2015 – Page 9

The XIX International Santo Domingo Book Fair is scheduled for 4 April to 5 May 2016 at the Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte in Santo Domingo. This popular annual event is organized by the Ministry of Culture. See http://www.cultura.gob.do

President Danilo Medina, First Lady Candida Montilla, former President Leonel Fernandez and his wife Vice President Margarita Cedeno led mourners at a very moving funeral ceremony for the late Santo Domingo East mayor, Juan de los Santos at the Puerta del Cielo cemetery yesterday, Thursday 17 December 2015. The service was preceded by tributes at …

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The Tax Agency (DGII) and the Chamber of Accounts of the Dominican Republic, the government agency in charge of monitoring public finances, signed a cooperation agreement on 16 December 2015 for the coordination of the National System of Sworn Assets and Liability Statements of government officials. In a press release, the DGII says that they …

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Minister of Higher Education Ligia Amada Melo has announced that she will take the case of standardized examinations for medical students to the Constitutional Tribunal. The state university, UASD, is challenging the 75% pass grade requirement for all medical students announced by the MESCyT to ensure quality of graduates. The UASD rector Ivan Grullon says …

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The Ministry of Interior and Police has announced that 184,816 foreigners (about 70%) of a total of 239,956 who applied under the National Foreigner Legalization Plan (PNRE) have now been approved to legalize their status in the country. The plan mainly benefited undocumented Haitians living in the Dominican Republic. Deputy Minister Washington Gonzalez said that …

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President Danilo Medina has appointed Anina Marcelina del Castillo to replace Altagracia Paulino as director of the National Consumer Rights Protection Institute, better known as ProConsumidor, which falls under the umbrella of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Paulino has been appointed Presidential advisor on consumer rights matters. Paulino served as director of Proconsumidor from …

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Economist Ernesto Selman of the Regional Center for Sustainable Economic Strategies is forecasting that the Dominican Republic will make savings of around 36% on its fuel bill for 2015, or about US$1.29 billion. This is due to the 22.3% drop in fuel prices on the international markets. There was a 1.1% increase in purchases in …

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Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, a report from the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), a United Nations body, has found that Central American countries, along with the Dominican Republic and Haiti, have benefited from the fall in the prices of energy products, of which they …

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The Constitutional Tribunal of the Dominican Republic published Ruling 0599/15 yesterday, Thursday 17 December 2015 on the decision that annulled Law 550-14 with the new Penal Code of the Dominican Republic, outlining the reasons for annulling the validity of the new Penal Code. “The procedural error to which we have alluded inevitably affected the validity …

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The leading opposition party, the PRM has announced that Pedro Catrain, Maria Teresa Cabrera and Virtudes Alvarez have been chosen as its candidates for legislative posts. Lawyer Catrain was selected as candidate for senator for the province of Samana. Cabrera, who is a former president of the public school teachers’ association, will run for deputy …

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