2017 – Page 44

A Duarte Peak hiker, Amador Espinosa, narrowly saved his life after suffering from peritonitis. He was rescued by the Air Force last week. While hiking with a group up the largest mountain in the Caribbean, the Pico Duarte, he suffered a peritonitis attack, or an intense pain from inflammation of tissue inside the abdomen. His …

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Some 10,436 students are enrolled in nursing studies at 11 universities nationwide. Of these 93% are women. There are 9,744 women and 692 men. The state UASD has the largest enrollment with 3,548, followed by the Universidad Federico Henríquez y Carvajal (UFHEC), with 1,552; the Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago (UTESA), with 1,213; the Universidad Eugenio …

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According to the representative of the World Bank in Dominican Republic, if the number of poor people in the country corresponded to the economic growth experienced over the last years, there would be 1.4 million less poor people. Alessandro Legrottaglie made the statement in the sixth edition of “Think Economics” to explain the disparity that …

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The Federation of Associations of Professors of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (FAPROUASD) began a 24-hour strike on Wednesday 8 November 2017 that they hoped would be supported 100%. The union is demanding back pay and pay for expenses and that the outstanding 5% pay rise also be paid. Faprouasd has called for a …

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Members of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) were voting on Wednesday, 8 November 2017 to elect a new president. As of the afternoon, Wilson Roa was ahead with 79% of the vote in the National District. Roa has the backing of the present president of the CMD, Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero who has confronted the …

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Parents Denny Montero and Lorainne Licelot Gómez have set up a GoFundMe to collect the cash needed for an operation of their newborn baby girl Astrid Montero at the Boston Children’s Hospital. The baby requires sophisticated surgery. She was born with a congenital malformation of the heart and a missing kidney. Contributions ranging from RD$200 …

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The editorial in Diario Libre on 9 November 2017 is a plea for a government where politics weigh less. The editorial comments on how the government admits its weaknesses but does little to correct these. It explains that the government has a serious fiscal deficit but recognizes that it cannot collect taxes from everyone and …

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) ranks the Dominican Republic 11th in a new index that compares the state of jobs in 17 Latin American countries. The Better Jobs Index is a tool to help users compare working conditions in 17 Latin American countries. Four comparable indicators are analyzed. The Better Jobs Index measures the state …

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The DP World Caucedo Port announced reaching the mark of moving one million TEUs (Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit) on 27 October 2017. This means the port has moved one million containers in less than a year and is making major contributions to the facilitation of commerce and competitiveness in the Dominican Republic. The volume of …

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The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio César Castaños Guzmán, has announced that the board of the JCE will meet “at the appropriate time” to decide what steps to take following the report from the IT Department that states that the equipment used in the last elections cannot be used for the 2020 …

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