representative in the DR, Lorenzo Jimenez de Luis has said that the decision of the Constitutional Court 168-13 is a closed issue, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued a press statement yesterday, Thursday 5 December urging the government “to rapidly take steps to restore …

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In his Diario Libre editorial comment today, Friday 6 December, Nelson Rodriguez writes that it is obvious that in its press conference the IACHR will not be able to say more than that it will analyze the testimonies it has received, because the American Convention limits it to only receiving complaints and verifying that the …

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Johanny Jean Bartermi won gold for the Dominican Republic in 68 kilos in taekwondo in the Guadalajara Pan American Games in 2011, but under Constitutional Court ruling 168-13 he will have to go through the new fast-track procedures to regularize his status. As reported in Diario Libre, his parents came to the DR from Haiti …

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Former President Hipolito Mejia, Luis Abinader and other PRD faction leaders have submitted a complaint to the OAS Inter-American Commission for Human Rights for supposed violations by the government. They say that the high courts are “controlled by the government party,” and have found it impossible to get a fair hearing on the conflict that …

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The director of the National Council of People with Special Needs (Conadis), Magino Corporan says while genetics is the main cause of personal physical disabilities, an alarming number of people in the country are maimed in traffic accidents. “An imprudent driver is similar to a person out of control handling a firearm,” he said at …

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The Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL) has acknowledged that the quality of telecommunications services in the Dominican Republic has declined by 37%, as established in a study ordered by Indotel, as reported in Hoy. Gedeon Santos, president of Indotel, was speaking in the presence of the leading telecom company directors yesterday, Thursday 5 December. He …

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National Business Council (CONEP) president Manuel Diez Cabral says that the growth rate declined in the country in 2013. He expressed hope that in 2014 changes to the Labor Code, and pacts on education and taxation, as well as the electricity sector can be reached. Cabral stressed that all this is essential for re-launching the …

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