2012 – Page 170

Aqua, a modern circus with acrobats, gymnasts and clowns using water to entertain, has set up its tent on the site of the former Herrera International Airport in Santo Domingo this weekend. The circus has been getting good reviews from all who have attended. Circus attendees can also purchase dinner on site. The circus includes …

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Director-general Jose Graziano da Silva of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced that President Leonel Fernandez will be chairing a high-level debate at the FAO on the causes and consequences of excessive volatility and speculation in food prices at the FAO Headquarters in Rome on 6 July 2012 . The debate …

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President Fernandez inaugurated public works in Santo Domingo and Moca yesterday, Wednesday 27 June. In Santo Domingo, he attended the inauguration of the remodeling of the Club Mauricio Baez sports facility in Villa Juana with a capacity for 1,500 seated fans. As reported by the Presidency, Fernandez encouraged young people to organize themselves and unite …

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The Santiago Water and Sewer Corporation (Coraasan) has informed the people of the city of Santiago that they are operating with a deficit of 27,000,000 gallons of water per day, and this is forcing the Department of Networks to impose a rationing program and reduce hours of service. Santiago has a 134 MGD demand and …

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Specialists from the Embassy of Germany, the Ministry of Environment and the Dominican Federation of Municipalities are making a difference by backing the Las Placetas Women’s Club and the community of Las Carreras in Santiago province in their initiative to turn garbage into a positive in their community. The German Cooperation Agency GTZ is working …

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The country’s consumer watchdog, ProConsumidor, is preparing the way for a first Dominican “chicken-free day” as a way of protesting the high prices for poultry meat. According to reports in the media yesterday, Wednesday 27 June, speculation by producers is behind the price increases. The head of Pro Consumidor is calling on the government to …

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By order of President-elect, Danilo Medina the First Lady’s Office Progresando program and the Solidaridad program, which is managed by the Social Cabinet that currently comes under the Vice President of the Republic, will be unified in order to continue benefitting Dominican families living in vulnerable conditions and extreme poverty. The First Lady and Vice-President-elect, …

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“The business sector will not back another tax patch,” but they agree with President-elect Danilo Medina that the time has come for the grand pacts – taxes, education and the electricity sector – as the key elements for breaking the inertia and moving forward. “Today we extend the friendly hand of the business sector to …

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National Business Council president Manuel Diez Cabral used the American Chamber of Commerce luncheon as a forum yesterday, Wednesday 27 June to call for action to improve the Dominican Republic’s competitiveness. His speech read like a blueprint for the actions the business sector would like President-elect Danilo Medina, who takes office on 16 August, to …

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Senators Charles Noel Mariotti (PLD Monte Plata) and Julio Cesar Valentin (PLD Santiago) attended the Grupo Corripio media event held yesterday, Wednesday 27 June and called for the PLD majority Congress to pass the bills for Integrity of Public Officials, and Rationalizing of Public Spending before the start of the new Danilo Medina administration on …

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