2013 – Page 282

The biennial classical music festival continues this Thursday, 14 March at the National Theater with a concert by the Festival Symphony Orchestra under Benjamin Zander. The regular conductor of the Boston Philharmonic, Zander is a leading interpreter of Mahler and Beethoven. He is also known for his charisma and unyielding energy. His provocative ideas about …

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The government has launched its National Strategic Plan for the Reduction of Maternal and Infant Mortality 2012-2016, that seeks to reduce maternal mortality from 106 to 50 per 100,000 pregnancies and infant mortality from 27 to 15. According to statistics from the Ministry of Public Health, so far this year at least 23 women have …

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The government has announced that it is investing more than RD$300 million in public hospitals, with a focus on infrastructure, equipment and human resources. Public Health Minister Freddy Hidalgo made the announcement yesterday Tuesday 12 March, saying that the first hospital that would become ‘new and modern’ would be the Dr. Luis Eduardo Aybar (Morgan) …

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Financial institutions, including savings and loans companies can now contract businesses including pharmacies, hardware stores and telecommunications shops to carry out all types of financial transactions such as transfers, loan payments and credit card payments, deposits and withdrawals, and setting up new accounts. In a press release issued by the Central Bank, the Monetary Committee …

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A new program will soon be implemented to help foreigners living in the Dominican Republic to regularize their status. The requirements will depend on how many years the foreigner has been living in the country, director of Immigration Jose Ricardo Taveras told Diario Libre. He said the new plan would give grandparents and parents the …

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The Chamber of Deputies has approved, in its first reading, the proposed Civil Code of the Dominican Republic, submitted by the Justice commission. Speaking yesterday Tuesday 12 March the president of the justice commission, Demostenes Martinez, said that this legislation would take account of the new reality of the country, and that it includes significant …

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The Electricity Superintendence (SIE) says that the electricity companies handed over more than RD$8 million to customers in refunds in the month of February alone. The refunds were requested via the Department of Consumer Protection (PROTECOM). The Eastern Electricity Distributor, Edeeste had the most refunds, RD$4,909,247, followed by the Northern Electricity Distributor, Edenorte with RD$2,082,284 …

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The Chamber of Deputies has accepted the report produced by a commission that is studying the contract between the Dominican State and Barrick Gold, recommending a revision of the contract. This is practically the same group of legislators that originally passed the contract. Many deputies later admitted they did not even read the contract. As …

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All work has stopped in the Town Hall in San Cristobal and the building is padlocked shut. The employees are threatening to continuing stopping traffic from San Cristobal to Santo Domingo and the southwest of the country, as they did early yesterday morning, Tuesday 12 March when they blocked the entrances and exits to the …

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The Police has announced the arrest of a supposed Haitian witchdoctor who is accused of defrauding several people of more than RD$12 million, after promising them he would make them millionaires. David Fuente Perez (El Baraco) also known as ‘El Brujo’, aged 28, who was in possession of a pistol and a Grand Cherokee SUV, …

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