2013 – Page 337

President Medina, together with Vice President Margarita Cedeno and First Lady Candy Montilla received New Year congratulations from 36 ambassadors, 10 consuls, 9 representatives of international organizations, and members of the Catholic Church at the Presidential Palace on Monday 7 January. The event, which started at 5pm, began with congratulations from Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus …

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Agriculture Minister Luis Ramon Rodriguez is pushing to resume exports of beef, chicken, pork and eggs to the US and other markets, including the Caribbean, in the near future. As part of the program, the Director of Livestock Bolivar Toribio and Animal Health Director Rafael Nunez announced that epidemiological inspectors will certify farms and abattoirs …

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The Dominican Business Federation is advising the Central Bank to keep an eye on the currency market to ensure that inflation does not increase over the next few weeks due to the price increases caused by the new tax dispositions and the increase in the exchange rate. Federation president Ivan Garcia warned that this combination …

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The Department of Migration and the Prosecutor General Office has announced they would launch an investigation against businessman Rafael Emilio Alonzo Luna who is accused of people smuggling. A group of former employees at his coconut processing plant have set up camp outside the Ministry of Labor in Santo Domingo to demand severance payments. The …

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Talks are continuing today, Wednesday 9 January at the Dajabon border crossing where hundreds of Haitians are trying to return to the Dominican Republic to work without the required legal documentation. Father Regino Martinez SJ has rejected a proposal by the Dominican Immigration Director, Jose Ricardo Taveras to allow 280 Haitians to enter who have …

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The Chamber of Deputies has approved the plan to instruct the Executive Branch to take the remains of Colonel Francisco Alberto Caamano Deno to the National Pantheon as a National Hero and former President of the Republic. The request had been submitted to the Chamber by the Culture Commission, on the authority of the Senator …

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Although the National Literacy Plan officially started on Monday, 7 January it has not actually begun in several places. In Villa Mella, there are 30 learning centers but only 15 students and in Los Guaricanos 17. In the National District it has not yet started, although according to Teresa Magdalena Mazara, coordinator of the National …

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Hundreds of students from the state-run Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) have been waiting in long lines inside and outside the Pedro Mir library to try and solve the problems that are preventing them from registering for the semester that is scheduled to start on Monday 22 January. The problems involve the password or …

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The Chamber of Deputies has approved a loan for US$130 million signed by the Executive Branch with the Inter-American Development Bank on 25 October last year, in order to fund the Solidarity Program. The bill, proposed by the vice president of the chamber, Lucia Medina and the Treasury Committee president Marino Collante was approved in …

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After delivering his New Year congratulations to President Medina yesterday, Tuesday 8 January, the United States Ambassador in the DR Raul Izaguirre said that the accusations made by inmate Sobeida Felix Morel in her 2011 statement should be investigated by the authorities. Sobeida Felix Morel was sentenced for asset laundering and drug trafficking charges. She …

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