2013 – Page 119

Isabel la Catolica and Arzobispo Merino streets are under construction as part of the first phase of the urban renewal works underway in the Colonial City. Construction includes putting utility cables underground and expanding sidewalks. The first phase is due for completion in time for the start of the winter tourism season. Meanwhile, shops in …

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The Coordinating Unit of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is inviting bids for updating the Dominican Republic National Strategy and Tourism Plan. The unit says funds from the US$30 million loan for the revitalization of the Colonial City of Santo Domingo can be used for the drafting of the update. The idea is to help …

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The offices of the Prime Minister of Haiti and the Minister of Foreign Relations of the Dominican Republic have announced the conclusion of the First Bilateral Business Summit in Miami. The meeting was sponsored by Florida International University’s Faculty of Public and International Affairs. During the summit, both Dominican and Haitian business leaders analyzed the …

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The expenditure that the affiliates of the Payroll Deduction Regime of the Family Health Insurance (SFS) have to make to buy medications is very high. This is due to the fact that they cannot acquire the pharmaceuticals that are covered in the catalogue of the Basic Health Plan (PBS) because the pharmaceutical distribution houses have …

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Modifications that favor the plaintiff’s ability to have counsel, and a victim’s rights to free counsel are just some of the changes to the Penal Process Code once again passed by the Chamber of Deputies. Judges were empowered to decide by themselves certain cases where the penalties were up to four years in jail, and …

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The head of the Chamber of Accounts, Licelott Marte de Barrios told an audience at the Dominican Municipal League yesterday, Tuesday 27 August that the amount of misappropriated funds in the different state and municipal bodies of this country is enough to fund a second Dominican Republic. Speaking to mayors and directors of municipal districts …

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Santiago has a higher degree of risk only because it is located in an area of high seismic activity, according to Hoy reporter Leonela Ramirez. The reporter said that the Colonial City in Santo Domingo is the sector of the National District most at risk from hurricanes or earthquakes. This conclusion is found in a …

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The authorities in San Cristobal have announced a strict monitoring and inspection program of the eleven companies that bottle and sell water out of tanker trucks in the province. Provincial governor Julio Cesar Diaz said that the inspections would be able to find which companies are providing good quality water to their customers and using …

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The exchange market showed unofficial restrictions in the sale of dollars yesterday, Tuesday 27 August according to monitoring of financial intermediaries and exchange houses by Diario Libre. Exchange operations were carried out at RD$43.10 for the purchase of US$1.00 and RD$43.20 for sale yesterday. One of the financial intermediaries reported that the irregularity in the …

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Cardiologists from the Salvador B. Gautier public hospital say that in the Dominican Republic there are on average 15 heart attacks per day, or around 5,500 a year. Doctors Fulgencio Severino, Carlos Lamarche, Maria Reyes and Jose Reyes said that around 12,000-15,000 people are affected by heart attacks every year. Dr. Severino says that the …

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