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President Leonel Fernandez’s dream for the DR seems to be happening in Costa Rica. There, the government announced the establishing of free email for all citizens. The government is used RACSA and the postal service to offer the free service seeking to stimulate all Costa Ricans to board the cyberspace bandwagon. Computer component exports is …

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The governor of the Central Bank said that the macroeconomic stability of the nation, which has been maintained for four years, will continue, regardless of the increase in petrol prices on world markets. He announced that the Central Bank, as it has done in the past to maintain the stability, will implement a series of …

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The United States Information Service announced an increase in the cost of consular services. The new costs are: Request for a tourist visa: RD$765 Request for residence visa: RD$4,420 Request for immigrant visa: RD$1,105 Request for US passport: RD$765 US passport for minors under 16: RD$425 Renewal of passport: RD$680 Renewal of minors passport: RD$425

Marcos Cochón, superintendent of electricity, said that the government expects power supply to improve considerably within the next 60 days. Relief from long blackouts is already being felt. President Fernández brought the private generators, the distributors and government energy department heads together on Tuesday, and Cochón summarized the conclusions of the meeting. Within the next …

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President Leonel Fernandez said that he will continue to promote the immersion of the Dominican Republic in the information age after leaving office in August. He spoke at the inauguration of the first virtual community, that is part of the Lince or Pequeñas Comunidades Inteligentes program. He would like to see small and far away …

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El Siglo reports that the Fernandez administration invested RD$2,000 million in 83 housing projects managed by the Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda. This permitted the completion of 51,276 houses, 39,845 of which were part of the repairs and construction program to benefit families that lost their dwellings due to Hurricane Georges that hit in September …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that would create the Ministry of Disasters and Civilian Protection. This role is now assumed by the Civil Defense, primarily. The bill now passes to the Senate. Congress just recently created a Ministry of Culture and there are other bills for the creation of other ministries. During the …

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