2012 – Page 103

Drivers serving several public transport routes in Santiago picketed yesterday, Monday 3 September, protesting at the fines they are receiving from the transport regulation authorities. They said that the actions of the Santiago Metropolitan Transport Authority, Ametrasan, is making the drivers desperate and anxious and that they would continue protesting every Monday until the situation …

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A high-level Dominican government mission will be visiting Washington in less than two weeks to hold a first meeting with representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with the aim of securing a stand-by arrangement. The Dominican delegation will be made up of the members of the government’s economic team, headed by Minister of Economy …

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Long distance swimmer Marcos Diaz was appointed one of six deputy ministers at the Ministry of Sports over the weekend, as President Danilo Medina continues to announce key members of his cabinet, while reducing the number of deputy ministers. The Medina administration is implementing apparent plans to reduce the number of making announcements that limit …

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A recent study by the Regional Center of Economic and Social Strategies (CREES) revealed that each deputy costs Dominican taxpayers RD$23.8 million a year, up from RD$8.2 million cost in 2004, prior to the return of the PLD administration to government. But, according to Hoy, reports on the activities by the legislators show very poor …

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The Center for Development and Industrial Competitiveness (ProIndustria) is speeding up the process to install “Pymes Parks” – or industrial free zones for small and medium companies – in Puerto Plata and San Francisco de Macoris. The agency is working through local business leaders. According to El Nuevo Diario, ProIndustria director Alexandra Izquierdo says that …

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Contracting under-aged, teenage and adult beggars and window cleaners to “work” on city streets is apparently good business. Workers besiege road traffic in search of “customers” while the authorities look the other way. Today’s Diario Libre (Monday 3 September) publishes photos by Ruben Roberto showing how three girls were “distributed” to clean car windows on …

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As of today, some 5,060 schools across the country will begin to serve the school breakfast benefitting some 1,431,391 students this year. School breakfasts are an important incentive for poorer parents to send their children to school. The Ministry of Education reported that everything is ready for renewing the School Meals Program (PAE) which during …

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Repeated announcements by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce about revising the taxes on transportation, combined with last week’s fuel prices increase have led the carriers to draw up a Plan “B” to deal with the situation. A meeting with the head of the Ministry, Jose del Castillo Savinon is scheduled for Tuesday, 4 September. …

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Public Administration minister Ramon Ventura Camejo has welcomed the decision to revoke the initial wave of dismissals of public servants as new appointed ministers sought to bring in their own people. At one point Ventura Camejo was urging dismissed Civil Service members to take their cases to the Supreme Court. Apparently, the PLD leadership managed …

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The presidents of business associations and development institutions in Santiago, the signatories to the Santiago 2016 Commitment, have laid out six priority areas for promoting the development of Santiago. The proposals include an increase in schools, literacy, health, elimination of gender violence, and serious thought to those projects that the province requires and which should …

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