2011 – Page 74

Tropical Storm Emily’s consistent rains that drenched the country last week have positively impacted energy production at the country’s hydro-electric generating plants, now reaching 320 megawatts. This, in turn, contributed to lowering the operational costs of the system and maintaining stability within the national electricity system according to the administrator of the Dominican Hydro-Electric Company …

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The National Council of the Magistracy, convened by President Leonel Fernandez to begin sessions on 11 August to choose judges for the leading courts of the nation, says that it has received 112 files of aspirants to the Supreme Court of Justice (58), the Higher Electoral Court (22) and the Constitutional Court (18). Supreme Court …

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Brigades from the Ministry of Public Works, the municipalities of Greater Santo Domingo, the Water and Sewer Corporation of Santo Domingo (CAASD) and companies that work in the Duquesa land fill increased the pace of work yesterday to restore the damaged stretch of the muddy road that leads to the refuse dump and that has …

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Venezuelan investment in the Dominican Republic is on average around US$200 to US$300 million a year, said Marco de la Rosa, president of the Association of Foreign Investment Companies (ASIEX), as reported in the Listin Diario. This is 10 to 15% of total foreign invesment in the country, estimated at US$2 billion a year, says …

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Dominicans are curious whether the Fernandez administration will drop fuel prices now that international prices of oil are dropping. Traditionally, fuel prices have gone when international prices have increased, despite local purchases being made from Venezuela, which has another price structure. Newspapers report the price of oil has plunged further and is now at US$81.31, …

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The latest Wikileaks released by the news group SIN, focuses on what is described as the distance that Danilo Medina kept with President Leonel Fernandez. The diplomatic cable dated 25 August 2008 and filed by Ambassador Robert Fannin, released yesterday by Grupo SIN media, mentions that Medina is the second leading figure in the PLD …

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The Attorney General of the Republic and the National Police say they are on the trail of businessman Avelino Matias Castro (alias Daniel or Joaquin Espinal Almeyda) suspect of being the intellectual author of the death of communicator Jose Silvestre on 2 August. In the last edition of his publication “La Voz de la Verdad,” …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) announced the approach of a tropical wave that will interact with a low pressure trough over Jamaica and produce thunderstorms and wind gusts, mostly in the Northeast, the Southeast, Southwest, along the frontier, and in the Central Mountains. At the same time, temperatures will continue to be hot. The local …

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One of the best Dominican painters of contemporary times, Antonio Guadalupe is exhibiting at the Museo de las Casas Reales halls. The exhibition continues through 15 August. For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see www.dr1.com/calendar  

The Fernandez Presidency reports that Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has echoed the concerns that President Leonel Fernandez has expressed in international forums on the increases in commodities and food products on international markets. The Presidency reports that the secretary general of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands E. Kronenburg sent a letter …

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