2010 – Page 278

The DR team lost to Uruguay, that imposed its experience in the Davis Cup BNP Paraibas held at the Parque del Este. The games were disputed, 7-6, 7-6, 6-3. The DR will continue to play in Grupo I of the Americas Zone. For information on upcoming events, see http://www.dr1.com/calendar  

President Leonel Fernandez is scheduled to attend a gala dinner for the upcoming First The Competitiveness Institute Global Conference on Tourism Clusters. For the event, leading experts on tourism cluster organizations will be in Punta Cana the week right after Easter for the First Competitiveness Institute Global Conference on Tourism Clusters. The event will take …

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National Energy Commission (CNE) president Enrique Ramirez says that of concessions for 1,840 megawatts for a promised investment of US$4 billion granted by the CNE, none have become operational. He said the closest ones to begin operation are Basic Energy in Oviedo, Barahona, with 37 megawatts of wind power, and another in Matafongo, in Peravia …

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The government has announced the opening of a bidding process for the construction of a highway between Bavaro, Miches and Sabana de la Mar. This roadway would create a sort of “coastal highway” around the eastern and northern coast of the eastern part of the Dominican Republic. The route from Bavaro to Sabana de la …

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The Superior Police Council has issued a two-week deadline for its high-ranking officers to submit their sworn declarations of assets. By “high-ranking” officers, the statement refers to officers above the rank of Captain. Major General Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin told reporters that he would be the first to file the statement. Measures adopted by the …

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Pelegrin Castillo, the outspoken deputy from the National Progressive Party (FNP) presented a new piece of legislation yesterday called the Law on Disaster Response and Relief and Quality Assurance in Public Works. The aim is to strengthen the country’s public buildings in order to protect their users from major natural disasters. At a press conference …

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During a visit to Santiago de los Caballeros, the British ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Steven Fisher, said that his government was willing to help the DR solve its energy problems. He said that Great Britain could implement development programs through the United Nations that would provide solutions to the energy crisis. He said that …

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A South Korean team brought in by the Dominican electricity authorities to provide advice on improving the crisis in the electricity sector says that when it came to reducing electricity theft what was missing was the will, not the resources. Won Hyuk Lim is the director of the Research Center at the South Korean Institute …

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The Puntacana Group has denied claims that it had given lands to US Representative Charles Rangel, who took a temporary leave from his post as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday while the House Ethics Committee studies issues connected to the investigation of his income tax returns. The Puntacana Group issued …

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Father Maximo Rodriguez, priest at Las Mercedes Church in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City, has lashed out against politicians calling them hypocrites, cynical, turncoats and ambitious persons who keep most Dominicans poor and cocked up. The priest said that politicians only think about the people at the time of elections, and that they could not care …

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