2014 – Page 251

Speaking yesterday, Wednesday 12 March, President Danilo Medina pledged to respect any consensus reached by management and labor representatives on the modification of the Labor Code. He said that he did not understand why there is so much nervousness if they have still not reached an agreement. As he attended the wake for the father …

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While the Minister of Public Works has said that there is no going back on the increases in tolls on the nation’s highways, and the transport unions threaten to strike, President Danilo Medina said that nothing is definite yet. The President announced that the Minister of Public Works, Gonzalo Castillo would address the country on …

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The Higher Administrative Court (TSA) has stopped the Mining Department and the Ministry of the Environment from issuing permits to mine in the Loma Miranda area. According to Listin Diario, the date of 2 April was set for the hearings on an appeal against the Senate of the Republic, the Ministry of the Environment and …

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According to the Minister of Public Health, Freddy Hidalgo, some 90% of the country’s private health centers are ready and have been approved for providing services to the Health Risk Administrators (ARS), the local HMOs that provide health coverage with providers under contract. Hidalgo pointed out that the centers would be inspected and monitored annually …

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The high cost of the tolls on the Samana road from Santo Domingo is a deterrent to more Dominicans visiting the northeastern destination. Nonetheless, the contract signed during the Leonel Fernandez administration establishes a minimum sum that the builder of the highway company, Autopista del Nordeste, needs to be paid. As a result, this year …

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The International Monetary Fund says that the economy has improved when compared to last year. The IMF representative in the country, Przmek Gajdeczka said that in general there is stronger growth, less deficit, a better foreign position and a lower inflation rate. The visiting mission is expected to post its statement this weekend, 15-16 March, …

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Speaking to El Nuevo Diario reporters yesterday, Wednesday 12 March, Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito stated that prosecutors would continue to pursue charges against the ten defendants involved in a drug trafficking case that includes the owner of Caribair Airlines, Rafael Senen Rosado Fermin. On Monday, 10 March, the ten defendants, who are accused of …

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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice and the chairman of the Judicial Branch Council, Mariano German Mejia, revealed that in the Dominican Republic at present there is more than one lawyer for every square kilometer of territory. There are 48,442 square kilometers in the Dominican Republic. The magistrate estimated that with the …

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The Embassy of Cuba in the Dominican Republic claims that the United States government, in what it describes as a gross violation of international law, is making an extraterritorial application of US laws against Cuba. In a statement, the Cuban embassy says that the measures taken against them include the suspension of fuel supplies by …

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The Embassy of Japan will be donating US$1,159,484 (around RD$50 million pesos) to non-governmental organizations that work in the provinces. The funds will be used to build schools nationwide. Japanese Ambassador Soichi Sato said that the donation seeks to contribute to the development of Dominican society and is a way of strengthening the links of …

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