2014 – Page 54

The Medina administration inaugurated 15 new public schools located in Montecristi, Santiago Rodriguez, Sanchez Ramirez Monsenor Nouel, Puerto Plata and Hermanas Mirabal yesterday, Tuesday 21 October 2014, at a cost of over RD$471 million. They will be used by 7,910 students, and 234 classrooms will be able to run the extended school day. http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2014/10/21/342354/Presidente-inaugura-15-escuelas-para-beneficiar-a-7910-alumnos

President Danilo Medina has declared today, Wednesday 22 October 2014 an official day of mourning for Oscar de la Renta, the Dominican fashion designer who died on Monday, 20 October 2014. The national flag will be flown at half-mast on public buildings across the country. President Medina also designated a special group that will represent …

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Chamber of Deputies president Abel Martinez has announced the elimination of a RD$75 million fund that they had assigned to legislators for purchasing toys for distributing to their constituents on Three Kings Day (6 January). This is the second extra allocation the deputies have had to relinquish following criticism that the many extras would be …

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An editorial in Hoy newspaper today, Wednesday 22 October 2014, comments that political patronage continues to prevail. The newspaper says that in a country where the government constantly needs to borrow in order to fund the national budget, unjustified increases in the public payroll are just unforgivable indolence. The editorialist comments that from August 2012 …

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General Shoes from Taiwan is opening a factory in the Santiago Free Zone. A US$10 million investment over a period of three years, the new installation will employ 3,000 people. General Shoes president Robert Tsai met with President Danilo Medina at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Tuesday 21 October 2014, and promised to help attract more …

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The Dominican Republic has joined the list of countries that have closed their doors to anyone who has visited a country that the World Health Organization has declared as having Ebola in the last 30 days. Public Health Minister Altagracia Guzman Marcelino made the announcement at a press conference yesterday, Tuesday 21 October 2014, accompanied …

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Supreme Court judge Frank Soto has withdrawn from hearing the case about the property company Rofi, represented by shareholder Senator Felix Bautista. He took the decision after being disqualified by the president of the National Lawyers’ Grouping (CONA), Junio Ramirez, who said that Soto had met with Bautista’s lawyers. He also claimed that like Bautista, …

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The case of the Polish priest who served in the community of Juncalito, Santiago for several years has been referred to a district court in Wolomin, 12 miles east of Warsaw, according to the public prosecutor’s office in the Polish capital. As reported, the priest stands accused of 10 offences, eight of which relate to …

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Over the last couple of days, members of Naval Intelligence have prevented three illegal journeys to Puerto Rico and arrested 46 people including 36 Haitians. Naval spokesman Captain Daniel de la Rosa Mendez said that the boats were intercepted in Celedonio in Miches, Boca de Yuma in Higuey and the third in Nagua. Along with …

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