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Eight-hour blackouts continued to affect Santo Domingo and interior cities and towns. News reports say 98 of 225 electricity circuits were shut down, primarily for financial reasons not supply shortages. Jose Ovalles, Superintendent of Electricity, confirmed that power bills will go up 20% for all those paying more than RD$1,500 a month starting 1 July. …

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Jose Ovalles, the Superintendent of Electricity, says the government has negotiated with three power distributors (Edenorte, Edesur, Edeste) to send their bills out on time to reduce complaints. Another achievement of the talks was that the distributors agreed to send out a notice to their customers who pay on time before cutting service or charging …

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President Hipolito Mejia has sent changes that would increase the profitability of the power distributors and generators to the Chamber of Deputies. The General Electricity bill has been in Congress for more than eight years. It would provide regulations to control the electricity industry. Intense lobbying has gone on as interested parties seek amendments to …

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“We should be given the benefit of the doubt,” said Orlando Jorge Mera, president of the Dominican Telephone Institute (Indotel), referring to new efforts to reduce telephone espionage in the DR. He said his department has the legal capability to fight it. “Now we want the citizens to exercise their rights and put them to …

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Victor Mendez, Governor of Santiago, has banned the sale of alcoholic beverages and the playing of loud music in the vicinity of the Monumento Heroes de la Restauracion in Santiago de los Caballeros, the second largest city in the DR. The Monument, located on the top of a hill overlooking the city of nearly one …

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The president of the Dominican Association of Professors (ADP), Olimpia Gonzalez, explained yesterday that she did not appear in court because she did not received a formal summons to appear. Judge Dario Gomez Herrera is trying a fraud case against the ADP and went looking for her yesterday. In a press conference at the public …

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The Dominican Republic Farm Products Exchange was incorporated yesterday, with farm producers from different regions becoming the first shareholders and founders. The Bolsa de Productores Agropecuarios de la RD hopes to help modernize trade in farm produce.

Norma Tours, a small travel agency, made headlines yesterday when two thieves posing as clients forced the manager to open the safe and hand over airline tickets and cash. The travel agency is a short block away from Police headquarters.