2016 – Page 143

An incident involving a sexual act between students in a private school in eastern Santo Domingo has led private schools to ask for more control over their students. The private schools union (Udiep) president, Olga Espaillat said that the ruling that governs both public and private schools does not allow them to penalize students who …

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Pathologist Sergio Sarita Valdez has reiterated his claim that the courts are sending fewer cases of violent deaths to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) where he is head pathologist. He said they are now seeing 70% fewer violent death cases at the Marcelino Velez Hospital morgue in Herrera, Santo Domingo West. He said …

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Medical staff at most Greater Santo Domingo public hospitals went on strike yesterday, Thursday, 4 February 2016 as announced by their union, the Dominican Medical Association (CMD). Medical staff only treated emergency cases. The strikers are demanding better working conditions and the completion of more than 50 hospitals under construction, while calling on the government …

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Santo Domingo mayor Roberto Salcedo who is seeking re-election to add four more years to his 14 years in office has chosen Customs Agency director Fernando Fernandez as his campaign director. Polls show the former TV host as the candidate to beat in what will be Salcedo’s fourth bid for the post. http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2016/02/04/406532/roberto-salcedo-presenta-equipo-de-campana-encabezado-por-el-director-de-aduanas

A poll carried out 8-10 January 2016 by Alfonso, Cabrera y Asociados reveals that 52.9% of Dominican voters will vote for President Danilo Medina, 40.7% for Luis Abinader, and 4.7% for Guillermo Moreno. The remaining 1.7% of the vote was shared between the minority candidates. A total of 1,626 surveys were completed in the poll, …

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Most Dominican voters perceive that corruption is on the rise. 55.8% said that corruption has increased in the Dominican Republic, compared to 20% who say it has declined. The January Gallup-Hoy poll also revealed that Dominican voters perceive there is more corruption in the government than before, 45.7% according to the January Gallup-Hoy poll, compared …

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Appeals court judge Antonio Sanchez Mejia has ordered house arrest for suspended judge Awilda Reyes Beltre and resigning judge Francisco Arias Valera, formerly of the Judicial Branch Council. They had originally been sent to pretrial custody in Najayo jail. Their lawyers presented proof that they had sufficient cause to prevent them from missing court appearances. …

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El Caribe news group photographer Danny Polanco, who was covering violence at the UASD where professors and staff are on strike for higher wages while students are demanding the resumption of classes, suffered serious eye injuries yesterday, Thursday 4 February 2016. He was taken to the Centro Cardio-Neuro-Oftalmologico y Transplante (Cecanot) for emergency surgery and …

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National District prosecutors have requested pretrial detention and RD$300,000 bail for Carlos Montesquieu, who streaked across the field of the Quisqueya Stadium during the Caribbean Series on Tuesday, 2 February 2016 during the game between the DR and Venezuela. The use of the flag is considered a violation of the law on the use of …

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Pro Consumidor, the government consumer protection agency, has fined the Dominican Professional Baseball League (Lidom) and the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CBPC) for violating Law 358-05 in the promotion of the Homerun Derby event that took place on Wednesday, 3 February 2016 at the Quisqueya Stadium. In the promotion, the event organizers promoted the participation …

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