2009 – Page 122

The favorite Hispanic ballad singers of the 70s and 80s are including the DR in their world tours for this year. On the list of those who are coming is Raphael de Espana, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Jose Luis Perales, Danny Rivera, Camilo Sesto and Alberto Cortez among others. For when and where they will be …

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These are golden years for university students in the DR. Never before had so many scholarships to study abroad been available to Dominican students. The Fernandez administration has allotted millions to subsidize scholarships that have been negotiated with leading universities in Europe and the Americas. Some 1,201 student were given a farewell ceremony at the …

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The Fernandez administration seeks international and domestic financing to meet the present budgetary cash flow crunch estimated RD$891 million so far this year. Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa told the press after a meeting with the President on the issue that these are not times to create new taxes. Instead he says the funds must come …

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SNC-Lavalin Power Group of Canada is interested in entering the Dominican power market. Celso Marranzini, recently appointed head of the State-owned Electricity Companies (CDEEE) said he presented the company’s interest in developing a combined cycle power project to produce 500 megawatts to President Leonel Fernandez. The possible site of the plant has yet to be …

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Within a few years demand will exceed installed electricity generation capacity in the DR. That is known, but the fact today is that the many contradictions within the system are what produce the long blackouts. At the Corripio Group’s monthly luncheon, executives from the Dominican Association of the Electricity Industry (ADIE) identified as a crucial …

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In the 11 months of the Maternity and Nursing Subsidy, the Superintendent of Health and Labor Risks (Sisalril) has paid RD$357,648,742 to workers. At the same time the Sisalril has obligations for RD$89,827,484 for the monthly payments for affiliates that are enjoying their maternity leaves and those that are still nursing. The director of the …

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The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman proposes that politicians that move voters from one locality to another to benefit a candidate or party be severely penalized. According to the Diario Libre, he invited Senator Tommy Galan to present his complaint before the JCE. Galan had said that union leader …

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The Constitutional Revisory Assembly will meet again next Tuesday to review a selection of articles in the new Constitution. Julio Cesar Valentin, vice president of the legislators study group, said they would discuss articles still pending prior to the second reading of the entire bill. Among the points pending is establishing the number of judges …

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The director of the Department of Mining, Octavio Lopez reported yesterday that the Barrick Gold Corporation’s mining project has dismantled the old mining structures of the Rosario Mining Company in Pueblo Viejo, Cotui, and is preparing to install new equipment. According to the director, the construction of the new facility will take three years and …

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The US Congress still has to vote on a legislative bill that would authorize a reprint of the US Census paper form to include a stand alone check box for the Dominican nationality in the 2010 US Census. Nestor Montilla, president of the Dominican American National Round Table, the leading lobby group for the change, …

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