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• Independencia and Bahoruco Display the Best of their Culture at the Regional Book Fair

  Independencia and Bahoruco Display the Best of their Culture at the Regional Book FairSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic 9/25/2011 The VII edition of the Regional Book Fair dedicated its second day of activities to the provinces of Bahoruco and Independencia, who honored the late journalist and poet  Apolinar Perdomo as well as historian, professor and poet General … Continue reading "Independencia and Bahoruco Display the Best of their Culture at the Regional Book Fair"

• Agreement to Regulate Fishing and Restore Reefs in Punta Cana

  Agreement to Regulate Fishing and Restore Reefs in Punta CanaSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic 9/25/2011 The Puntacana Group,  through its Punta Cana Ecological Foundation, Cap Cana, Fishing Lodge and the Dominican Fishing and Aquiculture Council (CODOPESCA in Spanish) have signed an agreement to train and organize fishermen on the East Coast of the Dominican Republic and … Continue reading "Agreement to Regulate Fishing and Restore Reefs in Punta Cana"

• (Versión en español) MINERD realizó taller para formar monitores culturales

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• Freedom without Borders Launches Portal to Help Stem Human Trafficking

  Freedom without Borders Launches Portal to Help Stem Human TraffickingNew York, 9/22/2011 The idea of the portal is to create the facility for people from anywhere in the world to be able to denounce any offense or transnational crime having to do with human trafficking. The idea of the portal is to create the facility … Continue reading "Freedom without Borders Launches Portal to Help Stem Human Trafficking"

• Education Ministry Urges Public Institutions to Contribute to the Elimination of Illiteracy

  Education Ministry Urges Public Institutions to Contribute to the Elimination of IlliteracySanto Domingo, Dominican Republic  9/23/2011 M inister of Education, Josefina Pimentel, urged public institutions to do a diagnosis to determine how many of their employees do not have access to the written word in order to, along with the Ministry of Education (MINERD), contribute … Continue reading "Education Ministry Urges Public Institutions to Contribute to the Elimination of Illiteracy"

• (Versión en español) Estudiantes del Centro Educativo Capotillo conmemoran Día Internacional de la Paz

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• Ministry of Education Gives $70 Million Pesos to Regional Offices

  Ministry of Education Gives $70 Million Pesos to Regional OfficesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic 9/19/2011 The Ministry of Education (MINERD), through the Office of International Cooperation (OCI in Spanish), gave 70 million pesos to the Regional Offices and the Financial Committees of the District Offices to purchase material and school supplies to be used throughout the … Continue reading "Ministry of Education Gives $70 Million Pesos to Regional Offices"

• (Versión en español) Eclof Dominicana designa director ejecutivo

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• (Versión en español) Noche de conversatorio, poesía y música de Los Violetas en el MAM

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• Culture Ministry Inaugurates VII Regional Book Fair Barahona 2011

  Culture Ministry Inaugurates VII Regional Book Fair Barahona 2011Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 9/ 21/2011The Ministry of Culture (MINC in Spanish) officially inaugurated “VII Regional Book Fair, Barahona 2011” in a ceremony presided over by Dominican Vice President Rafael Alburquerque and José Rafael Lantigua, Minister of Culture. The event opened with the National Anthem played by … Continue reading "Culture Ministry Inaugurates VII Regional Book Fair Barahona 2011"