2013 – Page 237

In general remittances were up across the board, according to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In its latest report on remittances, the IDB says that there has been an increase since 2009 when they fell to US$56.5 billion, although they are still beneath the peak of US$64.9 billion in 2008. The report “Remittances to Latin …

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The president of the CNUS union federation, Rafael (Pepe) Abreu is expressing concern that the government will not be able to generate the 400,000 jobs it has promised. On International Workers’ Day (1 May) 31% of young people in the Dominican Republic are unemployed. This figure is way above the regional average for the Caribbean …

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The executive director of the National Council on HIV/AIDS says he is highly disturbed by the high percentage of teenage pregnancies in the Dominican Republic. According to El Nuevo Diario, Dr. Victor Terrero said that official figures showed that 21% of all pregnancies involve teenagers, and the problem has worsened over the years, especially in …

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A rainy day, a curve and speed. The sum total of these elements cost the lives of a Dominican family and its five members, who died in a huge accident on Sunday afternoon, (early morning in the Dominican Republic) on a national highway in the province of Cuenca in central Spain. At the wheel was …

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Catholic and Protestant priests were in Cotui on Sunday, 28 April for a protest against the ecological damage caused by gold mining in the area. 15 priests under the Helder Camara group walked from the Cotui municipal park to the Barrick Gold installations, sang the national anthem and raised Dominican flags. The group, describing itself …

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The Dominican Republic is one of the six nations with the lowest perception of public safety among the 47 countries classified by the United Nations Development Program in the category of Medium Human Development. Only 38% of the Dominican population considers they are safe and 15% say that they trust other people. The “Report on …

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National Police Chief Major General Jose Armando Polanco Gomez announced yesterday, Monday 29 April that together with the Justice Department they have processed three people implicated in the death of Colonel Julian Suarez Cordero during a student protest on the university campus on Tuesday 23 April. He said that there was strong evidence that they …

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Santo Domingo will host the Women’s Pan American Handball Championship from 1-8 June 2013. The top four winning teams in the Pan America tournament gain slots in the next World Championship to be held Serbia in December this year. This means that the top two teams in each group of five will already be qualified …

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The Caribbean Jazz Tour will bring jazz to the magic nights of Plaza de Espana this Saturday, 4 May. Go for dinner at one of the many restaurants facing the Alcazar, and stay for a concert by Venezuelan saxophonist Ed Calle, Puerto Rican pianist Jose Negroni and Dominican musicians Sly de Moya on drums and …

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Dominicans will be celebrating Workers’ Day on Monday, 29 April. The actual date falls on Wednesday, 1 May, but the day off is moved to the previous Monday to create the long weekend. DR1 News will not be published on Monday, 29 April. News will be compiled for the Tuesday, 30 April issue. For breaking …

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