{"id":172949,"date":"2022-02-01T08:26:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T12:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=172949"},"modified":"2022-02-01T08:45:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T12:45:16","slug":"ministry-of-youth-celebrates-outstanding-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/02\/01\/ministry-of-youth-celebrates-outstanding-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Youth celebrates outstanding young people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Premio-Nacional-de-la-Juventud-Ministerio-de-la-Juventud-1024x618.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172969\" width=\"600\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>President Luis Abinader attended the 26th presentation of the National Youth Awards (PNJ-2022), dedicated on this occasion to the entrepreneurship and innovation of young people throughout the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youth Minister Rafael J. Feliz Garc\u00eda handed out the winners in the 14 categories. These were Selin Benjam\u00edn Bocio Richardson, in Voluntary Social Services in favor of the Community; Zacarias Bonnat Michel in International Sports; Alexy Miguel de la Cruz B\u00e1ez, in National Sports; Esmirna Beltr\u00e9 Geraldo in Contributions to Human Rights (Children, Adolescents and Youth); H\u00e9ctor Luis Far\u00edas Bautista, in Cultural Development; Carlos Edmundo Barriola Rodr\u00edguez, in Preservation and Promotion of Natural Resources; and Melvin V\u00e1squez Valerio in Contributions to the Rural Community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also recognized were Candie Maite Rosario Guerrero, in Political Leadership; Melvin Ulises Vargas S\u00e1nchez in Religious Leadership; Rosa Iris Mercado Ventura, in Business Development and Entrepreneurship; Eduardo Sebasti\u00e1n de la Cruz Gonz\u00e1lez in Pre-University Student Merit; Misaela Reyes de Jes\u00fas, in University Student Merit; Niwrka Miguelina Tejeda F\u00e9liz, in Professional Improvement and Niuvery Rojas Fern\u00e1ndez in Personal Improvement and Achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the event, special recognition was given to the young Dominican, Scarlin Hern\u00e1ndez, who is currently working as an engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/juventud.gob.do\/ministerio-de-la-juventud-reconoce-a-ganadores-del-premio-nacional-de-la-juventud-2022\/\">Ministry of Youth<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2022\/02\/01\/707202\/scarlin-hernandez-la-dominicana-que-creo-codigos-para-el-laboratorio-espacial\">Listin Diario <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/joven-dominicana-supera-pobreza-y-ahora-estudia-el-espacio-en-la-nasa\/\">El Dia <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 February 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Luis Abinader attended the 26th presentation of the National Youth Awards (PNJ-2022), dedicated on this occasion to the entrepreneurship and innovation of young people throughout the Dominican Republic. Youth Minister Rafael J. Feliz Garc\u00eda handed out the winners in the 14 categories. These were Selin Benjam\u00edn Bocio Richardson, in Voluntary Social Services in favor &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/02\/01\/ministry-of-youth-celebrates-outstanding-young-people\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[293,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172949"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172981,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172949\/revisions\/172981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}