2012 – Page 269

Central American countries are following increasingly diverging paths in terms of economic growth and public finance, according to a new report issued by international ratings agency Fitch Ratings. The report, “Central America’s Fiscal Dilemma: Growth Versus Debt,” describes two different types of economies in the region: dynamic, export-oriented service economies and slow-growing remittance-based economies. Costa …

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The Chamber of Deputies fast-tracked a bill that would enable residents to import surveillance cameras duty free. The legislation applies to both residential and commercial equipment. The president of the Chamber Abel Martinez said the bill seeks to encourage locals to purchase the equipment so as to discourage crime. He said the bill is an …

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Sources at the Migration Department have confirmed to El Caribe journalists that former Prime Minister of the Turks & Caicos, Michael Misick had entered and departed the DR several times after leaving the post in Turks & Caicos. The source could not say whether Misick is currently in the DR. The source says it only …

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The Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra has inaugurated new parking facilities equipped with the latest technology for 500 vehicles over an area of 16,473 square meters. The parking building will serve the university’s Santo Tomas de Aquino campus in Santo Domingo. The cost of the “smart” parking building was RD$255,899,323, including the power station, …

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There are fights worth fighting, and the neighborhood group of Buenos Aires Mirador residential community was able to stop the installation of a tower they suspected would cause health hazards. Protests by the Prol. Independencia neighborhood group were heard by Celso Marranzini, head of the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), which oversees the operation of the …

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The presidential candidate of the Partido Alianza por la Democracia (APD), Max Puig, a former minister of Environment and minister of Labor in the past eight years of Fernandez administration, says that he decided to launch his own candidacy into the 20 May 2012 election instead of allying with the PLD as in the past, …

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The Plaza de la Bandera (Flag Square) will now be called the Plaza de la Bandera y El Soldado Desconocido, in honor of the heroes who fought anonymously for the country. The Minister of the Armed Forces attended a mass in the church of Our Lady of Altagracia where the remains of the Unknown Soldier …

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The voyage of the yacht “Carefree IV” which began in the Dominican Republic in 2010 ended in the Supreme Court in Bermuda on 16 March when four men were sentenced to 5 to 8.5 years in prison for attempting to smuggle more than US$3 million worth of cannabis into the island. Earlier this week, four …

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Listin Diario reports that a team of lawyers, representing the Foundation for the Recognition of Merit, Institutional Development and Social Assistance (FREMEDIASO), petitioned the Central Electoral Board (JCE) yesterday to prevent them from printing the ballot papers until the Constitutional court has ruled on a request to nullify the JCE resolution to exclude the photograph …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 20 March, in Santiago, the Civil Defense corps and firefighters expressed their concern about the continual traffic accidents in the province causing deaths and injuries, and they attributed the problem to drink driving and speeding by the drivers, most of whom were young Francisco Arias, deputy national director of the Civil Defense based …

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