2018 – Page 53

On occasion of Dominican Week in the United Kingdom, Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas met with his colleague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jeremy Hunt. The British foreign secretary and Vargas addressed economic matters, including trade, investment and tourism, security and the strengthening in general of bilateral ties. Read more in Spanish: Mirex …

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On Sunday, 21 October 2018, President Danilo Medina announced that the middle class in the Dominican Republic makes up more than 30% of the Dominican population. Around 25% of the population lives in poverty. Medina said that middle class growth is vital for development of any country in the world and that is why his …

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President Danilo Medina is scheduled to leave this Saturday, 27 October 2018 on the first trip of a Dominican statesman to the People’s Republic of China, reports El Nacional newspaper. In China he will meet President Xi Jinping on Monday, 29 October and will inaugurate the Dominican Embassy in Beijing. The meeting follows an agenda …

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33-year old electromechanical engineer José Euclides Féliz is the happy winner of the RD$146 million Leidsa Lottery ticket. Leidsa Lottery says the winning ticket was sold at the Farmacia Edivil in Fantino, Sánchez Ramírez province. The winning combination last Saturday, 20 October 2018 was: 07-18-24-25-26-35/ Loto Mas 9. Féliz is Leidsa millionaire No. 304. Read …

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The Third Court of the Appeals Court of the National District authorized the home arrest for the former director of the Dominican Corporation of State Enterprises (Corde) Leoncio Almánzar and another six accused in the sale of Los Tres Brazos property in Santo Domingo East corruption case. The court also accepted to declare the case …

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The Dominican Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology initiates a four-day strike against the services offered through the Labor Health Risk Insurance providers, the local ARL, (local HMO’s). This will oblige patients to pay the full amounts for implants and other equipment recommended by their orthopedic doctors who are affiliated. Between today and Friday the entity …

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The reason we see so many people dressed in pink these days is that October is Cancer Prevention Month, and many institutions are sponsoring workshops, roundtables, and public discussions on cancer prevention. Last Friday, National Breast Cancer Day, Public Health Minister Rafael Sanchez Cardenas called on the population to be especially vigilant with regard to …

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Former President Leonel Fernandez is the new president of the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA). He was elected during an assembly that took place at the Dreams Palm Beach Punta Cana. The World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) is a global nonprofit organization representing and coordinating a membership of over 100 national …

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The Green March political movement calls for removing “political surliness” (tigueraje politico) from the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM). In particular, the movement names the Attorney General. The Green March leaders warn the public that a well-known politician may be one of the judges the CNM is about to replace in the Constitutional Court …

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The Dominican Political Observatory (OPD), an initiative of the Global Democracy and Development Foundation (Funglode), the think tank of former President Leonel Fernandez, in collaboration with Interlat and Hootsuite, hosted a panel on findings from an analysis of what Dominicans are talking about on social media. The meeting took place on 17 October 2018 at …

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