NEW YORK. - Dominican families and from other countries will mobilize Saturday in the streets of Upper Manhattan to protest the deportations the Government carries out against immigrants in the U.S., separating spouses, children and parents.
SANTO DOMINGO.- Fuel transport from the Dominican Petroleum Refinery was still halted Friday morning and only the tanker trucks that take avtur to the airports entered, newspaper Nacional reported.
Santo Domingo.- The Women's Action Research Center (CIPAF) yesterday said women are still discriminated against on grounds of gender in access to jobs and the type of occupation, as evidenced by the lack of compliance on motherhood protection and basics such as the right of lactation.
SANTO DOMINGO. - Luis Alvarez Renta, one of the country?s wealthiest financiers and one of four convicted of fraud in the Baninter bank collapse, was sent to the prison at Najayo, San Cristobal (south) Thursday night, to begin serving a 10-year prison sentence.
SANTO DOMINGO.- President Leonel Fernandez guaranteed Thursday that Dominican Republic won?t suffer from the food crisis that currently affects many parts of the world and announced incentives for farmers, one of the industries that?ll most benefit from the measures.