2008News

Telefonica coming to DR

Spanish telephone company Telefonica is coming to the DR and will offer phone and broadband internet service. Diario Libre quotes comments made by Dominican Telecommunications Institute (INDOTEL) director Rafael Vargas. Vargas said that Telefonica might enter into high-level negotiations with existing communications companies in the DR. No details on when exactly Telefonica would begin to …
2008News

Trash becomes an issue

Trash has become the main pollutant in the DR. Environmental Minister Omar Ramirez says the DR produces 6,000 tons of trash per day on average. Ramirez made his comments during the opening of the “Waste Management Workshop” sponsored by Red Girasol and the German cooperation agency GTZ. During the conference representatives from 70 environmental groups …
2008News

Claro loses money

Every month the Claro-Codetel phone company loses RD$700,000 due to phone cables being stolen. Company officials estimate that every year RD$10 million worth of cables is stolen. Communications director Fernando Placeres says that 2008 hasn’t been as bad as previous years, when the company lost RD$20 million per year. Legal council for Claro-Codetel Ignacio Miranda …
2008News

Rains will continue

National Meteorological Office director Gloria Ceballos says that rains will continue throughout the DR for the next 24 to 48 hours. She added that the east, northeast and southern parts of the DR should prepare for any emergency situations. Ceballos continued by saying that a storm front originating in Puerto Rico could make its way …
2008News

IMF to meet with Fernandez

The Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrives in Santo Domingo today to meet with President Fernandez and his economic team. Murilo Portugal received a special invitation from the governor of the Central Bank, Hector Valdez Albizu. This evening Portugal will give a talk on “World Economic Perspectives and Challenges for the …