2013 – Page 99

Minister of Higher Education Ligia Amada Melo says that the dropout rate for Dominicans entering universities is 53%. She says this is around the average in Lain America. She said that most give up their studies because they have to work or for lack of vocation for the degree they have chosen. She said that …

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The Young Entrepreneurs Association (ANJE) has described the country’s competitiveness ranking in 105th place out of 148 countries in the Global Competitiveness Report for the World Economic Forum 2013-2014 as a disadvantage. ANJE president Frank Elias Rainieri Kuret said that the Dominican Republic is in the same position as last year, showing that the country …

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According to a study by UNICEF, Prevention of Teenage Pregnancies 2011, the Dominican Republic is in fifth place of Latin American countries with high levels of teenage pregnancies with a rate of 92 per thousand women between the ages of 15 and 19. This figure is higher than Haiti with 69 per thousand women. The …

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According to the results of a study carried out by the National Heart and Medical Assistance Foundation (FUNDACAM), prostate cancer and high blood pressure are two of the biggest health problems in the southwest of the country, especially in the municipality of Las Matas de Farfan, in San Juan de la Maguana province. The study …

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Two of the three surviving quintuplets, both girls, born on Saturday 7 September in Santo Domingo are now breathing independently and are improving. The other, a boy, is still on a ventilator. The two off the ventilator are still in intensive care but are now drinking breast milk and are expected to stay there for …

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According to the Socio-economic Household Study, covering the period from September 2012 to March 2013, conducted with support from the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, 40.8% of homes throughout the country either use latrines or have no other type of sanitation installed. Elias Pina has the highest level at 75%, followed by Monte …

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The country’s first large-scale solar park, with a generation capacity of 64 megawatts (MW) is under construction by German developer Wirsol. The company says that the first half will come online this year. Electricity will be sold to the state-owned utility. Until now, the country’s biggest solar power system generates a mere 100 kilowatts – …

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Police spokesman Colonel Jacobo Mateo Moquete has announced that they are waiting for the man who shot and killed a young windscreen washer on Saturday, 14 September, to hand himself in. He said that although they have not identified the actual murderer, the investigators know the name of the person who owns the vehicle he …

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Yesterday, Monday 16 September, National District court Judge Teofilo Andujar ordered the release of Colombian brothers Huber Buitrago and Angel Maria Buitrago Vacca. They are both accused of heading a gang of money launderers that was dismantled by the authorities in December. The prosecutor general office has accused them of using fake identities in the …

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Dominican prosecutors continue to close down brothels located in the Gazcue area of Santo Domingo. Yesterday, Monday 16 September, the National District prosecutor office announced that two nightclubs, The Girls House and Sky High, were closed for violation of the law against trafficking in migrants and people. The owners Ronny Colalzo, Eden Mena Guirola and …

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