2016

After receiving his electoral certificate from the Central Electoral Board (JCE) at the event held on 7 July 2016 at the new convention center of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, President Danilo Medina spoke in optimistic terms about the future for the country and called his second and last term in office a new phase …

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President Danilo Medina may have control over the majority of justices on the National Council of the Magristracy (CNM), the government body in charge of choosing Supreme Court justices. This means that Medina essentially has control of the judiciary branch of government. The power play in the judiciary resulted from the recent decisions of the …

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The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) is not satisfied with what the government has offered to improve conditions for staff at public hospitals. On the CMD agenda are topics such as pension plans, public service networks, wage increases, the budget for primary health care, housing plans for staff, among others. Public Health Superintendent, Pedro Luis Castellanos, …

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Educa, the education-oriented non-governmental organization, released findings of a recent study that focused on the quality of education in the country. The conclusion is that while progress has been made, the DR continues to do poorly in academic achievement compared to the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean. The study revealed the public school …

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The Ministry of Education announced that in August 2016, a special program will be launched to train public school teachers. Foreign experts have been hired to teach the local teachers, as reported in Diario Libre. The program will begin with 40 experts that will teach in the education programs at the UASD and at the …

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Minister of Interior and Police Ramon (Monchy) Fadul has said that the government is considering a year extension of the expiration date for temporary residence permits issued to Haitians that have not yet been able to obtain their Haitian passports, as reported in El Dia. The extension would benefit 143,000 Haitians that applied under the …

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The Superintendence of Electricity (SIE) ordered on Thursday, 7 July 2016, that Compania Luz y Fuerza in Las Terrenas annul June billings to clients that had received rate increases. The SIE ordered that the company adjust customer bills to the same rate categories that were in place in May 2016. The SIE says it is …

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An imposed two-month ban will keep Dominican fencer Rossy Felix from becoming the first Dominican fencer to participate in an Olympic Games. She was prohibited from competing by the International Fencing Federation after being expelled from a competition in Panama last week after reportedly using foul language in a game and being insubordinate to a …

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The Dominican women’s volleyball team is on a roll in the 15th Norceca Women Pan American Cup taking place in Santo Domingo 30 June-11 July 2016. The Dominican women will play again at 8pm on Saturday, 9 July at the Ricardo Arias Volleyball Pavilion of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center after winning undefeated and …

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Yiyo Sarante and Divas by Jimenez bring salsa and Merengue to Kuora Club on Saturday, 9 July 2016. Yiyo Sarante is recently known for his hot single, Corazon de Acero. Divas by Jimenez is a women’s merengue vocal group. Kuora Club is located at Calle La Guardia in Villa Consuelo in the Province of Santo …

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