2014 – Page 137

The Ministry of Education says that some 1,100 new schools built by the Medina administration will be teaching full school days as of August 2014. Minister of Education Carlos Amarante says that the government needs to hire 8,500 additional teachers and has budgeted RD$3.5 billion for this purpose. With the new schools, the public school …

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European Council president Herman Van Rompuy arrived in the country yesterday, Sunday 20 July 2014 for a visit commemorating 25 years of the European Union mission’s presence in the Dominican Republic. His agenda for today, Monday 21 July 2014, includes a meeting with President Danilo Medina at the Presidential Palace to discuss the bilateral Dominican …

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Minister of Energy and Mines Pelegrin Castillo has ordered an inventory and digital databasing of all related to hydrocarbon matters in the Dominican Republic. Information from explorations carried out over the years is being compiled in order to give an overview of the state of explorations and assess the potential of the country. Castillo also …

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President Danilo Medina received the letters accrediting new ambassadors in the Dominican Republic for Uruguay, South Korea, Japan and the Order of Malta today, Monday, 21 July 2014. Raul Juan Pollak Giampietro represents Uruguay. He previously served as his country’s ambassador to Guatemala. Oh Han-Gu is the new South Korean ambassador. His last posting was …

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The 21 article ruling for the application of naturalization law 169-14 has at least 18 violations of the Constitution, seven of the Law 659 on civil acts, other violations of the Migration Law, Constitutional Court Ruling 168-13 and the essence of the naturalization law, say jurists who studied the ruling after the President opened it …

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Herrera Industries Association (AEIH) president Victor Castro says that while the government announces its support to small business, at the same time, regulations issued by the Ministry of Labor create obstacles to job creation in the country. He mentioned Ruling 522-06 on Security and Health in the workplace and other resolutions that complement this ruling …

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Following its party convention held on Sunday 20 July 2014, the main opposition party, the PRD, says that at the close of the preliminary vote count, Miguel Vargas Maldonado was leading the vote with 169,002 votes for 87.31% of the total. Guido Gomez Mazara received 14,089 votes for 7.27%, Francisco Pena had 8,051 votes for …

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Montecristi Civil Defense spokesman Maximo Ventura reports that on 9pm on Friday, 18 July 2014 a fire broke out shortly after a light rain shower accompanied by lightning, thought to have caused the fire. The fire destroyed Guatapanal bushes and gutted the wooden stairways leading up the Morro hill. This made it difficult for firefighters …

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The Embassy of China (Taiwan) in the Dominican Republic is inviting the general public and members of the business community to the Taiwanese trade show at the Salon Ambar of the Dominican Fiesta Hotel in Santo Domingo. The exhibition is being held from Thursday 24 July to Sunday 27 July from 10am to 9pm. Products …

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