2013 – Page 296

With 53.2% of the votes counted, public school teachers have expressed their rejection of the Ministry of Education’s proposal for a 20% salary increase. In the second bulletin issued on the plebiscite held last night, Monday 25 February, the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP) said that of 41,980 valid votes that were counted, 41,509 (98.88%) rejected …

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In a short press release, the directors of Aerodom deny recent rumors in social media and the press saying that the company had been sold. According to the press release, these rumors even mentioned the company that is alleged to have purchased the Aerodom assets. Aerodom is the company that operates several of the nation’s …

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The Falcondo Xstrata Nickel mining concern, which exploits nickel deposits in Bonao and La Vega, says that the difference in prices registered between the reports delivered to the Dominican government and the head office correspond, basically, to calculations that were made according to the operations period and that have nothing to do with an undervaluation …

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The company managing the Duquesa landfill operation, the Lajun Corporation, announced yesterday, Monday 25 February that they would begin to work 24 hours a day as of 1 April. The general manager of the Lajun Corporation, Max Da Silva was responding to earlier statements by the mayor of the National District, Roberto Salcedo, during his …

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The Attorney General of the Republic has transferred the jail at Najayo, with a population of 3,500 inmates, to the new penitentiary model, where the inmates receive food and clothing and are controlled under the order of new direction. Inmates are being transferred to other jails in order to prepare Najayo for the new model. …

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The Permanent Attention Court has ordered a year of preventive custody for singer Martha Heredia who faces drug trafficking charges. She was sent to Rafey-Women’s Prison in Santiago. The brief trial yesterday, Monday 25 February, lasted about an hour and 15 minutes according to Hoy reporter Yamira Taveras. Her lawyer, Felix Portes said that the …

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Prosecutor General Francisco Dominguez Brito has announced that two commissions have been formed to prepare the Bahia de las Aguilas case and defend the interests of the Dominican government in the Land Court and the Penal Court. Lawyer Fermin Casilla Minaya and two real estate specialists will work the Land Court. The Penal Court case …

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Yesterday’s press coverage of the horrible accident on the Puerto Plata-Navarrete highway was somewhat hurried, since the accident occurred late Sunday night, 24 February and all the information was not readily available to reporters. The accident, caused by a head-on collision between a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck and a Daihatsu truck loaded with worshippers returning …

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History lovers will enjoy a trip to the Don Diego Wharf in Sans Souci to visit the Galeon de Cadiz, a recreation of a Renaissance-era ship, as used by Christopher Columbus, Magellan and Vasco de Gama in their explorations of the world in the late 1400s and early 1500s. The ship is open to the …

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Postcards of the World is music by Edgar Molina and Patri Abreu with Pengbian Sang on bass and Hipolito Jean on piano, with a blend of music and dance from many cultures for a memorable evening at the new Terrazas del Meson at Mirador del Sur Park in Santo Domimgo. Beats include zapateo, fandango and …

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