2011 – Page 49

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce will give the campaigning group known as “Bajame la Gasolina” (Lower the Price of Gasoline) the historic information behind the setting of the price of fuels each week. The Ministry said that this was in keeping with its policy of transparency and legality and in true compliance with the …

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There are 35 dams in the Dominican Republic and the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INDRHI) is carrying out a feasibility study for building 12 more to provide irrigation for 77,378 hectares in addition to the current 150,808. Nine of the new dams, which will also generate energy, will have an installed potential of producing …

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El Nuevo Diario reports that the Department of Migration has deported 85 foreign citizens from the Dominican Republic over the past 17 months, generally on charges of violating the immigration and drug laws, and some were wanted by their home countries’ authorities. They include 25 Haitians, 14 Cubans, 6 Germans, 5 from the Netherlands, 4 …

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Ten Presidential candidates signed the “Social and Political Pledge for Education” yesterday in which they committed themselves first and foremost to comply with the 4% of GDP for Education applicable starting in 2013 and a commitment to increase it gradually during the four years of their administration. Punctually, at 9:30 in the morning, and to …

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The Senate freed the initiative of all the usual red tape, declared the bill to be urgent and approved the Supplementary Budget Bill sent by the Presidency after two consecutive readings. The legislation increased this year’s budget by RD$4.7 billion, and will use the money in primary, secondary and higher education. The legislative proposal was …

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The construction company in charge of constructing the Bani aqueduct is trying to convince the National Institute for Water and Sewage (INAPA) that the pipes they want to purchase are “just the same,” but Inapa says that these are not the water pipes that were described in the bidding process and the pipes being offered …

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Sick and tired of the crime wave that is affecting the country, a large number of citizens, including the president of the National Hotels and Restaurants Association (Asonahores), Arturo Villanueva, held a vigil in the Lira Park in the National District on Wednesday evening to demand that the government reform its policies on criminals and …

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The District Attorney for the National District, in coordination with the District Attorney of Azua and the Central Electoral Board (JCE), arrested several people yesterday who are said to be members of a network that forged Civil Registry documents (Vital Statistics), which contributed to the protection of drug traffickers and organized crime. According to Listin …

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The names of 47 Dominicans, including several women, who died in the Al Qaeda terrorist attack on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, will be included in the National Museum and Memorial that will be inaugurated on Monday 12 September. El Nuevo Diario reports the men and women were …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) is closely observing a low-pressure tropical wave and a low-pressure trough that are closing in on the island. The tropical wave is currently located over Puerto Rico and is moving west at 32 kilometers an hour. Onamet is also watching Tropical Storm Maria, located out in the Atlantic, some 1,435 …

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