2016 – Page 115

In time for the celebration of International Women’s Day today, Tuesday 8 March, the Constitutional Court has issued five rulings that benefit women in the Dominican Republic, as follows: Women can marry immediately after a divorce instead of waiting for 10 months as the law previously established. The 10-month period was intended to ensure there …

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Minister of Education Carlos Amarante Baret has announced at a press conference yesterday, Monday 7 March 2016 that 882,000 students are now attending the extended school day, 1,700,000 benefitting from the school meals program and 25,000 textbooks have been handed over to students from low-income families. The numbers now attending the extended school day are …

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PRM presidential candidate Luis Abinader, President Danilo Medina’s leading opponent, has pledged better wage conditions for the military and Police. Yesterday, Monday, 7 March 2016, President Danilo Medina used the National Budget purse and made the raises effective 27 February 2016. A total of 4,500 members of the Police, 6,120 Army, 2,380 Armada (Navy) and …

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The main opposition PRM presidential candidate, Luis Abinader has announced he has chosen economist Carolina Mejia, daughter of former president Hipolito Mejia to be his vice presidential candidate. The announcement was made via his Twitter social media account. There have been rumors for a few days that Carolina Mejia would be his choice as she …

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Luis Abinader’s running mate for this year’s presidential election, 46-year old Rosa Carolina Mejia Gomez was born in Santiago on 28 March 1969, daughter of Hipolito Mejia and Rosa Gomez. She graduated from the Colegio Santo Domingo and then traveled to O’Sullivan College and Concordia University in Montreal to study office system technology and French …

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A Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) spokesman has announced that the road between Jarabacoa and Constanza is once again open at km 8 after having been blocked by a mudslide. Heavy trucks were used to shift the rocks that had fallen down from the mountain and although there is still some debris on the road, it …

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According to Dominican Republic Hotels and Tourism Association (Asonahores) president Simon Suarez, the hotel sector in Santo Domingo is booming, as reflected by the construction of major hotels in the city and high occupancy levels during January. Speaking to Hoy newspaper, Suarez attributed the increase to the confidence and optimism prevailing throughout the business sector …

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With a population of 9,445,281 according to the 2010 National Census, the Dominican Republic had 8.79 million mobile telephone lines in use as of December 2015, according to data published by the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) and reported by Telecom Paper online. Of the total, 6.86 million are pre-paid lines and 1.93 million are post-paid. …

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The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) and other public health sector unions have once again called for a national 72-hour strike at all the country’s public hospitals and the Dominican Institute of Social Security (IDSS) hospitals as of today, Tuesday 8 March 2016. According to CMD president Waldo Ariel Suero, they were hoping that President Danilo …

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A cholera outbreak at La Victoria jail has left four inmates dead and 75 suffering from the disease. Prisoners’ families have expressed their concern at the outbreak and on Sunday, 6 March 2016 they were allowed to go to the jail to take them juice and check on their state of health. By Sunday, six …

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