2014 – Page 151

Yesterday, Thursday 3 July 2014, Senators Dionis Sanchez, Carlos Castillo and Adriano Sanchez Roa submitted a bill for the Senate to ask the Executive Branch to apply for funding from the United Nations and its member countries in order to implement the National Foreigner Legalization Plan “successfully in all its areas”. The Senators for Pedernales, …

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The president of the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD), Ligia Bonetti is warning that a bill aimed at giving municipalities more autonomy, which has already been approved in a first reading by the Senate, would authorize them to charge new taxes. She said this is a threat to the competitiveness of productive …

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A new drive to provide more care and attention for homeless people in Santo Domingo is being led by Felix Cepeda of the local branch of the Catholic Worker Movement. The movement, founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in the United States in 1933, seeks to provide direct aid and care for homeless people. …

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At least five inmates were stabbed in a fight that broke out in the San Fernando de Monte Cristi jail early yesterday morning, Thursday 3 July 2014. The injured prisoners included Victor Tavarez, Gregorio Rodriguez, David Carrasco, Jonathan Tavarez and a fifth man who has not been named. The injured inmates were taken to the …

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Another two people have been arrested in connection with the shooting of 37-year old cameraman Newton Gonzalez in Santiago on Tuesday 1 July 2014. According to the Cibao Central Police department spokesman, Colonel Damian Arias Matis, this now brings the total number of arrests to three. Arias Matos said that two of those arrested could …

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A talk on the transatlantic slave trade and its influence on Cuban music is scheduled for the Quinta Dominica on Wednesday, 9 July 2014 at 7:30pm. The speaker is Jose A Marti. The Quinta Dominica is located at Calle Padre Billini 202 in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City. See www.quintadominica.com

The First Lady’s Office has announced a new program for mentally ill and homeless people. The Project for Psychosocial Rehabilitation of People with Mental Disabilities and the Homeless is aimed at helping these people and restoring their human dignity. The First Lady’s Office has taken on the responsibility of following up on the results and …

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The Ministry of Environment is calling on owners of forestry lands to cooperate with specialist personnel working on the National Forests Inventory (2014-2015). The survey will take place through March 2015 at a cost of RD$80 million. The experts will be measuring the amount, composition, quality of the forests with a physical monitoring and satellite …

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With the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and its Multilateral Investment Fund, the new Quisqueya Belives in You program will be implemented as as part of the regional Program for New Jobs and Opportunities (NEO). It will be implemented locally by Business Action for Education (Educa). Program participants include the Fundacion Sur Futuro, …

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