2012 – Page 43

The 11th International Architecture Biennial of Santo Domingo (BIASD) is dedicated to Spain this year. The event, which is taking place at the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo opened on Friday, 3 November and closes on 27 January 2013. It includes several exhibitions, both national and international works, talks and public debates on …

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President Danilo Medina sent his congratulations to United States President Barack Obama for his victory in the election yesterday, Tuesday 6 November. Medina said he hopes to strengthen bilateral relations. He expressed his best wishes that the new term will make it possible for Obama to carry out other projects in his government plan to …

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Just as the Senate did last week, and after only a four-hour debate, the Chamber of Deputies approved the legislative proposal for the Fiscal Reform in its first reading yesterday, Tuesday 6 November. The legislation, which is expected to collect an estimated RD$46 billion in additional funds, will be confirmed during Thursday 8 November’s legislative …

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Today, Wednesday 7 November the Danilo Medina administration plans to meet with the electricity generation companies that keep the country moving. During this meeting, according to reports in most of today’s newspapers, the generators are expected to answer the President’s request to prevent “financial blackouts” for the rest of the year. The government admits that …

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The Minister of Economy, Planning and Development Temistocles Montas says that the decision on just what kind of an agreement will be worked out with the International Monetary Fund will be made in January, but that it was “obvious” that a new Stand-by Arrangement would imply new taxes. Apparently the target of any new changes …

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During her El Informe program on Monday evening, 5 November, journalist Alicia Ortega revealed a series of interesting names of people who received luxurious apartments in the apartment complex built by the National Housing Institute (INVI) on Luperon Avenue. According to Ortega, at least 27 people who received apartments in the complex already have at …

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The Ministry of Public Works under Victor Diaz Rua spent RD$18.4 million on publishing the memoirs of the 2004-2012 years of the Leonel Fernandez administration. Reportedly, the government ordered a print-run of 3,000 copies with Serigraf S.A. The contract included 24 helicopter flight hours to take photographs of 40 public works. The mainly visual report …

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The National Association of Gasoline Retailers (Anadegas) is demanding that the authorities put an end to the illegal fuel sales that cost the state in excess of RD$5 billion a year. Anadegas president Rafael Polanco told Hoy reporters that in violation of Law 407-72 and other administrative resolutions, the government is tolerating the entry of …

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Before winding its way northwards, Hurricane Sandy left a trail of damage worth more than RD$933 million in the Dominican Republic. The wind and rain affected large tomato and plantain plantations, and their prices have increased in local markets and supermarkets. A total of 153,661 “tareas” (over 9,500 hectares) were affected and the losses were …

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Several communities in the province of Espaillat were put under cholera alert yesterday, after more than 300 people with diarrhea and other cholera symptoms were treated in the Moca public hospital and at other public health facilities in the north over the weekend. The communities under alert are La Ceiba de Madera, San Antonio, Canca …

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