2011 – Page 223

So far, according to a report in Listin Diario, the government has spent a staggering sum of RD$3.51 billion on the second line of the Santo Domingo Metro system. The newspaper says that over RD$303 million was spent on Station 7 alone, and some RD$33.8 million on Station 8. Station 9 at Dr. Defillo has …

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Monte Plata Senator Charlie Mariotti has once again raised his voice in protest against deforestation and other types of population pressure on the Los Haitises National Park and the Yamasa hills that are the watersheds for the Ozama and other important rivers. Mariotti spoke out against the wholesalers of root crops such as “name” (taro) …

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The Haitian authorities halted all traffic over the new bridge to the Dominican border town of Dajabon yesterday, in an apparent protest at the closure of the old bridge and Customs area. The European Union provided funds for the new bridge, and for new office space on both sides of the border. El Nuevo Diario …

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Today’s Listin Diario reports the findings of a border market poll commissioned by the Center for Export and Investment (CEI-RD). According to the poll, there are 14 bi-national market points on the border with Haiti. These are Dajabon (Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday), Restauracion (Thursday, Friday), El Corozo (Monday, Thursday), Tiroly (Tuesday, Saturday), Guayayayuco (Wednesday), Los …

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The Santo Domingo City Government (ADN) insists on imposing taxation announced in December on property in the National District. Patricia Alvarez and lawyers Melissa Sosa and Cristian Martinez represented the hoteliers and lawyer Fermin Acosta, represented the Association of Builders and Promoters of Real Estate (Acoprovi) at the meeting that was head by the president …

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Yesterday’s news story on the decision by deputy prosecutors Hector Romero Perez and Caris Keyla Pena Cordero to release without formulating charges five people who had been identified as assailants by two of their victims has brought some interesting facts to light. The District Attorney for the National District, Alejandro Moscoso Segarra has ordered an …

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The Deputy Attorney General for the Electricity System (PGASE), judge Moises Ferrer reported yesterday on a joint operation between the EDE-Este and the Attorney General that netted a 37.5 KVA transformer and dismantled a clandestine electricity distribution system in the Los Restauradores section of Villa Mella. Ferrer said that prosecutor Yaneth Burgos seized the transformer …

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The Centro Economico del Cibao, a respected Santiago polling company, says that a poll taken on 18-20 February shows former President Hipolito Mejia with a lead over fellow PRD presidential candidacy hopeful Miguel Vargas 61.5% to 37.7% in the preferences of PRD voters. CEC president Leonardo Aguilera announced the findings at a press conference yesterday. …

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With 76.48% of the votes counted, Mateo Aquino Febrillet seems to have ensured he will be the next rector of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), the state university. As the newspapers went to press, the UASD Election council reported that of 1,909 votes counted, Aquino Febrillet had obtained a total of 1,027, or …

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A total of 13 maritime ports are in operation in the DR, located across the country’s 350kms of coastline along the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. Haina Oriental, to the west of Santo Domingo, is the port that handles the largest volumes of cargo. The Multimodal Caucedo Port to the east of Santo Domingo is second …

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