2011 – Page 43

The biggest market for plantains is the local market where Dominicans consume more than two billion each year. The fruit, a member of the banana family, is eaten at any stage of its development, whether green, ripe or very ripe, and is a favorite among locals and foreigners alike. Whether it is the mashed “mangu” …

Read more…

The president of the National Association of Private Clinics (Andeclip), Rafael Mena, has described the publication of news items that said that the association would suspend service to the affiliates of different Health Risk Administrators (ARS) as pure speculation, as reported in Diario Libre. He said the media had reported that Andeclip would suspend services …

Read more…

The death of 51 policemen over the last 10 months at the hands of criminals has orphaned more than 100 children, according to the Officers Wives Association. According to the group, a total of 217 officers and men of the National Police have been wounded in some 95 robberies and clashes. As part of the …

Read more…

The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) reports that a low-pressure trough over the country is causing scattered thunderstorms and wind gusts in the northeast, northwest, north and southeast, along the border and in the central Cibao Valley. During the day, the low- pressure system will continue to cause high humidity levels and rain showers. Onamet reported …

Read more…

Woody Allen’s ‘Adulterios’ (Central Park West) is being staged at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo. It is a production by the Sobre un Par de Tacones company and Jose Ramon Rodriguez, directed by Franklin Dominguez. Adulterios weaves together a series of sharp and funny situations to discover the darkest secrets of human …

Read more…

President Leonel Fernandez met with Canadian Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas and Consular Affairs) Diane Ablonczy at the Presidential Palace yesterday. The Presidency reports that they discussed trade related issues. Dominican Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Morales Troncoso and Canadian Ambassador Todd Kuiack were also present at the meeting. Ablonczy is on a …

Read more…

President Leonel Fernandez has spent long hours discussing his position that international financial speculation has impoverished billions of people. On Monday, he made a speech to a Dominican audience outlining his stance on the global issue. In a column published today, executive editor of Diario Libre Adriano Miguel Tejada asks President Leonel Fernandez to put …

Read more…

The crisis in the Middle East continues high on President Leonel Fernandez’s agenda. The President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas is expected in the Dominican Republic next week, Diario Libre reports. He will meet with President Leonel Fernandez who has offered to serve as a mediator in the Middle East conflict. Diario Libre …

Read more…

Writing today in the Que Se Dice column in Hoy, news commentator Claudio Acosta says that it is becoming increasingly difficult to reconcile the image that President Leonel Fernandez seeks to project to the world, on the international stage where he seems to feel more comfortable, with the other image of wasteful ruler, who has …

Read more…

The state-owned power supply services, which have been under new management since August 2009 have improved their ranking in the Global Competitiveness Report, one of only five areas where the country showed progress in the 2010-2011 report just released this month by the World Economic Forum. Last year, in the infrastructure category, the quality of …

Read more…