2010 – Page 187

Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) executive vice president Celso Marranzini is urging power distribution companies to improve their efficiency in order to reduce blackouts. He said the 24-hour circuits (A Circuits) should continue. “The pressure on our part is that all circuits should become A Circuits,” he said. He shared the concern of paying users who …

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The Ministry of Education held competence examinations for principals, assistant principals and teachers this week and the results were not all that great. Only 58.26% of those taking the exam for school principals were able to pass, 56.78% of candidates taking the test for assistant principal passed and of the teaching job applicants, only 63.6% …

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With all the recent heavy rainfall, it was just a matter of time. In Jimani, the DR’s main border crossing point into Haiti, the Azuei Lake has finally flooded the Customs and Migration Departments offices, as well as the Animal and Plant Health offices and the Specialized Border Security Corps (Cesfront) guardhouse. Several commercial establishments …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) Disputes Chamber has issued the first seven decisions on election appeals, rejecting five of them and admitting two that call for the review of nullified votes and observed votes in the National District (DN). All the decisions on appeals affected the PRD. In Resolution 344-2010, the electoral court judges ordered …

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The Santiago Development Strategy Council (CDES) says that after the drastic reduction of free zone businesses in Santiago, some 50,000 micro, small and medium-scale businesses have sprouted up, covering to some degree the loss of jobs in the free zone factories. According to CDES president Carlos Fondeur, most need operational studies and support programs to …

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A report by the United Nations Development Program that says that there is prejudice against Haitians in the DR, where they are seen as people likely to commit crimes, has generated opinions both for and against. Deputy Pelegrin Castillo said that the UN report is part of an “old plan” by some international organizations that …

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The Commercial Section the United States Embassy has announced that they will be sponsoring visits by a commercial mission representing a range of business sectors from the United States to Santo Domingo and Kingston, Jamaica next week. Rick Wade, senior advisor and United States Secretary of Commerce Garry Locke’s assistant cabinet chief will head the …

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The International Sanitation Organization (ISO) has declared the Dominican Republic totally free of the bird influenza that was detected in the country in a group of fighting cocks in the province of La Altagracia and in other regions in 2007. The ISO said that the country should now be able to sell its poultry and …

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Santo Domingo’s public transport system is under attack in some areas. Listin Diario reports that thieves have held up guaguas or minibuses headed for the neighborhood of Villa Maria 15 times in the last month. Neither tourists nor professionals use the routes that are being targeted with such regularity, just plain folks trying to get …

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Business sector, trade union and community representatives in Santiago have expressed their rejection of the aspirations of city council members and officials who are seeking pensions of RD$50,000 a month, during the transition period for the administration of the city. Santiago Provision Wholesalers Association (Amaprosan) president, businessman Jorge Manuel Urena, said that it was inappropriate …

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