2012News

Rains to continue

The Emergency Operations Centre (COE) announced yesterday, Thursday, 12 April, that 6,155 people have had to leave their homes and 1,231 houses have been affected of which 16 have been totally destroyed in the recent heavy rains. In addition, the Napier Diaz hospital in Villa Gonzalez, and Arturo Grullon hospital in Santiago were flooded and …
2012News

Fernandez proposes study group for food and oil prices

Dominican President Leonel Fernandez suggested the creation of a study group to analyze the price of food products and petroleum while taking part in the 66th United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Thematic Debate on Excessive Price Volatility in Food and Related Commodity Markets in New York City. Fernandez, the keynote speaker in the debate, asked …
2012News

Half agree that Fernandez plays a role in elections

Over half of the readers of Hoy newspaper agree with an observation made by Citizen Participation, which noted that the increased number of inaugurations by President Leonel Fernandez provides the PLD with a platform for holding political rallies. According to the Citizen Participation group, this violates the principle of fairness that is established in the …
2012News

ANJE changes date of presidential debate

The presidential debate organized by the National Young Entrepreneurs Association (ANJE) between candidates Hipolito Mejia and Danilo Medina might not take place after all. ANJE is reporting difficulties with both parties’ technical teams. The debate, which was originally planned for Tuesday, 17 April, has now been postponed until 3 May. Former President Hipolito Mejia’s team …