2012 – Page 310

Puerto Plata will be the setting for a new and bespoke music festival between 5 and 12 September. The festival, called Groove Fest, will pair the best house music talents, live artists and bands with an all-inclusive week at a Puerto Plata resort. The first wave of artists and labels to be announced include the …

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President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated a new housing complex in Canca la Piedra in Tamboril near Santiago, followed by a subsidized canteen in Navarrete on Thursday 2 February The Progreso housing complex cost RD$194 million, and the canteen just over RD$13 million of government money. The 256 apartments in 16 two-story buildings were built by the …

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During a ceremony commemorating National Wetlands Day in the Nigua Ecological Park on Thursday 2 February, the Ministers of the Environment and Tourism stressed the role played by wetland areas in the sustainable development of tourism and for national economies. The theme was “Wetland Tourism: a great experience”, and Deputy Minister Daneris Santana emphasized the …

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Diandino Pena, the head of the Transport Reorganization Office (Opret) announced that rehearsals would begin today, Friday 3 February, at the Santo Domingo Metro transfer station so that people can get used to switching between both lines. Passengers, together with members of the press will be taken to the station at Kennedy with Maximo Gomez …

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During a radio interview on Thursday 2 February, the executive director of the Dominican Federation of Municipalities (Fedomu), Victor D`Aza, said that the Dominican Republic has more municipalities and municipal districts than it needs. He said that there are 155 municipalities and 231 municipal districts, many of which do not satisfy the requirements of a …

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According to a study by the Labor Ministry, ‘Haitian Immigrants and the Labor Market’, despite the existence of the Specialized National Border Security Corps (Cesfront) with 450 agents in Pedernales, Jimani, Elias Pina and Dajabon, and the recent introduction of the new immigration law, criminals still control the illegal entry of Haitians into the country. …

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Edesur announced today, Friday 3 February, that a new substation would come into service from 8 February, which would eliminate low voltage in 38 communities in the provinces of Pedernales and Barahona. At present, residents in Enriquillo, Oviedo and Paraiso have to use voltage controllers and Edesur said these would no longer be necessary. www.elnacional.com.do/nacional/2012/2/2/110201/Nueva-subestacion-mejorara-servicio

The organizers of the 19th annual exhibition of MITT (Moscow International Travel and Tourism) have announced that the Dominican Republic will be the partner country for Russia’s largest and leading travel and tourism exhibition, taking place on 21st March n 24th March 2012. The Russian office of the Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism has been …

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On Thursday 2 February, the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA), the Multilateral Investment Fund (FOMIN), members of the Inter-American Investment Banks (IDB) and the World Bank Group launched www.enviacentroamerica.org, a free online tool for comparing the costs of sending remittances from the United States to six countries in Central America and the Dominican …

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Dozens of residents in El Millon, a middle class Santo Domingo neighborhood, protested yesterday, Thursday 2 February, demanding the suspension of construction of a five-storey building on Presa de Taveras street. They stood outside the building with placards, chanting: “We don’t want corruption”. Neighborhood group representative Andrea Valdez said that she had been to the …

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