2011 – Page 18

President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the Parque Eolico Los Cocos in Juancho in the southwestern province of Pedernales yesterday. It will be the country’s second wind generation operation. The first was a small pilot program in Samana, providing energy to local hotels. The US$100 million wind power project, an investment by EgeHaina, is powered by 14 …

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The Department of Customs has announced an increase in the duty free allowance for Dominicans returning to the DR for the Christmas holidays this year. The limit is now set at US$3,000 for Dominicans who return from 15 November to 7 January, says Customs director Rafael Camilo. This is up from last season’s U$2,000 limit …

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Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Morales Troncoso has reminded Ambassador Mosche Sermoneta of Israel that the Dominican Republic is a sovereign country. Earlier this week, Sermoneta expressed disappointment at what he described as preferential treatment by President Leonel Fernandez towards visiting Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas in his stopover in Santo Domingo on a Latin …

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Following the controversial election of a 21-year medical “student” at the UASD as leader of a student union, the university has announced it would be taking measures to prevent this situation from continuing. As reported in El Caribe, rector Mateo Aquino Febrillet issued a resolution indicating that all students who fail to meet semester academic …

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The Ministry of Armed Forces has announced that 1,500 members of the military will now patrol city streets to prevent crime. The forces will strengthen crime prevention and fighting efforts of the Police. The military personnel are being assigned to work with Brigade General Juan Brown Perez, appointed coordinator of the Barrio Seguro program that …

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The president of the National Drug Control Department, Major General Rolando Rosado Mateo highlighted the fact that the DR has the highest rate of drug seizures in the Caribbean. He says this indicates that controls are being applied. He attributed the increase in seizures to training and implementation of strategies, outlined by President Leonel Fernandez. …

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During a visit to Colombia last week, PLD presidential candidate Danilo Medina met with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. As reported in Hoy, Santos promised that his government would support initiatives that contribute to solving energy problems and the fight against organized crime in the Dominican Republic. Medina reported that Santos said he would consider …

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Young activists have announced a first Dominican “indignados” march to protest actions of the government. The young campaigners, taking their cue from Spain’s Indignados movement, said that economic and social measures taken by the governments in recent years do not favor society, and protested the government refusal to allocate 4% of GDP to education, as …

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The Dominican Cardiology Foundation (FDC) has won the Gran Premio Brugal Cree en Su Gente and the Brugal health sector award from the rum company. Dr. Hector Mateo, president of the FDC, received the donations worth RD$2.5 million. The event took place at the Casa San Pablo in Santo Domingo. Franklin Baez Brugal, president of …

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Meeting for the First Summit of European Tourism, economist Henri Hebrard declared that the DR needed to renew its image and show more concern for tourist security. He said that the new European tourist is interested in culture, gastronomy, exploring the country on their own and less in sun and sand resort tourism. Henri Hebrard …

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