A week of protests

[NewsWhore]

This week, teachers, taxi drivers and doctors will take to the streets in protest. Despite being just 32 days short of the 16 May elections, these groups are insisting that their protests are not politically motivated, but have been provoked by the urgency of each respective set of issues. Conatra and CNTU transport union members say that they plan to hold protests to push for higher fares due to the increasing cost of fuel. The Dominican Teachers Association says that it will march to call for an increased budget for the Education Ministry on Wednesday. The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) will hold a work stoppage, except for emergency care, on Thursday as part of their campaign to obtain higher salaries and the elimination of the "recovery quota". This quota is the fee that public hospitals charge for operations. It is usually a small percentage of the real costs.

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