2011 – Page 218

Haiti presidential candidate Michel Martelly met with President Leonel Fernandez at the Presidential Palace yesterday. In a recent poll, he had 60% of voter preference and is the favorite to win the election. As reported in El Dia, Martelly attributed the increase in Haitian migration to the DR to the economic and institutional weaknesses in …

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In his speech to the National Assembly on Sunday, President Fernandez instructed the director of the Directorate to Prevent Administrative Corruption (DPCA) to go after everyone linked to corruption, “with each person being responsible for his actions”. However, the director of the DPCA told El Nuevo Diario reporters that he does not have enough funds …

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The Dominican Republic and the Inter-American Development Bank signed an agreement yesterday that will provide US$300,000 to finance the studies for a program that seeks to offer new tourist products in Santo Domingo and the Colonial Zone, which has been declared as a World Heritage Site according to UNESCO. El Caribe newspaper reports that Economy, …

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The National District Municipal Council has revoked the property tax that ordered city property owners to pay 2% per RD$1000 of the value of the property. The decision was approved by Ordinance 01-2011 yesterday, repealing Ordinance 03-2010 emitted on 23 December. The resolution worked out by the City Council Budget and Finance Commission says that, …

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In stark contrast to the educational utopia described by President Fernandez in his speech on Sunday, there will be no classes today, Tuesday, in the province of Santiago due to the tragic situation of the Teachers’ Health Insurance (SEMMA). The Santiago chapter of the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP) took this decision due to the lack …

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The National Business Council (CONEP) says that the speech by President Leonel Fernandez did not give any indications that changes would be made to the economic model that would provide answers to the country’s structural issues. According to Diario Libre, CONEP president Manuel Diez Cabral said that society expected actions and directions aimed at long-term …

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In an editorial and an op-ed piece today, two eminent writers look into the perception that our President might have lost perspective. Diario Libre focuses on the statement about the ungrateful Dominicans. In his Independence Day speech the President said: “The sun burns with the same intensity that it provides light. The sun has many …

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The Navy chief of staff reported that the Fast Boat Vega, (LR-152) was lost at sea with the loss of one crewmember who had been working to save the ship. Navy spokesman Colonel Manuel Santiago Diaz Del Orbe said that the launch capsized on the night of 27 February while it was returning to the …

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The president of the CNTU transport union Ramon Perez Figuereo has called for sweeping increases in salaries after President Leonel Fernandez issued a call for the National Commission on Salaries to meet. Perez Figuereo said that since less than 20% of workers earn the minimum wage, 80% of the workers would not receive any benefit …

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The “doubtful militancy”, in the opinion of at least two members of any voting station during this Sunday’s celebration of the PRD nominating convention, will be sufficient to determine the observed votes in this process. In a resolution issued by the National Organizing Commission (CNO) yesterday it was established that if, at the moment of …

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