2014 – Page 66

According to the US Government annual assessment of child exploitation, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Costa Rica and El Salvador made notable progress towards eradicating child labor in 2013, but only minimal improvements have been made in Uruguay, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The 958-page “2013 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor” is …

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A judge at the Superior Electoral Court and a former National District prosecutor, Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero, has delivered a proposal to Senate president Cristina Lizardo Mezquita to introduce a Responsible Paternity law that will benefit more than 100,000 children who are born to single parents every year. Hernandez Peguero said that if the bill …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) inaugurated new facilities at the Regional Canine Training Center in Bonao yesterday, Tuesday 7 October 2014. The unit began in 1998 when the US donated 15 trained dogs. The center will train dogs for detecting drugs, explosives and money. The US Southern Command contributed US$1.5 million for the construction …

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The US Embassy in Santo Domingo will implement several changes to the visa application process, effective from 12 November 2014. Specifically, applicants for B-2 Tourist Visas will need to follow a multiple-step process: (i) they will first have to go to the US Embassy’s webpage and complete a Form DS-160 online, (ii) they will then …

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The bodies of four people were discovered in Santiago province yesterday, Tuesday 7 October 2014, bringing the total to eight violent deaths in the province in a week. The body of an unidentified woman was found in a garbage dump in Rafey, decapitated and with her limbs mutilated. The case is under investigation by assistant …

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The National Institute of Transplant Coordination (INCORT) has issued a statement in response to recent rumors that children are being kidnapped for their organs. The Institute states that the situation is impossible given the complex process of organ donation and transplant. INCORT director Dr. Fernando Morales Billini explained that carrying out a transplant was a …

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Supreme Court of Justice judge Frank Soto says that the press can attend the hearing when Inmobiliaria Rofi, SRL, owned by Senator Felix Bautista (PLD-San Juan de la Maguana) asks for the judicial blocking on his property to be lifted. Bautista did not want the press to be present but Laura Guerrero, director of the …

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For the first time in history the Dominican Republic women’s national volleyball team has made it to the Round of Six in the FIVB World Championship, the leading volleyball tournament outside of the Olympic Games. Ranked 10th in the world into the tournament, the DR is the underdog and will face Brazil (ranked 1st) and …

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Ana Rita Contreras of the Dominican Republic has won the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness Central American and Caribbean Championship that took place from 2-4 October 2014 in St. Martin. Some 300 athletes from 28 countries competed in the event. Contreras, an architect by profession, is the first Dominican to be crowned IFBB Bikini …

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The Ministry of Public Works announced the shutdown of the Nunez de Caceres tunnel in Santo Domingo today Tuesday, 7 October 2014 from 10pm to 6am on Wednesday, 8 October. The tunnel is being closed for maintenance work (cleaning and lighting). On Wednesday, the Ministry will shut down the underpass at Ave. Hermanas Mirabal with …

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