2018 – Page 34

The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Radhamés Camacho, has set up a special commission to study, revise and modify the Social Security Law. The members of the commission, which will be presided over by Deputy Ramón Cabrera, are Juan Vicente Moronta, Adalgiza Fátima Pujol, Víctor Manuel Fadul Lantigua, María Mercedes Fernández Cruz, Miladis del …

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The Dominican government announced the 13th month Christmas wage would be paid starting 5 December 2018. According to Administrative Minister José Ramón Peralta, the 13th wage accounts for an extra injection into the economy of RD$17.085 billion. First to receive the wage will be pension holders and the Police. The government says all bonuses would …

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The government has launched a program to back pineapple production and increase exports. The government sees pineapples as a possible export product to new markets in China, says Agriculture Minister Osmar Benítez. The backing includes technical assistance, credit, logistics support and investments to build and upgrade packaging facilities. Benítez said that last year pineapples contributed …

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  The commission in charge of the pre-selection of applicants for positions in the Constitutional Court is meeting on Wednesday, 14 November 2018. Some 72 pre-candidates were registered. The commission needs to prepare the short list for the meeting of the National Magistry Council on Monday, 19 November. The pre-selection commission members are Supreme Court …

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The Presidency announced the appointment of Dominican ambassador in the United Kingdom, Federico Cuello Camilo to the Dominican embassy in Qatar. Likewise, the Presidency named Maybe Sánchez Caminero as ambassador in Germany. She is the widow of the late Dominican ambassador Rafael Calventi Gaviño and mother of Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez. By the same …

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Casa de Teatro in the Colonial City announces that “Toque Profundo” is booked for a concert on Friday, 23 November 2018. The rock group has been playing for almost 30 years now. It will be a night of nostalgia. They will be presenting songs from their “Magia” album released in 2002 and that is considered …

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The director of the National Meteorological Office (Onamet), Gloria Ceballos says her department is closely monitoring the path taken by a tropical wave that is moving westward to the Caribbean. If the storm strengthens, it could be named Patty. Ceballos says that it has a 70% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone within the …

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The World Health Organization says that 60% of the Dominican population is overweight. The Dominican Society of Cardiology is alerting to the health consequences on occasion of the Global Obesity Day. The physicians say obesity is a global epidemic that is curtailing the emotional and physical well-being of too many in the Dominican Republic. Dr. …

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The Attorney General Office announced the seizing of 58 wild animals that were kept in a ranch in northwestern Santiago Rodríguez. The operation follows the seizing of two reticulated pythons last week when they were being transferred on the highway from Valverde to Santiago. Silvio Gerónimo Alcántara Liberato, owner of the animals, was arrested for …

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The National Commission of Human Rights has said that with the death of Rubén Darío Hipolite Martínez (Moreno 27), killed inside his apartment last Friday, 9 November, by police officers, while children were present, there have been 10 extra judicial executions by Police agents over several months. The Commission president Manuel María Mercedes condemned the …

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