2014 – Page 75

During his visit to Rome, President Danilo Medina met with Josefina Stubbs, recently appointed vice president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). IFAD is a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to ending rural poverty.

The Ministry of Public Works reports that the first part of the Haina-Santo Domingo bypass will be ready by December 2014. The highway will link Haina Port in the west of Santo Domingo, passing by the Sanchez and 6 de Noviembre highways to connect to Duarte Highway at Km. 24. Chief engineer Guillermo Alba told …

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Superintendent of Health and Labor Risks, Fernando Caamano Valdez is calling for Congress to pass the bill that seeks to create the Single Public Health Network integrated with the Ministry of Public Health. He believes that the Dominican Social Security Institute (IDSS) should be eliminated. He said that although this had been the plan at …

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The president of the Association of Herrera and Santo Domingo Province Industries (AEIH) has expressed his disappointment at the Medina administration for continuing to maintain duplication in government entities in the 2015 National Budget. The Presidency has presented a National Budget for RD$630,934 billion for 2015. Castro commented that while President Medina is giving priority …

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Writing in Listin Diario today, Monday 29 September 2014, journalist Alfredo Freites speculates that the call for international help in providing Haitians with documentation will again go unheard. He estimates that seven million people in Haiti do not have legal documentation and commented that when President Danilo Medina appealed to the international community to help …

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On the campaign trail in Madrid, Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia told the Dominican community in Spain that if he should be elected President he would work to strengthen the middle class in the Dominican Republic. He empathized with Dominicans who despite receiving postgraduate education decide to remain abroad for the lack of better opportunities …

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On Friday, 26 September 2014, a group of Dominican law enforcement officers graduated from the International Taskforce Agent Training (ITAT) program hosted by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HIS). The course was held from 13 to 26 September at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia. The …

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With wins over Nicolas Jarry (Chile) 6-4, 7-6, Chase Buchanan (USA) 6-2, 6-4, Daniel Munoz (Spain) 7-6, 6-4, Guido Pella (Argentina) 6-4, 6-2, and Joao Souza (Brazil), Dominican top-ranked tennis player Victor Estrella has won RD$5,750 in prize money of the Challenger Cup in Colombia. He has earned more than US$297,000 in prize money this …

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