2008 – Page 138

Telemicro will transmit the annual Dominican Day Parade, live from New York City, on Sunday 10 August 2008. Telecast begins at noon. In the DR you can watch the parade on Canal 5, Telemicro or Digital 15. In the US, Warner 810 and Cable Vision 234 will carry the festivities.

La Cadena has sales in its meat and seafood department, with fresh pork chops going for RD$64.95, “carite” for RD$99.95lb, goat meat for stewing for RD$79.95lb, pork ground meat for RD$89.95lb, and short ribs for RD$53.95lb. SuperPola has sales in its meat department, with frozen chicken for RD$22.95lb, frozen chicken fillet for RD$79.95lb, chicken drumsticks …

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Frank Rainieri, president of the Puntacana Group, believes that garbage provides opportunities for preserving the environment and creating jobs, as he yesterday told the audience gathered at President Leonel Fernandez’s think tank, the Global Foundation for a presentation on the group’s solid waste management plan. Puntacana Group is proposing that the government and private sector …

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The Shell Company, owner of 50% of the shares in the Dominican National Refinery, S.A. (Refidomsa), has signed a sales contract that will give their 50% stake in the refinery to the government for the sum of US$110 million. Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa made the announcement shortly after the signing of the sales contract. The …

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The Minister of Industry and Commerce has issued a warning to the nation’s gasoline station owners: anyone who suspends fuel sales can have their license revoked. This was the message that Melanio Paredes sent to the National Association of Gasoline Retailers (Anadegas) yesterday, according to El Nuevo Diario. Paredes made the point after receiving the …

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The Ministry of the Interior and Police has reported that over 2,000 people have adopted Dominican citizenship over the last four years. Of this total, the largest group is from Cuba, 580, followed by China with 481 and the US with 348. There were 147 Venezuelans on the list and, curiously, only 18 Haitians. Puerto …

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How much does it cost to produce a kilowatt-hour (kw/h) of electricity? This is a question that nobody seems to have an answer to, at least not in the public realm, reports the Listin Diario. It appears that production costs for the three major fuels currently in use in the Dominican Republic, Fuel Oil #6 …

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The vice-president of the Dominican Corporation of State-run Electricity Enterprises (CDEEE), Radhames Segura addressed an audience of manufacturers, bankers and religious leaders at the Gran Teatro del Cibao yesterday and asked for their support in his efforts to renegotiate the contracts with the electricity generators. He said that The National Business Council (Conep) efforts to …

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Banco Leon has united with Tarjeta Naranja S.A., an Argentine company and launched the Naranja (orange) credit card. The company will issue the card to anyone who can prove having income and a verifiable home address. The company does not limit the card to those with good credit standing, as do other traditional cards. Gabriel …

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The National Association of Private Clinics has announced that it will inform the Health Insurance Providers (ARS) that the private clinics will suspend service to their insured members beginning next week. This decision comes as a result of the Superintendent of Health and Work Risks (Sisalril) decision not to allow increased insurance coverage for catastrophic …

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