2014 – Page 138

President Danilo Medina inaugurated five new schools in Santiago Rodriguez yesterday, 18 July 2014, adding a total of 91 new classrooms to the Extended School Day Program, benefitting 3.185 students. The schools cost a total of RD$222 million, as reported in Hoy. The ceremony took place at the Jose Maria Sierra School in the presence …

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Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo told journalists from the Nuevo Diario that by focusing on details and budgetary controls, his stint as minister has been successful so far. He told the editors that President Medina asked him to look at the small projects, since the big ones would take care of themselves. Speaking about …

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Former President Leonel Fernandez, who is the head of the Global Democracy and Development Foundation (Funglode), suggested that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) be the speaker for the region in all interregional discussions on global issues. Fernandez made the suggestion as part of his participation as the principle speaker at the …

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In the headquarters of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) they have already increased the security measures in preparation for the 30th Ordinary Convention on Sunday, 20 July 2014. The ballots will be five in total and divided into A, the presidential level; B for the secretary general; C for the secretary of organization; D, for …

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The rector of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Ivan Grullon Fernandez said yesterday that for this institution of higher learning to function adequately, it needs the budget to be increased to RD$11 billion. On being consulted by the Permanent Commission of the Chamber of Deputies for the Chamber of Accounts regarding the institution’s …

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The National Police killed two men said to be professional assassins. One of the men had a “false” identification card from the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD). The two men, known by their nicknames as Richard el Sicario and Cuquito el Sicario, were shot and killed by a police patrol in Villa Mella in North …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) says that the skies will be clear over the weekend, but there might be some scattered showers in La Altagracia, La Romana, El Seibo, and Hato Mayor as the result of the clouds generated by a low pressure trough that will continue in place past midday. In the afternoon, the …

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