2012 – Page 81

According to the executive director of the Center for Exports and Investment in the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD), Jean Alain Rodriguez, the principal speaker at a luncheon hosted by the British Embassy in Santo Domingo, British investment in the country is now over US$800 million. He said that the investments are in energy, services, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, …

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According to Diario Libre, some public employees, usually paid between the 22 and 25 of each month have not yet been paid for the month of September. This includes staff at the Presidential Palace, the ministries of Education, Sport, and Interior and Police. Other organizations whose employees have not been paid are the Office of …

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President Danilo Medina has sent a bill to Congress via the Senate, aimed at consolidating the management and operation of food markets in the country under a new body. The new entity will be called Mercados Agropecuarios Dominicanos (Mercadom). It will be a decentralized body attached to the Ministry of Agriculture. The bill also creates …

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Following accusations from certain deputies that the Senate is shelving some projects, the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, Abel Martinez and Reinaldo Pared Perez, have given assurances that there are no problems between the two chambers, and that any issues that have arisen are simply routine. They said that each of …

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Deputy Francisco Matos (PLD) complained yesterday, Wednesday, 26 September that former Banking Superintendent, Haivanjoe Ng Cortinas, had awarded himself a monthly pension of RD$651,000, on the grounds that he had 25 years of service as a public employee, as reported in Listin Diario. Ng Cortinas became a pensioner on 17 August, a day after President …

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They are known as the symbol of peace, but the reality is that excessive numbers of doves and pigeons are creating problems in the city of Santo Domingo. Ministry of Environment biologist Nelson Garcia explains that the birds’ faeces are high in phosphate that mixed with rainfall create phosphoric acid, which erodes and causes substantial …

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According to National Police spokesman Diego Pesqueira, the Higher Police Board has recommended to the Executive Branch that Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Jimenez Vargas be dismissed from the Police Complaints’ Reception Office where he was charging RD$50 in order to certify lost identity documents, without issuing receipts. Pesquiera said that this was a serious dereliction of …

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Kenny Grullon and Carlos A. Fatule have known each other throughout their years in show business. But when their children, Javier Grullon and Karla Fatule got married the relationship inspired a play about waiting for their first baby to be born. The script is by Miguel Alcantara and Enrique Pintor is the director. “Emergency Grandparents” …

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Speaking at the 67th General Assembly of the United Nations yesterday, Tuesday 25 September, President Danilo Medina argued for international financial institutions to make changes to the indicators used to measure economic performance and to introduce more effective tools for measuring human development. He said the Dominican Republic is a good example of why concentrating …

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President Danilo Medina Sanchez has registered his personal fortune as RD$21,609,279, according to the sworn declaration that he filed on 13 September 2012, nearly a month after taking office. Meanwhile, the Vice President Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez declared assets worth nearly RD$24 million: RD$23,748,032. According to Diario Libre, in the sworn statement prepared by notary …

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