2019 – Page 92

The Ministry of Education has hired some 7,000 new public school teachers that it says successfully passed the three-stage assessment process. Minister Antonio Peña Mirabal told reporters that they are doing everything possible to cover the deficit of teachers in the nation’s public schools this 2019-2020 school year. Each of the regional school districts has …

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Agriculture Minister Osmar Benitez stressed that the Dominican Republic is self-sufficient in plantains, rice, yucca, beans, eggs and poultry, as well as many other farm products. Benítez said that government credit policies available for farmers had made the difference. He spoke during the Agribusiness Council Encounter held from Wednesday, 4 September through Friday, 6 September …

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“This is the fashion that unites us,” reads the cover of Vogue Mexico and Vogue Latin America. Four Dominican models are on the cover of the September issue that coincides with “fashion month.” The models are Licett Morillo, Manuela Sánchez, Annibelis Baez and Ambar Cristal Zarzuela. The women appear clad in black clothes and smiling …

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The Dominican Republic national basketball team is keeping alive the dream of making it to the Tokyo Olympics 2020. During the FIBA World Cup being played in China, seven direct tickets to the Tokyo Games will be awarded. The DR team has taken the first step forward, by winning its games against Jordan and Germany …

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Huawei Technologies Dominicana announced the ten winners of the Seeds for the Future 2019 program. Seeds for the Future is Huawei’s flagship social responsibility program. It seeks to cultivate local ICT talents, promote local employment, increase people’s understanding and interest in the ICT industry and encourage the work of building a digital community. Huawei is …

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Judge José Alejandro Vargas of the Permanent Attention Office of the National District ordered the release of music promoter Yader Rafael Jáquez Araujo (Jake Mate) for lack of evidence presented by local prosecutors to keep him in jail. Jáquez Araujo is included in the list of Kingpin Act-designated submitted by the US Treasury to local …

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Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) pre-candidate Francisco Domínguez Brito expressed confidence in the strength of his political project inside and outside the party. “We know the basic needs of the country because we have our sight and hearing in the hearts of the people,” he added. “This has allowed us to prepare a government program that …

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Presidential pre-candidate Francisco Domínguez is confident he will be the winning candidate in the polls underway this week. The politicians Domínguez Brito, Andrés Navarro, Temístocles Montás, Radhamés Segura, Maritza Hernandez and Gonzalo Castillo are competing to receive the favor of President Danilo Medina in the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). The aspirants to the PLD …

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The president of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), José Ignacio Paliza, says the party will meet next week to discuss whether to vote in favor of a constitutional amendment that would enable President Danilo Medina to run again for President in 2024. The 2015 Constitution outlaws Medina from running for President again. If the National …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) says preliminary results of the 6 October primary for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) will be ready 10 minutes after the vote is closed. Final results will be in by 16 minutes, says the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio César Castaños Guzmán. …

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