2015 – Page 16

The Ministry of Education and the Conference of the Dominican Episcopate signed a framework agreement yesterday, Thursday 10 December 2015, opening the way for 130,000 children to study at Catholic schools free of charge. The agreement was signed by Minister of Education Carlos Amarante Baret and the president of the Dominican Episcopate, Monsignor Gregorio Nicanor …

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Priest Manuel Ruiz’s defamation suit against several journalists could result in the exposure of some of the undisclosed evidence against the late papal nuncio Josef Wesolowski and fellow Polish priest Alberto Gil. The evidence remained unheard after the Attorney General office had delegated the cases to the Polish judiciary in the case of Gil and …

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The president of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Judicial Branch Council, Mariano German Mejia, has asked Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito to instruct National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso to provide proof to back up her claim of irregularities in the legal system’s land and administrative jurisdictions. The request was made in writing. …

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The Legal Branch Higher Council has ordered the suspension without pay of assistant prosecutor Isidro Vasquez, who was accused by Nelson Cabral, a defendant in the collapsed Banco Peravia case, of receiving US$100,000 of US$250,000 in payment for the resolution of the case in his favor. The council is chaired by Attorney General Francisco Dominguez …

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The director general of Aerodom, operator of Las Americas International Airport, Monika Infante has announced that Aero Mexico would be flying from Las Americas International Airport (SDQ) to Mexico City starting March 2016. She said Aeromexico would make four flights a week on airplanes with capacity for 99 passengers. She said Aeromexico flies to 86 …

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The Dominican Migration authority has deported four Syrian citizens who had arrived in the country legally but had tried to travel on to Madrid with false documentation. The men were being detained at the Centro Vacacional Haina. They left via Punta Cana International Airport yesterday, Thursday 10 December 2015, on board an Avianca plane to …

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A 64-year old executive from the Claro telecommunications company, Ruben Daniel Nunez Pina, was stabbed to death in Santo Domingo’s Mirador Sur Park between 9-10pm on Wednesday night, 9 December 2015. He was accompanied by an unidentified woman. According to news reports, the National Police is questioning 21 people in connection with the murder. Nunez …

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The Dominican Winter Baseball League (LIDOM) regular-season is winding down and the teams at the bottom of the standings are desperately trying for a playoff spot. With only seven games remaining in the regular season, last year’s champions the Gigantes del Cibao are facing elimination as they sit in fifth place, one game out of …

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The Teatro La Fiesta at the Hotel Jaragua Renaissance in Santo Domingo is holding a Super Mega Dance on the 31st December to celebrate New Year’s Eve. The dance starts at 10pm on Thursday, 31 December, continuing until the sun comes up on New Year’s Day, Friday 1 January 2016. Several top merengue, salsa and …

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President Danilo Medina reached out to the business community in a speech at the American Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon yesterday, Wednesday 9 December 2015. The previous keynote speaker at the event, US Ambassador James Brewster had called on the business community to take action to reduce corruption in the country in the traditional Thanksgiving …

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