2012 – Page 268

Polls say a second round is imminent, but the ruling PLD has played up its lead in most. Writing in Hoy, historian and economist Bernardo Vega points to a different interpretation of the recent leading polls that show Danilo Medina of the ruling PLD party leading PRD rival Hipolito Mejia. He points out that if …

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In an interview with El Caribe, the presidential candidate for the Partido Dominicanos por el Cambio (DxC), engineer Eduardo Estrella stressed that if he is elected President he will give priority to job creation based on support for farming and small and medium businesses. He says that what is needed is fewer welfare cards and …

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Propagas has announced the start of a propane gas delivery program for impoverished rural households. The Propagas Group and their Propagas Foundation announced the corporate social responsibility program that sends a gas truck to remote areas of the country to deliver propane to discourage people from buying charcoal or cutting trees. The program was inaugurated …

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Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and religious groups in the Dominican Republic and Haiti are calling for the authorities to put a stop to the trafficking of men, women and even children across the border at Dajabon. The Jesuit Migration and Refugee Service and the Solidarite Fontwalve group from Ouanaminthe (Juana Mendez) told local media that over …

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Water shortages and pollution affect the Dominican Republic according to Inapa (the National Institute for Potable Water and Sewers), which inaugurated a program for teaching people just how important this resource is for the nation. An article in Hoy newspaper says that the national demand for water is 9.57 billion cubic meters, which classifies the …

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Very few people in the Dominican Republic who have traveled to the Cibao on the Duarte Highway are not familiar with the “haunted house” on the roadside outside of La Vega. The old blue house with its rusty tin roof seems to stare out at the valley from its perch up on a hillside. Rumors …

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The National District Civil and Commercial Appeals Court has postponed a hearing of the appeals case of Biwater Limited until 17 April. The lawsuit was filed by Biwater Ltd against the retentive embargo which favored businessman Fulgencio Marcelo Abreu, who is owed US$9,313,833 for consulting work, according to a sentence issued by the Civil Chamber …

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A job fair will be held at the Agora Mall this Saturday between 9am until 4pm. Vacancies, open to applicants between the ages of 21 and 40, are for jobs as security guards and supervisors, maintenance technicians and general services as well as recycling and waste management. Applicants need to bring their up-to-date CVs and …

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The UNPHU University Architecture School is celebrating its annual Festival de las Chichiguas (Kite Flying Festival) on Sunday, 25 March at the baseball field of the UNPHU grounds on the Duarte Highway. There are six categories: traditional, boxes, the smallest, the largest, the highest flier and open. Kites need to fly a minimum of 10 …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 20 March, President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated two housing projects in the southwestern provinces of San Cristobal and Peravia, consisting of 160 units built by the National Housing Institute (INVI) at a cost of over RD$149 million. Both projects are for low-income families living in high-risk areas and have basic services such as water, …

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