2007 – Page 34

Diario Libre is reporting that Haiti will be getting its own version of the Dominican Specialized Border Security Corps (CESFRONT) and Haitian Chief of Police Mario Andresol said that this will increase the efficiency of border security. Andresol made the announcement in the presence of Haitian Chief of Public Security, Joseph Eucher-Luc and Dominican National …

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The Dominican Republic Education And Mentoring Project (The DREAM Project) will be inaugurating its first secondary education facility on Friday, November 23rd at the CADIN School in Islabon, Puerto Plata. This inauguration coincides with The DREAM Project’s fifth anniversary. According to Patricia Suriel, DREAM’s executive director, this facility was not needed five years ago because …

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President Leonel Fernandez has given the Public Health Ministry 28 mobile clinics, 42 vehicles and 30 drinking water units for use in a preventive health program in communities along the Dominican-Haitian border. The health units were purchased for EUR14.2 million (RD$682.5 million) and are made up of 28 mobile clinics, 14 ambulances and 28 pick-up …

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Last night President Leonel Fernandez ordered the implementation of his recently announced National Energy Saving Plan. As part of the plan, 16,000 public transport vehicles were labeled to determine which would be allowed to run on certain days, light bulbs in 300 public buildings were replaced and the fare subsidy for UASD students was initiated. …

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Industry and Commerce Minister Melanio Paredes says that 90% of lighting systems in schools, hospitals and administrative offices will be changed as part of President Leonel Fernandez’s energy saving plan. According to the minister, this will save the government RD$1.6 billion per year. Paredes did not specify when the replacement process would be launched but …

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Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez said yesterday that no more deaths as a result of leptospirosis have been reported during the last 48 hours and that the frequency with which patients are being hospitalized with the disease has also decreased. The death toll to date is 29 and a total of 308 cases have …

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The Ministry of the Environment has determined that the 92,000 square meters of dunes that the Bani municipality sold and rented to Ciramar International are within the protected areas of the Monumento Natural Dunas de Las Calderas. Deputy Environment minister Ernesto Reyna said that the definitive report has been released and that there is no …

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As of 1 January 2008, affiliates to the government’s health plan, the SFS, will have increased medical coverage. Fernando Caamano, Health and Work Risks Superintendence (SISALRIL) director, said that the increased coverage would include new procedures and an expansion of the health services network. Hoy writes that a maximum amount of resources available will be …

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Listin Diario is reporting that political campaigning during 2007 has surpassed RD$100 million for each of the three main political parties. Listin writes that a television spot lasting one minute can cost RD$700,000, although many TV ads are aired as favors for friends. PRSC communications director Carlos Gabriel Garcia says that the TV spots are …

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President of the Science Park and Innovation Expert Group (SPICE) Heinz Fildler explained yesterday that a simple government plan, based on investing in education and creating a business environment that supports enterprise could develop a new entrepreneurial spirit in Dominican society. Fildler added that because of political pressures, some countries don’t undertake these initiatives because …

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