2012 – Page 332

Two industrial organizations have set out a series of proposals that they say will create the basis for sustainable development in the country and advised the presidential candidates to consider them. The Industrial Association of Haina and the province of Santo Domingo (AEIH) and the Federation of Industrial Associations (FAI) called for greater coherence among …

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According to the Ministry of Hacienda, Fitch Ratings is stressing the low levels of debt and the high levels of per capita GDP in the Dominican Republic. The risk assessment agency says that they are still positive on local currency as well as foreign currency business. The complete press release by Fitch, reported by Listin …

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Residents of barrios covered by the Safe Neighborhood (Barrio Seguro) Program complained yesterday that the principal ally of crime is the lack of electricity at night. Diario Libre says that the Neighborhood Board presidents and community leaders stated that they preferred the electricity companies to provide more hours at night than during the day. They …

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People are always saying that not much money is circulating on the streets. But as of November 2011, more than RD$500 billion moved in the market via electronic transfers, although in a smaller number of transactions and values than in 2010. However the amount and the number of electronic transfers made in 2011 seems to …

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The judge for Permanent Attention of the Court of Instruction in Hato Mayor, Victor Fragoso, has ordered three months of preventive custody for Miguel Arquimedes Zorilla (a.k.a. Eddy Pica Pollo), the deputy director of the National Institute for Hydraulic Resources (INDRHI) on charges of domestic violence. According to El Nuevo Diario, the magistrate took the …

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The National Police are investigating the circumstances in which one of three alleged thieves was killed by a lawyer who had previously defended the victim. According to El Caribe and other newspapers, the lawyer was returning to his home in Invimosa early yesterday morning when he was stopped by three young men. Since he recognized …

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Leading UK media have focused on the arrest in the Dominican Republic and expected deportation of a man described as the Liberal Democrat party’s biggest donor. 45-year old Michael Brown was arrested in the Dominican Republic last week. It is now known that the man who was known here as Darren Patrick Nally escaped from …

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Last year the Ministry of Environment launched Operation Frontera Verde 2012, aimed at discouraging charcoal production in the border region with Haiti. On Monday, El Nacional reported the murder of a forest ranger, 43-year old Eligio Eloy Vargas Medrano (Melanio), a resident of Puerto Escondido, Duverge, of serious injuries in several parts of his body. …

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Local press reports focused on the young men and women who shelled out RD$23.6 million to purchase 21 Audemars Piguet watches, four Roger Dubuis watches, one Hublot Geneve watch and another Rolex Oyster Deepsea watch. Special mention was given to 27 year old Miladys Aybar, a member of the defense team for Eddy Brito who …

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Telecom company Orange Dominicana and Singularity University are sponsoring a contest aimed at identifying innovative thinkers and their projects. This contest is open to anyone from the Dominican Republic between the ages of 18 and 35 who is ready to transform their innovative ideas into reality. The motivation is that throughout history and across the …

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