2018 – Page 54

Debates are ongoing after PQD deputy Besaida Mercedes Abreu submitted a resolution to the Chamber of Deputies calling for the Ministry of Education to implement Art. 25 of Law 44-00 that establishes the reading of biblical text after the raising of the flag and singing of the national anthem in schools. The article also calls …

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Ministry of Environment and National Police recovered a 1-1/2 meter long crocodile that had been meandering in a gully in Barrio Nuevo, Sabana Perdida, in north eastern Santo Domingo province and that had been captured on Saturday, 20 October 2018. The baby crocodile was sent to the National Zoo to receive care. The zoo authorities …

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Pelegrin Castillo, the vice president of the Fuerza Nacional Progresista political party, called for annulling the Pre-Clearance Aviation Agreement signed by Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas and former US Ambassador James Brewster. The agreement has not gone into effect after President Danilo Medina sent it to the Constitutional Court for an opinion on whether the agreement …

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Arismendy Diaz Santana, a social security expert, and former head of the National Social Security Council lashed out against private sector interests that have stalled the initiation of large-scale primary care in the Dominican Republic for eleven years. The primary care was ordered by law but he says that health service providers have preferred to …

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After a two-year test period, the National Institute of Traffic and Ground Transport (Intrant) announced the Av. Lope de Vega stretch between Porfirio Herrera and Av. Roberto Pastoriza reverts back to its two-way status. The test had begun in August 2016. The National Traffic Institute (Intrant) says that motorists will find the detour removed from …

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The Administrators of Pension Funds (AFP) have accumulated some RD $870 million in the individual Capitalization Accounts (or retirement accounts) that belong to 39,386 persons who have passed away and this money is not been claimed by any of the heirs. According to Resolution 457-03 of 11 October 2018, the National Social Security Consul as …

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Eight separate challenges of the Political Parties Law 33-18 have been sent to the Constitutional Court within its first two months of going into effect. Opposition parties, middle ranking directors of the ruling PLD party, the Fundación Prensa y Derecho, and independent lawyers have presented the motions that seek to annul the implementation of the …

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Economist Miguel Ceara Hatton, who is the national public policy secretary for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), issued a press release late last week to dispute the government claim that the country has moved up 22 slots in the recent grading by the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index. Ceara Hatton says the statement by …

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Colombia exported US$230 million in non-mining or energy products to the Dominican Republic. As of July 2018, exports were at US$143 million, for a 9% increase over trade for the first seven months of 2017. The DR buys glass containers, plastics and construction materials, animal feed raw materials for local industries. Colombia imported US$24 million. …

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A trade mission of 17 companies from Brazil will be meeting with potential Dominican buyers in Santo Domingo on 23 and 24 October and in Santiago on 25 and 26 October 2018. The mission is promoted by the Brazil Export Promotion Agency (Apex) and the Embassy of Brazil in the Dominican Republic. The meetings in …

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