2011 – Page 245

President Leonel Fernandez, who is on his first tour of India, is due to take part in a Seminar on India – Dominican Republic: Trade and Investment Opportunities sponsored by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FIICI). Other sponsors of the event are the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (ASSOCHAM) and …

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The president of the National Organization of Shopping Malls (ONEC) Pedro Perez has criticized the bulging government payroll that at 444,595 represents 4.5% of the Dominican population. The government payroll is expected to reach RD$113.2 billion this year. The government payroll increased by 19% between 2007 and 2010, with 70,612 new jobs. Another 132,549 people …

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Sandy Filpo, the new president of the Santiago Association of Businessmen and Industrialists (ACIS) spoke in support of the small business sector yesterday during the event marking the start of his presidency at the Teatro Regional Cibao in Santiago. As reported in Listin Diario, he criticized the government’s lack of support for small business, which …

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Unemployment among young people in the DR is higher than the regional average, according to a report from ECLAC. 29.9% of those unemployed in the country are aged between 15 and 24. In Panama the rate is 15%, Nicaragua 9.6%, Honduras 5.5%, El Salvador 13.8% and Costa Rica 14.1%, according to the International Labor Office …

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The Metro Office (OPRET) says that they have sold 42 million fares over the first two years of Metro operations. OPRET deputy director Leonel Carrasco mentioned the exemplary discipline of metro passengers. He said the government subsidy totaled US$40 million. Metro tickets are sold for RD$20.

Julissa Cruz Abreu, who heads the Regulation Department at Indotel, says that the implementation of the number portability program has resulted in better services and prices for consumers. “The success of this project is not measured in the number of customers that changed providers but in the effects in the market, how it has made …

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Former President Hipolito Mejia has formally registered his intention to participate in the PRD primary on 6 March. He becomes the second PRD politician to do so after Miguel Vargas Maldonado registered on 28 January. The former President can now run again for President after President Leonel Fernandez pushed through a modification of the Constitution …

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The illegal manufacture and transport of charcoal at the border with Haiti spans over 20 communities located on the route from Independencia and Bahoruco to Haiti. As reported in El Caribe, the production is warehoused in the towns of Tierra Nueva, Boca de Cachon and Puerto Escondido in points located in inhospitable and isolated areas. …

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The Happy City motel, located in San Isidro, was robbed at 1:30pm yesterday. Reportedly RD$500,000 was stolen, according to Hoy. The assailants were disguised as members of the National Drug Control Department. The Police arrested 28-year old Argenily Hernandez Batista, who was injured in the robbery. Also in Santo Domingo East, a colmado owner, 53-year …

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The Police are insisting that former police lieutenant colonel Virgilio Casilla Minaya was killed in a simple robbery, and that the assailants were after his gold chain and his gun. Casilla Minaya worked in the Police internal affairs department and was investigating around 20 cases of internal police corruption. Casilla was shot dead on 21 …

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