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• Culture Ministry offers technology and society course

  Culture Ministry offers technology and society courseDominican Republic, Santo Domingo, 05/31/2011 The Office of Formation and Training in the Ministry of Culture offered a seminar called “Culture, Technology and Society,” directed towards provincial directors of the Ministry. The goal of the course, held in a computer room in the Dominican School for Journalists, was to … Continue reading "Culture Ministry offers technology and society course"

• (Versión en español) Archivo General de la Nación: Fundación Hermanos de la Maza

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• (Versión en español) Ministerio de Cultura viceministerio para la region norte ¡Hacia el progreso con la cultura!

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• Launch of León David’s New Book “Oxidente”

  Launch of León David’s New Book “Oxidente”Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, 30/05/2011 What is the real way forward in our time…the steep tumble into the abyss or the rise to the top through art and culture?  Is rust the symbol of the West? Perhaps we are simply witnesses to the corrosion and decadence of western civilization … Continue reading "Launch of León David’s New Book “Oxidente”"

• Productive Bilingual Baccalaureate Program Benefits 65,000 Students

  Productive Bilingual Baccalaureate Program Benefits 65,000 StudentsDominican Republic, Santo Domingo, 05/28/2011 The Ministry of Education (MINERD), the Regional Directorate of Regional 10 Education, Poveda Cultural Joint Management Center and the General Directorate of Middle School Education presented the results of the Productive Bilingual Baccalaureate Program that had reached a total of 65,000 high school students … Continue reading "Productive Bilingual Baccalaureate Program Benefits 65,000 Students"

• Ministry of Education and the INICIA Foundation Sign Cooperation Agreements

  Ministry of Education and the INICIA Foundation Sign Cooperation AgreementsDominican Republic, Santo Domingo, 05/29/2011 The Ministry of Education (MINERD in Spanish) and the INICIA Foundation signed two cooperation agreements, one for organizational development and strengthening of human capital within the Ministry and the other a budgetary support agreement to continue improving institutional and operative proficiencies … Continue reading "Ministry of Education and the INICIA Foundation Sign Cooperation Agreements"

• Government Refunds $190 Billion Dominican Pesos In Education Expense Deductions

  Government Refunds $190 Billion Dominican Pesos In Education Expense Deductions Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, 05/28/2011 The Internal Revenue Office (DGII in Spanish) reported that this year, the second since Law 179-09 covering Tax Deductions for Educational Expenses for Individuals went into effect, the number of beneficiaries reporting education expenses for themselves or their dependents increased … Continue reading "Government Refunds $190 Billion Dominican Pesos In Education Expense Deductions"

• Eco-Visit Field Trips for School Children

  Eco-Visit Field Trips for School Children Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, 05/30/2011 Full of joy and emotion, children of various schools around the country on Thursday celebrated the 32nd Environmental Information and Education Program organized by the Environment Ministry in coordination with the Education Ministry. Presiding over the event were Environment Minister Jaime David Fernández Mirabal … Continue reading "Eco-Visit Field Trips for School Children"

• ASCA becomes the first aviation academy in america to obtain trainair plus certification from de ICAO

  ASCA becomes the first aviation academy in america to obtain trainair plus certification from de ICAO Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, 05/29/2011 The Academy for Higher Aeronautic Sciences (ASCA), which is part of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC), received certification as a TRAINAIR PLUS center, from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), becoming the … Continue reading "ASCA becomes the first aviation academy in america to obtain trainair plus certification from de ICAO"

• Celebration for Peace and the Environment

  Celebration for Peace and the Environment República Dominicana, Santo Domingo, 29/05/2011 The Pavilion of Dominican Writers and the XIV International Book Fair 2011 presented the poetry reading “Nature and peace.” Taty Hernández, a poet, was in charge of the event, which is part of the fifth International Festival of the Word in the World. Taty … Continue reading "Celebration for Peace and the Environment"