2009 – Page 58

Halloween parties are planned for this weekend in Santo Domingo and all over the country. The focus is primarily on parties in discotheques, but there are also other venues that will be hosting costume parties, with prizes for the best disguises. Halloween parties are being posted at www.dr1.com/calendar that covers the nationwide agenda. Also see …

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President Leonel Fernandez has announced plans for signing of an agreement for technology and education exchanges with Vietnam. The Presidency reports that the agreement also seeks to increase trade and will contain provisions on transport and energy generation. The announcement was made by Fernandez who met with a Vietnamese delegation led by Nguyen Hong Quan, …

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Taiwan has agreed to contribute US$100 million to the DR from 2009-2012. Half is a non-refundable donation. Taiwan Ambassador Isaac Tsai and Economy & Planning Minister Temistocles Montas, together with Alejandra Liriano representing the Ministry of Foreign Relations signed the memorandum of understanding on the distribution of the aid. Government entities that will receive chapters …

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Rafael Camilo, the director general of Customs (DGA), says Customs collections in 2009 are forecast to be 12% less than last year. Collections are expected to be down RD$10 billion and RD$12 billion by year’s end. Camilo says that all imports, from appliances to vehicles and everything in between, have fallen since 2008.

Minster of Economy, Planning and Development Temistocles Montas is defending the government’s increasing debt by saying that its overall purpose is to stimulate the Dominican economy. Montas added that the government would continue taking on debt as a strategy in the face of the international crisis. He added that the government could not just stand …

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The Dominican ambassador in Chile, Pablo Marinez, has told Listin Diario that there is a good market for Dominican rum, coffee and cigar exports in Chile. He highlighted the many air connections, with direct flights by Lan Chile from Santiago de Chile to Punta Cana and connections with Copa Airlines through Panama and Taca through …

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The informal sector has become a “formal” economic sector in the DR. Not so much for the way it operates, but the way it has generated jobs, revenues and rate at which it has grown. According to Lisandro Macarulla, the president of the National Business Council (CONEP), 545,000 new jobs were created in the DR …

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The Nearshore Call Center opened its newest facility in the DR this week. Eddy Martinez, director of the Center for Exports and Investment (CEI-RD) represented the government at the event. The call center, located in Villa Juana, has a capacity for 1,830 operators, making it the largest center of its kind in the DR and …

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Dominicans planning to immigrate to Spain now have an organization to advise them on their labor rights and how to avoid being exploited in the workplace before they travel to Spain. The program is being run by the Iberian-American Association for Cooperation and Development of Human Rights (AICODE), which provides a range of services for …

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Senator Wilton Guerrero says he does not fear the threats against his life and says he is committed to fighting drug trafficking. Guerrero did say that his security measures have been reinforced with the addition of more bodyguards. He declared that he was aware of the threats that an assassin has been hired and a …

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