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The Quisqueya Learns with You (Quisqueya Aprende Contigo) literacy campaign formally starts on Monday, 7 January. Some 4,011 learning centers have been set up to teach 60,000 people to read and write in the first half of 2013, as reported in Hoy. The program was announced in the inaugural address by President Danilo Medina on …

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The Medina administration is scheduled to launch its classroom-building program today, Thursday 3 January by handing over the first checks for building the first 3,000 of 10,000 classrooms scheduled for construction this year. President Danilo Medina would lead the event at the Presidential Palace that marks the start of the availability of record funding for …

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Minister of Higher Education Ligia Amada Melo says that 90% of applicants for the Instituto Tecnologico Superior Comunitario (Itesco), the new community college in San Luis in eastern Santo Domingo, have failed the mathematics admission test. She said that 70% failed the Spanish part of the admissions test. Classes at the college begin on Monday, …

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Minister of Agriculture Luis Ramon Rodriguez says more than 10,000 tons of black beans to be produced in 2013 will be exported to Venezuela as part of the Petrocaribe agreement. Speaking on the Revista 110 TV program, produced by Julio Hazim for Telecentro, Channel 13, Rodriguez said that President Danilo Medina wants the country to …

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Cemex has announced an investment of RD$80 million (US$2 million) in a wastewater treatment plant for its San Pedro de Macoris cement works as well as a continuous emissions monitoring system for its kiln stack. Cemex reported that it continues to make progress in reducing emissions and controlling all production processes through its method of …

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A movement known as La Multitud (The Masses) congratulated the Dominican people on the arrival of 2013 and called on them to gather their strength for the struggle that would take place during the year to overcome the problems affecting the country. They reminded the public that 2013 was the Bicentennial of Juan Pablo Duarte’s …

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In the last six months at least 49 public prosecutors have faced disciplinary or criminal proceedings and dismissal for supposed acts of corruption, bribery, protection of criminals, links with drug trafficking and wrongful handling of evidence and cases. According to the statistics from the General Inspectorate of the Public Prosecution Service, 30 assistant prosecutors have …

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A National District Judge, Patricia Padilla has overturned the demand for remand in prison imposed last week and released the Dominican-American businessman of Arab origin Karim Abu Naba’a Nicolas. In its place she imposed bail of five million pesos, an exit ban and periodic court appearances. Abu Naba’a’s release came about following an agreement to …

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Yesterday, Wednesday 2 January, around midday, dozens of businesses caught fire in the center of San Francisco de Macoris, where San Francisco Billini-Olegario Teneras Street meets Papi Olivier and where the Old Market is based. So far the authorities have no idea how the fire started but say that the losses run into millions. The …

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The Dominican Navy has arrested 44 Haitian fishermen who were illegally fishing in the territorial waters of the Dominican Republic, on the north coast. The fishermen were arrested off Manzanillo, in the border province of Montecristi, which is an environmentally protected area where fishing is prohibited. 10 boats were seized during the operation and the …

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