2012 – Page 270

The director of the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET), engineer Diandino Pena, during an interview on the government-sponsored TV series “Rindiendo Cuentas al Pueblo Dominicano” stated that the feasibility study for the passenger and freight train between Santo Domingo and the Cibao had been completed. Pena said that the study had been carried out by a …

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A portable radar system combined with night vision goggles and thermal-imaging cameras is helping scientists find and protect a rare bird in the Caribbean, a conservation group explained on Monday, 19 March. The tools are helping researchers pinpoint nesting grounds of the Black-capped petrel in the Dominican Republic, on the south slope of the Loma …

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The 25th Annual Agricultural Fair is under way at the Feria Ganadera grounds in Santo Domingo. See the best of cattle and horses bred in the country, more than 300 industries, agribusiness and farm producers with products and services on exhibit. This is an event for all the family, with rodeos, contests and shows. The …

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The Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development together with the Ministry of Women have joined forces for the enactment of the National Plan for the Prevention of Pregnancies in Teens. With lots of big words, the inauguration ceremony held at the office of the Deputy Minister for Planning featured Dr. Indiana Barinas who said that …

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The Ministry of Public Health called on the population to take measures to prevent outbreaks of diseases that are caused by heavy rains that are falling nationwide. The warning and call to duty was issued by the Minister of Public Health himself, Dr. Bautista Rojas Gomez, who called on the people to work with Public …

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The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) is calling for greater connectivity through the use of an expanded fiber optic network that will supply broadband access to communities throughout the country. According to David Perez Taveras, the head of Indotel, the institute is going forward with a program called “Fiber Optic Capillaries” by means of a private-public …

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The Ministry of Public Works has announced that the overpasses at Manoguayabo and Monumental avenues with Duarte Highway will be inaugurated in April and May. The Ministries says drivers will have limited access to the new crossovers while Public Works does some work underneath. Diario Libre says that this is the second time that the …

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The Fernandez government has collected in January of this year RD$3.58 billion more than in the same period last year. The total amount collected by the Department of Taxes (DGII) was RD$21.06 billion. The property tax and the selective petrol tax were those that provided the greatest part of the collections of the month. Income …

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Sixty-eight children that worked in the Rafey landfill dump and in the market area known as Hospedaje Yaque in the La Joya section of Santiago were rescued and delivered to their parents who were ordered to register their children in school. According to the Diario Libre reporters, these minors, rescued by the Ministry of Labor, …

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The Dominican Republic has exported 21,954 tons of food products to Venezuela, including black beans, pastas, and animal feed. But, as reported in El Dia, most of the black beans could have been imported for subsequent export. The president of the Comite Agropecuario Unitario de San Juan, Manuel Matos complained that “most of the black …

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