2008 – Page 47

President Leonel Fernandez returns home today after a 14-day trip to El Salvador, France, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. During his speech at the XVIII Ibero-American Heads Of State Conference held in El Salvador, President Leonel Fernandez said that the biggest challenge for young people in Central …

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Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso has signed a cooperation agreement with Egypt. The agreement was signed by Morales and Egyptian Foreign Relations Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. The agreement will formalize a bilateral agenda for the next five years and will help both nations strengthen friendly relations. The DR and Egypt first established relations during …

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The Central Bank reports that the consumer price index variation in October was 1.05% less than in September. According to the Central Bank, accumulated inflation so far this year (January-October) is 9.6%. The CPI is reflecting the decline in the price of fuel on the local market.

While President Leonel Fernandez has been traveling the world in pursuit of foreign investments, he has been silent on the issues back home. Rolling blackouts have been punishing the public during the last month and have even provoked riots and protests in some parts of the DR. Three deaths were reported in the Cibao region …

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The State-run Electricity Companies (CDEEE) says that it would pay the energy generators US$54 million by the end of this week, in three installments: US$6 million today, US$20 million on Wednesday and US$28 million on Thursday. This is the third time in less than a month that the CDEEE promised to pay the generators part …

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CDEEE vice president Radhames Segura has criticized the plan submitted by the National Business Countil (CONEP) aimed at regulating the energy sector and making it more efficient. CONEP announced its original plan last week. As part of the plan, the current US$1.3 billion deficit with the energy sector could be turned into an US$90 million …

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Businessman Celso Marranzini is criticizing decisions made by the State-run Electricity Companies (CDEEE) in response to the wave of recent blackouts, saying the CDEEE is clueless about the issues plaguing the energy sector. Marranzini, a former president of the National Business Council (CONEP) claims that CDEEE vice president Radhames Segura’s response to a proposal made …

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A study by a research student at the UNPHU University has revealed that 68% of residents in Los Bajos de Haina, near the Itabo coal-fired generators suffer from respiratory and skin problems due to the coal particles emitted by the generators. The study also revealed that 56% of residents have suffered some sort of respiratory …

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The government will spend an estimated RD$800 million on the holiday season gift baskets, given to poor families at the end of each year. The Christmas baskets, which are handed out to an estimated one million families, will include rice, beans, pasta, chicken, sardines, sugar, powdered milk, wine and apples.

Interior and Police Minister Franklyn Almeyda has told Listin Diario that a nationwide foreigner registration program would be implemented starting in the first quarter of next year. Foreigners will be issued biometric identity documents. He said the registration program could take a year. He said the plan also involves carrying out a census to determine …

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