2013 – Page 12

New York Yankees player Alex Rodriguez visited President Danilo Medina at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Thursday 12 December. During the visit the baseball star expressed his optimism over a favorable outcome in the case open with the MLB. Rodriguez’s parents are from San Juan de la Maguana, like President Medina. During his visit he gave …

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The Ministry of Environment reports that it has distributed 15 noise-measuring kits to its provincial offices for monitoring and controlling high noise levels during the holidays. The initiative seeks to regulate noise that is damaging to the environment and health, especially in residential and rural areas nationwide. Some 15 sound measuring devices will be used …

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The Department of Customs has announced the completion of its new verification facilities at the Barrick Gold Mine in Cotui. Customs director Fernando Fernandez, Barrick Pueblo Viejo president Manuel Rocha and the director of governmental affairs for Barrick Mexico Angeles Lithgow made the presentation to the press yesterday, Thursday 12 December. Fernandez said that government …

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The Consumer Price Index increased 0.06% in November on a seasonably adjusted basis, the Central Bank reported yesterday, Thursday 12 December. For the 11 months of the year, the index showed the inflation rate as 3.49%. Annualized inflation for the past 12 months was 4.14%. Inflation has been under control basically due to the decrease …

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The editorial writer in today’s Hoy, Friday 13 December says that the country has many reasons to be optimistic about 2014. He says that the Medina administration has managed the economy sensibly and has reduced the fiscal deficit of 9% of GDP inherited from the Fernandez administration in August 2012 to 1.7% of GDP. The …

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Dominican Air Force chief Major General Ramon Hernandez has announced a name change for the recent Air Force officers graduating class. The name of the graduating class was changed to Juan Pablo Duarte, honoring the founding father in the year when the 200th anniversary of his birth is being celebrated. The class had graduated with …

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The director of the Department of Passports Iris Antonia Guaba says that Deisy Toussaint was not denied a passport because of her last name, as she is claiming. Toussaint is the daughter of a Haitian mother and Dominican father, but unlike her siblings her father has not recognized her, and her mother obtained her own …

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The bill sent to the Senate is for the creation of a framework for the referendum, and not to prepare the way for the re-election of President Danilo Medina, says JCE president Roberto Rosario and Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez, as reported in Listin Diario. The 2010 Constitution eliminated consecutive re-election, meaning that President Danilo …

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Foreigners make up 7.9% of the total population of 9,716,940 inhabitants of the Dominican Republic, according to a First National Poll of Immigrants (ENI-2012) carried out by the National Statistics Office (ONE). The results of the survey indicate that there are 768,783 foreigners of which Haitians are 668,145 persons, reflecting the predominance of Haitians among …

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Patrick Drahi, founder of Altice, the company that has bought both Tricom and Orange Dominicana to become a major player in the Dominican telecom market, is pledging that they have come to compete by offering better quality products for better prices. During a press conference held yesterday, Thursday 12 December, he spoke of the impact …

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