2010 – Page 83

On Tuesday, 5 October at 8:30pm, Frank Gambale and his Natural High feat with Alain Caron and Otmaro Ruiz take the stage of the Salon Ambar of the Hotel Dominican Fiesta. This is part of the World Jazz Circuit, Latin America, bringing the best of jazz to the Americas. Sponsored by Orange Music. For more …

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The Presidency reports that UCLA Chancellor Gene Block has commended President Leonel Fernandez for his initiatives in support of Haiti and towards peace between Venezuela and Colombia. The Presidency adds that President Fernandez met with Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures Entertainment executives in Los Angeles, California yesterday. The President, who is a strong supporter of …

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As part of his 13-day tour of the US, President Leonel Fernandez met with members of the House of Representatives Black Caucus in Los Angeles. The Presidency reports that during his visit to Los Angeles, Fernandez met with legislators Diane Watson and California assembly member Steven Bradford Steven Bradford, who is the chair of the …

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President Leonel Fernandez was honored Monday, 27 September with the Institute of the Americas’ Award for Democracy and Peace during a ceremony attended by more than 200 people from 16 countries in the Western Hemisphere. At the University of California, San Diego event, he gave a talk on “Can Democracy Meet the Needs of the …

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Writing in today’s Hoy, former Central Bank governor Bernardo Vega analyzes what Dominicans can expect from the 2011 Budget. He explains that payments for wages and procurement of the “inflated bureaucracy” will engulf RD$110 billion, or 40% of all taxpayer money. Another 40% will go towards paying interest on the domestic and foreign debt. He …

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Municipal crews in Santiago have started work on the removal of the traffic circle at the intersection between Estrella Sadhala and the Santiago Beltway (Circunvalacion), one of the major traffic bottlenecks in the city. Known as “the Fountain” when it was created over two decades ago, the traffic circle now represents a headache for all …

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Work has begun on a program to reduce the number of “lakes” that form whenever it rains in Santo Domingo. Crews from the municipality and the National Institute for Hydraulic Resources (INDRHI) began drilling relief wells for storm drains at Kilometer 11.5 of Av. Independencia. This is the first of 56 critical points in the …

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The executive vice president of the Public Electricity Corporation Celso Marranzini is asking legislators at the Chamber of Deputies to approve a loan for US$30 million that will be used to improve electricity transmission. The money, according to Marranzini, is from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund for International Development, and will be …

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Armed Forces Minister Lieutenant General Joaquin Virgilio Perez Feliz has denied a report published in yesterday’s El Dia that Dominican troops were training to join the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah) in its Haiti operations. Lt General Perez said that President Fernandez had sent specially trained troops to work under the Minustah after …

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As part of a new proposal for renewing the bus fleet agreed on between the public transport drivers’ unions and government representatives, a fund has been set aside for the purchase of 6,000 new units. Diario Libre says the government’s transport advisor, who is also the president of the Transport Drivers’ Movement (Mochtran), Alfredo Pulinario …

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