This is the only way to get ahead and stop modern slavery not only here in DR but around the world. I am so happy to see more Dominicans taking this route.
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According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, under the London School of Business and the Babson College report that entrepreneurship in the DR is at 20.4% in 2008, one of the highest in the GEM’s…
The Constitution Revisory Assembly has approved Article 52 of the Constitution establishing the universal right to a complete education and prohibiting the transfer of national budget funds allocated to the Ministry of Education to other state departments. The article received from President Leonel Fernandez had originally established that only legal residents would have the right to a complete education here. The modification was presented by a
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The Constitution Revisory Assembly has approved Article 50 that establishes that “All persons have the right to overall health care”, and also article 51 that says, “Employment is a right, a duty and a social function that is exercised with the protection and assistance of the state. It is the essential aim of the state…
Over spring break a group of University of Massachusetts students went on a 10-day service-learning trip to the Dominican Republic as part of a community service learning class offered by the Center for Latin American Caribbean and Latino Studies (CLACLS). In previous years, program director Gloria Bernabé-Ramos took the class to the Dominican Republic and Argentina to learn about the culture and politics to experience cultural exchange. However, this…
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a $12.5 million dollar expansion of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Effective School Program during a visit to the Rosa Duarte Public Elementary School in the Dominican Republic.
This new five-year $12.5 million dollar increase in the USAID Effective School Program will allow an additional 450 public schools to access a full…
BICUJUD is looking for volunteers!
BICUJUD is planning to organize health care operations, donating medicines, food, clothes and school supplies to children and teenagers from poor areas of the capital and provinces. I would like to invite at least 2 people who want to help and participate on a voluntary basis. Please contact us and be part of the team and integrating ideas in their spare time.
What is BICUJUD?
BICUJUD installs a network of libraries in rural…
Columbia University Business School professor Murray Low will be in Santo Domingo for a one-day workshop, “High Potential Entrepreneurship: Strategies for competitiveness and innovation in times of crisis” on Friday, 17 April. The eight-hour workshop is organized by UNIBE University and will take place at the Santo Domingo Hilton. It will provide participants with tools to develop their entrepreneurship skills. Low is director of the Eugene Land Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia University. He is described as an experienced
The DR’s business sector is taking aim at the low quality of professionals coming out of the nation’s universities, saying that many businesses have to spend extra money in order to help bridge their educational and work deficiencies. During a recent meeting, Higher Education (SEECYT) Minister Ligia Amada Melo and representatives from the business sector criticized so-called “light professionals” who barely have the basic grasp of professionalism. Ivette Caceres, speaking on behalf of the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE),…
A Real World Learning Experience:
Acquiring Language and Culture in the Dominican Republic
Conversational Spanish
Students engage in increasing their knowledge of Spanish through a
conversational Spanish course. The course seeks to develop
students’ abilities in oral Spanish communication, widen their
vocabulary, and teach them aspects of Dominican culture. The
class begins at St. John’s University (Queens Campus), from June 16
to June 27 (Monday to Thursday, 5:00 pm- 7:30 pm) and continues for
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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