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Many hotels not affected by electricity crisis

Arturo Villanueva said that a large number of big hotels in the DR have not had to suffer through the present electricity crisis. The executive vice president of the National Hotel Association said that many of these hotels are on independent electricity production circuits. Major resorts in La Romana and La Altagracia provinces (Bayahibe, Dominicus, …

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Loans for small business

The Fernández government council approved disbursing RD$430 million in loans this first semester to help small business. The program is known as Programa de Financiamiento para la Micro y la Pequeña Empresa. It is intended to benefit 6,500 projects that will generate 24,000 new direct and indirect jobs. The government also announced an additional RD$80 …

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National Competitiveness Plan

The Fernández government council announced it has assigned RD$77.7 million to be used to implement the National Competitiveness Program. The program will help stimulate the production of goods for export. The program has the support of the Monitor Group, a US organization. The US Agency AID is also supporting this program.
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President Fernández at Conference on Corruption

President Leonel Fernández participated in the Third Conference on the Prevention of Corruption. During the conference, President Fernandez defended the co-existence of the government being able to choose contractors of works ("grado a grado"), and the holding public tenders to choose other contractors. Fernández said that there are many projects that need to be carried …

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Preparing for natural disasters

The South Atlantic Command of the US Armed Forces will invest US$2.5 million in the Operación Ejercicio Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias. The Dominican government will contribute RD$2 million (US$125,000). General Jose Antonio de los Santos, in charge of the Centro de Operación de Emergencia made the announcement. The Operación Ejercicio Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias is a giant …

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