Dolores Vicioso – Page 51

Celso Marranzini, the head of the Unified Council of Electricity Enterprises (CUED) has been known to say things that are obvious but that many consider “not something you want to say out loud.” For example, several years ago, when Marranzini was the head of the now-defunct Dominican Corporation of State-owned Electricity Enterprises (CDEEE), he visited …

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It’s a clear message to business people to resist the temptation to steal power from the national grid. A court in the eastern Santo Domingo Judicial District has sentenced a businessman to three years in prison for defrauding the Eastern Electricity Distribution Company (EdeEste). The sentence was handed down by the First Penal Chamber of …

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As the revitalization program for the historic Colonial City in the National District continues, the digging of old streets and areas to install new water, electricity and telecom pipes has brought to light some interesting archaeological discoveries. The most recent are the human remains found adjacent to the Church of Our Lady of Carmen. The …

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There is a little-known entity called Park T-RD, running a program called the National Plan for the Construction of Public Use Parking [Garages], some of which are from 60% to 70% finished, Diario Libre reports. Obviously, the end game for such a project is to ease traffic congestion in such places as Santo Domingo, and …

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Local farmers know the chemicals are not allowed in farm produce exports to Europe, but for local consumption everyone seems to look the other way. The farmers many times are but accepting the recommendations of Ministry of Agriculture agronomists on how to use the chemicals. In recent years, the fumigation of crops with the toxics …

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Vice President Raquel Peña and the coordinator of the Social Policy Cabinet, Tony Peña, led the VIII Ordinary Graduation of the “Oportunidad 14-24” program on Thursday, 22 May 2025 at the Carlos (Teo) Cruz Boxing Coliseum in the capital city. 4,074 young people completed their training in various technical and vocational fields. The program is …

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The Dominican Republic continues to grapple with a disturbing trend of child and teenage pregnancy. According to the National Statistics Office (ONE)’s Vital Statistics Yearbook, 585 girls between the ages of 11 and 14 gave birth in 2024. This figure highlights a stark reality: young girls are facing early motherhood, jeopardizing their health, development, and …

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Darianny Mercedes Acosta and Maicol Rafael López, residents of Río Seco in La Vega, welcomed quadruplets – three girls and a boy – at the Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago (HOMS) on Friday, 23 May 2025. After years of struggling with infertility and undergoing various treatments to conceive, Acosta, 27, delivered the healthy quadruplets prematurely. The …

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Headline news over the Mother’s Day holiday shares the heart-moving message of a mother who lost her only offspring, her daughter Alexandra Grullon due to the collapse of the roof of the capital city night club. The president of the Sur Futuro Foundation, Melba Segura wrote the message. Alexandra Grullon had attended the Rubby Perez …

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While gang violence spirals out of control in Haiti, thousands of children are abandoning classrooms to navigate a landscape of chaos. The NGO Confiance Haïti (Trust Haiti), whose focus is that children may continue to go to school, calls out the plight of the children in Haiti at a time when the rest of the …

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