2015 – Page 330

President Danilo Medina was in Punta Cana yesterday, Thursday 15 January 2015 for the inauguration of the Bavaro-Uvero Alto-Miches highway stretch. This 72km stretch of paved highway was opened over the holidays. It is part of the Eastern Highway Corridor that crosses La Altagracia province. Built by the Brazilian firm Odebrecht at a cost of …

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During her visit to the DR, UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova praised the success of the Dominican national literacy program, which has taught around 700,000 people in the country to read and write in around two years time. Bokova is on a two-day official visit to Santo Domingo from 14-16 January 2015. The visit was organized …

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Minister of Foreign Relations Andres Navarro is calling for Dominican ambassadors and consuls to be more proactive in sharing information on the country, especially when it comes to the work being done in defense of human rights and the social policies implemented by the government. The call was made during the First Forum on Dominican …

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Speaking during the second day of the Dominican Diplomacy Forum yesterday, Thursday 15 January 2015, Minister of Foreign Relations Andres Navarro said that inactive diplomatic staff cost the government more than US$2 million a month. Minister of Foreign Relations Andres Navarro has announced changes for Dominican foreign policy and a restructuring of the payroll. In …

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During his address to the First Dominican Diplomacy Forum yesterday, Thursday 15 January 2015, Minister of Economy Temistocles Montas spoke of the trend for increasing inequalities between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. According to forecast made in The Millennium Project: Latin America 2030 and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures of the University …

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High noise levels are considered a health problem in the Dominican Republic, and the 911 Emergency Line began offering assistance to residents in Santo Domingo affected by loud noise on Wednesday, 15 January 2015. As reported in Listin Diario, in the first eight hours of the service that began on Thursday, from midnight to 8am, …

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In his first appearance as president of the National Business Council (Conep) yesterday, Thursday 15 January 2015, tourism industry businessman Rafael Blanco Canto forecast an excellent performance of the Dominican economy this year. He based his optimism on the indicators published by the Central Bank. He was sworn in for the 2015-2017 period on Wednesday, …

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After 44 years with Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado at the helm of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), the country’s largest private university, Father Ramon Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera, takes charge. He formally took the post during a ceremony yesterday Thursday 15 January 2015, led by the Archbishop of Santiago, Monsignor Ramon …

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At a press conference held yesterday, Thursday 15 January 2015, the extended Attorney General commission investigating claims of unreported drugs handled by the Police Central Anti-Narcotics Directorate (Dican) said that the director of the entity, Lieutenant Colonel Feliz Humberto Paulino Lopez had transported the stolen drugs. The operation for the illegal distribution of confiscated drugs …

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Supreme Court judge Alejandro Moscoso Segarra has set the date of Thursday 22 January 2015 for issuing his opinion on the request to open an investigation into the case against senator Felix Bautista who is accused of corruption when he headed the Supervisory Office of Public Works under the former President Leonel Fernandez government and …

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