2011 – Page 44

The most recent Consumer Price Index report released by the Central Bank indicates that inflation in August was 0.50%. Accumulated inflation for the first eight months of the year is now at 7.28% and annualized inflation, measured from August 2010 to August 2011, is at 10.18%. The Central Bank says that the rise reflects seasonal …

Read more…

French company Vinci has been granted the contracts to design and build systems for wastewater collection, transfer and treatment in Montecristi, Neiba, Azua, San Jose de Ocoa and San Cristobal. This project, which is part of the Dominican government’s cholera eradication program, will benefit 200,000 people in its first phase. Vinci, through its subsidiary Vinci …

Read more…

The Hamilton Campaigns poll on the electoral situation in the Dominican Republic shows former President Hipolito Mejia of the PRD leading PLD presidential candidate Danilo Medina with eight months to go for the 20 May 2012 presidential election. Former President Hipolito Mejia (2000-2004) leads with 45% of voter preference. The PLD candidate is next with …

Read more…

The PRD is the political party with the largest number of followers in the Dominican Republic, according to the latest CID Gallup poll. Of 1,217 citizens of voting age polled from 1 to 6 September, 46% identify with the PRD, 34 with the PLD and 3% with the PRSC. CID Gallup says that the PLD …

Read more…

Former President Hipolito Mejia leads PLD candidate Danilo Medina 50% to 34% in the CID Gallup poll. In the DR, to win in a first run 50%+ 1 of the vote is needed. In a poll of 1,217 citizens of voting age nationwide, Mejia has his strongest support among young people and residents outside Santo …

Read more…

National Police chief Major General Jose Polanco Gomez has promised that the ancient musket that was stolen from the Columbus Lighthouse would be recovered. He confirmed the item was stolen last weekend. The historic relic is valued at around RD$4 million. As reported in Diario Libre, the musket was used by infantry battalions between the …

Read more…

Critics have bestowed glowing reviews on Cecilia Garcia’s opening performance as Maria Callas. She continues to star in Master Class this weekend at the Sala Ravelo of the National Theater. The award-winning actress and singer plays Maria Callas in Terrence McNally’s Tony-winning Master Class (1995), which depicts the diva reminiscing about the triumphs and tragedies …

Read more…

President Leonel Fernandez is keeping up his campaign for attention to his proposal for a global consensus against commodity speculation with a call for global financial regulation. President Fernandez has received expressions of support for the proposal from world leaders. In a speech, Global Economic Crisis and Speculation in Future Markets of Petrol and Food …

Read more…

In 1996 the government budget was RD$27 billion, and the exchange rate was RD$14 to US$1. Fifteen years later, the government budget is RD$390 billion and the exchange rate is RD$38 to US$1. El Caribe editor Esteban Delgado comments that the government budget has increased 1,200 in those 15 years, sufficient for there to have …

Read more…

A commission of state senators from New York has accepted an invitation from President Leonel Fernandez to attend a dinner in Santo Domingo this week. The legislators with seats in Albany, the state capital, will arrive in the Dominican Republic today and leave on 19 September. The delegation, which represents the Latin Caucus in the …

Read more…