2008 – Page 324

Dominican ports move about 20 million metric tons of varied goods each year. Experts project that this could increase by 10% to 12% this year due to extended hours and the increased ease of working with the Dominican Port Authority (APORDOM). Those goods were shipped on roughly 6,000 ships. Luis Taveras Andujar, president of APORDOM’s …

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Dominican authorities are looking to exporting eggs to Venezuela as a possible solution to a developing problem with surplus eggs in the country. The egg surplus came about as a result of a ban by Haitian officials on Dominican eggs and poultry products. The ban was implemented following the discovery of isolated avian flu cases …

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The legal advisor to the Mayor of Santo Domingo Roberto Salcedo has denied that advertising company Impacto Urbano has seized the mayor’s personal accounts. The consultant added that lawyers for the Argentinean company are engaged in a reckless campaign since they never issued a payment order. Salcedo’s lawyer Joaquin Lopez and municipality spokesman Domingo Contreras …

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The Taiwanese Embassy has given the Dominican Republic Center for Imports and Investment (CEI-RD) a final donation for the completion of new Cyber Park. The last installment is for US$10 million and the total donation equaled US$50 million. It is part of a cooperation agreement signed between Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and his …

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Members of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) voted yesterday to give the CMD the authority to call for work stoppages, strikes and marches and other forms of protest. Public hospital doctors are seeking a salary increase and dignified pension plans from the government. With this vote of support, CMD president Waldo Ariel Suero announced that …

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Companies are paying more, but their employees are getting much less since the country adopted the SFS, the nationwide health plan. The companies that manage the plan are paying doctors and hospitals less for services provided now under the SFS, and as a result employees or companies now have to pay extra for complementary plans …

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A study done by the Father Juan Montalvo Social Center (BIDESCO) questions the efficiency of the Barrio Seguro security program, put in place in some of Santo Domingo’s most dangerous neighborhoods. Jenny Torres, a member of the center’s research team, says that the study reveals higher murder rates and criminal activity than presented by the …

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Ferreteria Hache is advertising its 25% off sale from 6 to 10pm and 50% off one item purchased from 9 to 10pm. Ferreteria Americana has a weekend sale ongoing in its stores since 17 January. XL Plus clothing store has a 50-70% off sale on sizes 10-30. Located at Plaza Central, 2nd floor. SuperPola supermarket …

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Santiago’s Monumento a los Heroes de la Restauracion has reopened to visitors. The Monument had been temporarily closed for structural and garden maintenance. Monument governor Tony Saint-Hilaire said that because of the high volume of visitors in November the maintenance work had to be postponed for the Christmas vacation.

On the occasion of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Caribbean Series in Santiago de los Caballeros, the country’s second largest city, the Ministry of Interior and Police has announced the lifting of the curfew on alcohol beverage sales. Colmados will also be allowed to sell alcohol past the normal time during the …

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