2018 – Page 193

According to Pedro Ángeles, director of the Agricultura Familiar project, 314,195 low income families who live in rural areas and enrolled the Progress with Solidarity program (Prosoli), are producing food by means of small farming groups and community networks. The program operates under the Office of the Vice President. Angeles said that to date, these …

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On Tuesday, 24 April 2018 at the Presidential Palace, President Danilo Medina held a meeting with cabinet ministers to push forward more projects for border provinces. At the end of the meeting, he gave 15 days to receive a list of the programs and projects being implemented and new ones that could be implemented for …

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The Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (CIDH) will hold their 168th general meeting in the Dominican Republic from 3 to 11 May 2018. Delegates and invited experts will discuss the human rights’ situations in countries such as Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico and Venezuela. The CIDH will be holding public meetings as well as working sessions …

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Dominican cooking books are for sale at FILSD 2018, the Santo Domingo International Book Fair now in its 21st year at the Plaza de la Cultura. Books by well known Dominican chefs including Rosa María Gómez (La Chefa); Ines Páez (La Chef Tita), Socorro Castellanos, Alejandro Díaz, Silvia de Pou, among others are on exhibition …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) has forecast that the rains will continue for the next 48 hours, due to a weather front. This means that ten provinces are under alert for possible flooding and they are Hato Mayor, San Cristóbal, Monte Plata, Samaná, La Vega, María Trinidad Sánchez, Monseñor Nouel, Espaillat and Puerto Plata. The …

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According to Police director, Ney Aldrin Bautista, the Dominican driver who was supposedly kidnapped a few days ago in Haiti had no signs of torture or physical aggression as confirmed by a doctor. He said that the Haitian authorities had no evidence about the supposed kidnapping of Kairon Antonio Peralta. Bautista remarked so-called self-robberies and …

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The director of the municipal district of Quita Sueño, Antonio Brito Rodríguez is requesting the intervention of the Ministry of Environment after the explosion of another Falcondo fuel pipe releasing millions of gallons of diesel and fuel oil into Haina River. He recalled that less than six months ago the same pipeline exploded. He said …

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Fresenius Kabi is expanding its production of medical devices in Haina, in western Santo Domingo province. Another 500 jobs are being added. The new employees, including production workers, technical personnel, engineers and managers, will join a Fresenius Kabi workforce in Haina that currently numbers about 3,000. The total investment is more than €20 million (US$25 …

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Prosecutors for Santo Domingo province interviewed five auditors of the Controller General Office who reviewed the finances from the Metropolitan Bus Service Office (Omsa), after the Chamber of Accounts revealed major irregularities in procurement operations. The investigations are being carried out by prosecutor Olga Diná Llaverías and assistants Cristenes del Carmen Pérez, Isidro González, Mario …

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The Dominican government has seven international arbitrage cases open in courts abroad. The most important are the Lajun Corporation case where the company rejects its eviction from managing the Santo Domingo waste dump and is suing for US$300 million. Also, that placed against the government by Odebrecht that is claiming an additional US$708 million for …

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