Hundreds of people gathered at Km 83 of the Duarte Highway yesterday, Monday 1 September 2014 to urge President Danilo Medina to authorize Falconbridge Dominicana to start operating their mining concession in Loma Miranda.
Luis Rosado, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce and Production from Monsenor Nouel province had called on all shopkeepers to close their doors to customers from 2pm and news reports say that about 90% obeyed the call. He asked the President to take note of what is happening to businesses in the area and said that that the shutdown of Falcondo operations would lead to the closure of many others.
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