2015 – Page 268

The Mexican food festival at Santo Domingo’s El Agave Restaurant is in its last few days. The restaurant is serving authentic dishes from four Mexican states: Oaxaca, Nayarit, Puebla and Yucatan. Two chefs from the Universidad Autonoma de Nayarit have joined El Agave’s cooks for the event. The festival ends this Friday, 27 March 2015. …

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The Presidency has announced government support for rabbit farming in the Dominican Republic. During a visit on Sunday, 22 March 2015, President Danilo Medina agreed to provide a low-interest loan to a rabbit farmers association in Laguna Salada in the northwestern province of Valverde to increase production. Medina encouraged the rabbit farmers to study by-products …

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The ministries of Health and Education have announced that they will be coordinating an education program to promote public safety during this year’s Easter Week vacation. The campaign “Healthy Easter Week 2015” is being coordinated by the Plan to Reduce Traffic Deaths (Premat) under the Ministry of Public Health. The deputy minister for Collective Health, …

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For many years, choosing a member of the Plastic Surgery Society was the best guarantee for a successful aesthetic procedure. Now the Ministry of Public Health is introducing additional controls, with a series of regulations for plastic surgery operations. Minister Altagracia Guzman Marcelino says that in order to perform plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive operations, doctors …

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The National Social Security Council (CNSS) has authorized the affiliation of children and teenagers living in orphanages to Senasa health plans. The children can have orphan status due to the death of their parents, or if they were abandoned by their parents or have lost their parents due to absence, mental incapacity and other causes. …

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Speaking after a mass celebrated at the Santo Domingo Cathedral to mark World Tuberculosis Day today, Tuesday 24 March 2015, Minister of Public Health Altagracia Guzman Marcelino announced that the Dominican Republic had made major progress in the fight against the disease. She said that 4,592 cases were detected during 2014, which is 44.2 for …

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The Ministry of Energy and Mines is reiterating its opposition to the construction of a new natural gas terminal in the southeast of the country, saying that the AES Dominicana plant in Andres is capable of supplying all that the country needs. Energy Minister Pelegrin Castillo said that the AES Dominicana terminal has the capacity …

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Director general of Passports Iris Guaba says that around 20 cases of passport fraud were detected in the first quarter of 2015, a reduction on previous years. She said that document forgery had been reduced by around 300% as in 2103 they prosecuted almost 100 cases. She pointed out that the first three months of …

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With the 2016 presidential elections only 14 months away, a new survey for Diario Libre by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research suggests that Danilo Medina is still the most popular candidate. According to the poll, 71% confirmed they would vote to re-elect Medina and 69% are in favor of amending the Constitution to allow him to …

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Hot weather is on the way, and now is the time to eat fresh fruits and vegetables. National producers need local consumers to step up their consumption. Bargain prices for premium produce are hitting the markets. For instance, Jumbo is advertising papaya for RD$11.95 a pound. Supermercados Nacional is advertising bell peppers for RD$19.95 per …

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