2012 – Page 58

The modifications to the proposed Fiscal Reform that have been requested by representatives of civil society and the business sector will depend on the will of the legislators beginning this week, as the administration prepares to submit the legislation to Congress. No precise date has been set for the bill to leave the Executive Branch, …

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According to the National Business Council (Conep), during the last meeting of the Economic and Social Council, a consultation body composed of all the economic actors, “the dam broke and everyone went home,” a nice way of saying that talks had broken down since they were going nowhere. According to Jairon Severino, economics writer for …

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The construction of rural roads, highways and bridges, the completion of some 10,000 schools for the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year, providing low-cost solutions and finishing the projects left by the previous administration, are the items on the Ministry of Public Works agenda, according to the minister himself, Gonzalo Castillo, who said: “I don’t …

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The Medina government is considering consulting the United Nations Development Program for an opinion on the proposed exploitation of Loma Miranda. The Fernandez administration previously called on the UNDP for a consultation on the construction of a cement factory on the edges of the Los Haitises National Park. Then the UNDP experts issued a statement …

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The city of Bani has been hard hit by the closure of several, if not most of the factories in its Free Trade Zone. From an all-time high of over 9,000 workers, only 500 remain. According to El Nuevo Diario and other newspapers that reported this story over the weekend, the latest blow came when …

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Agents from the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) followed up on intelligence information and were able to seize over a ton of cocaine after a pursuit and gun battle that led to the arrest of seven men and women, including Marcelino Cuevas Feliz and Julio Herrera Marquez. DNCD chief Rolando Rosado Mateo presented the cocaine …

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The body of young doctor Soanny Montero was found in a decomposed state on Sunday, 21 October inside her gray Honda Civic parked in the basement of the Caribe Tours bus terminal in Santo Domingo. She was last seen on Monday, 15 October after leaving her job as a resident at the Police General Hospital. …

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A green alert has been issued for the provinces of Barahona, Azua, Bahoruco, Pedernales, Independencia, San Juan de la Maguana and Elias Pina. The alert is due to the rains that have been falling for the past day, according to El Nuevo Diario, quoting a report from the Emergency Operations Center (COE). These rains can …

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A 4.6 magnitude (on the Richter Scale) earthquake was felt at 11:07am Sunday, 21 October in Nagua and the northeast of the country. It was felt, and reported less than two minutes later from Santiago and the north coast – on DR1 – and the communities of Rio San Juan, Hostos, Castillo, Pimentel and San …

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On Friday night, 19 October, Robinson Diaz hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to give the Gigantes del Cibao a 4-3 victory over their hosts in Santo Domingo, the Leones del Escogido. In the Estadio Cibao in Santiago, the Aguilas Cibaenas, starring Barolo Colon, defeated the Estrellas Orientales. Homeruns by Oscar Taveras and …

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