2018 – Page 206

The legal advisor to President Danilo Medina, Flavio Darío Espinal told Diario Libre that the position of the President of the Republic is to defend Naturalization Law 169-14. The law established procedures to legalize as Dominicans persons who had subsequently confronted difficulties for having irregularly obtained the Dominican nationality. The law was passed during the …

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President Danilo Medina is scheduled to preside on Thursday, 5 April 2018 over the ceremony that officially reopens the new and improved Francisco Moscoso Puello Public Hospital, a renovation project undertaken by the Office of Supervising Engineers of State Projects (OISOE), a Presidency division. OISOE director Francisco Rodriguez Pagan says the hospital is one of …

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President Danilo Medina issued Decree 142-18 with the ruling for the application of Breastfeeding Law 8-95. The decree establishes the promotion of breastfeeding as a national priority. The ruling should have been issued in 1995 when the law was originally passed. The legislation seeks to encourage the practice of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six …

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The authorities from the Ministry of Public health have confirmed that the four year old Haitian child who died at Vinicio Calventi Hospital, in Los Alcarrizos, was indeed suffering from diphtheria. According to Vice Minister of Collective Health, Héctor Quezada, the results were confirmed by laboratory tests, but all other cases checked came back negative. …

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A woman from Florence in Kentucky, United States, has been killed in a crash while vacationing in the Dominican Republic. The crash occurred on Saturday night, 31 March 2018 in La Romana. Carol Ann Murphy, aged 45 and 19-year old Haitian Phelyne Kitter, died when their vehicle lost control, broke bridge barriers and fell over …

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The Audit Chamber (Camara de Cuentas) has once again justified their considerable salary increases, as well as the subsidy for employee meals and the expenses incurred over the Christmas period. In a document outlining compensation packages, made available to the press, by the Audit Chamber concludes that the application of a salary increase to the …

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According to the Central Bank, the rate of depreciation of the peso has accelerated at the closing of the first quarter of the year, estimated at 2.07%. On the last working day of March, the 28th, the United States dollar was at RD$49.3001, whereas the previous year closed at RD$48.2993 for each dollar. Over the …

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The Superior Administrative Court (TSA) has rejected the request from a group of regional directors to stop the order 24-2017 from the Ministry of Education, which appointed 18 new regional and district directors. The Court, presided over by Rafael Vásquez Goico, ruled that the resolution from the Ministry created a competitive process for the selection …

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The per capita investment made by the government in the state university UASD could serve to pay for each student to study in a private university and there would be money left over. The wasteful spending at the state university is notorious. A recent report in Listin Diario on the matter reveals another hard to …

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The Association of Concessionaires of Vehicles (Acofave) is advocating for a significant reduction or elimination of import taxes on collective transport vehicles of 16 passengers or more. Acofave is also critical of the large number of used vehicles being imported. There is a legal ban on imports of vehicles over 5 years old. In a …

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