2012 – Page 188

The central government’s fiscal operations for 2011 closed with the overall budget operation of RD$413.98 billion and a fiscal deficit of RD$56.68 billion, or 18% above the fiscal goal established in the year’s budget, which was RD$47.98 billion, according to the Annual Report from the Chamber of Accounts, covering the analysis and evaluation of the …

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The foreign investment, mining and remittances sectors were three high points of the Dominican economy that slowed down in the first quarter, only increasing by 3.8% versus 4.3% for the same period last year. Foreign direct investment grew by 26.5%, equal to US$128 million, and went from US$483.6 million last year to US$611.6 million this …

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Drivers entering Santo Domingo from the east should be aware that the Juan Bosch Bridge will be undergoing repairs to the expansion joints for the next month or so. According to Hoy, the bridge will close down at least two lanes for most of the day. Drivers should be aware of the fact that Public …

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The recently installed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice, Mariano German, has given himself a salary increase at a time when most of the judges in the judicial system are complaining of their low salaries. German raised his salary by a little over RD$86,000 a month to RD$423,000. The increase alone is more …

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As alarming and in violation of Human Rights and the Constitution were the terms used by immigration analysts and jurists to describe the circular from the Department of Migration that prohibits the registration of illegal foreign students. They recommended at the same time that the government put a stop to the regulation. Meanwhile, the Minister …

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The Dominican Republic has become a well-known exporter of queens, queen bees, that is. Because of their docility and easy handling characteristics, the local Apis Mellifera produced in the country has become a major export. Last month 37 queen bees and their handlers took part in the IX Central American and Caribbean Beekeeping Congress in …

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All of today’s newspapers, including Hoy, are discussing the Santo Domingo municipal authorities’ attempts to evict the informal street traders who occupy public spaces. One of the papers reports on the efforts to clean up the Av. Duarte with Paris intersection under the overpass, where after the sellers were removed at 10am, they sprung back …

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The president of the board of the Hospital Plaza de la Salud, the country’s largest medical center, said the country has a deficit of more than 200,000 units of blood. Dr. Julio Amado Castanos Guzman, a hematologist himself, said that there is a need to develop a culture of donating blood among citizens. He described …

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Laura Castellanos and Angelina Reveiro met with the Chamber of Deputies labor commission yesterday, Monday 11 June to explain that high taxation is one of the reasons why more than half the businesses in the Dominican Republic operate in the informal sector. The young businesswomen met with the deputies who are reviewing the bill aimed …

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The internal crisis that has shaken the PRD can only be resolved if sectors from civil society, headed by Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, take on the task of mediating between the warring factions, says the director of the Department of Political Science at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Freddy Angel Castro. Castro is …

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