2013 – Page 127

Consumer confidence in the economy has increased since June 2013. A recent poll conducted by Gallup Dominicana commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development found that 64% of consumers trust their current economic situation will improve. This is the highest number of optimism in the last five years. Consumers gave 103 points to …

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Work is underway in Los Haitises National Park to save the endemic hawk species Buteo Ridgwayi, which is the most endangered bird species on the island of Hispaniola. Only 300 birds are thought to exist in isolated areas of Los Haitises. Back in 2000, the Peregrine Fund started a program to rescue and preserve the …

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Police chief Manuel Castro Castillo has told reporters that his investigators have discovered a note suspected to have been written by a Haitian employee of the murdered German, Rolf Eric Manfred Kobesch. The victim is believed to have owed the Haitian national money for work done. According to the Major General, the suspect and the …

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The Emergency Operations Center has issued a green warning for six provinces in the country due to a low-pressure trough located to the southeast of Punta Cana that will bring heavy rains over a large part of the country. The COE says that the provinces of San Pedro de Macoris, La Romana, Monsignor Nouel, La …

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The 4th National Festival of Living Statues (Festevivas) will be held in Santo Domingo and Samana this weekend. The living statue performers will entertain crowds visiting the Parque Colon in the Colonial City on Friday 23 August, Plaza Guibia on the Malecon on Saturday 24 August, and La Marina in Samana on Sunday 25 August, …

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Mariely Sanchez and Luguelin Santos stayed in Europe after the IAAF World Championships in Moscow last week to compete in the Diamond League Stockholm races. The DN Galan Diamond League is held at the historical Stockholm Olympic Stadium and is regarded as a leading track and field meeting and the largest annual sporting event in …

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The Body Shop gym in Naco, Santo Domingo will be hosting the First Grand 1 Million Meters Swimathon from Friday 23 August starting at 6pm to Saturday, 24 August at 6pm. The event is a benefit for Televida, Channel 41, the Roman Catholic Church television station. Monsignor Victor Masalles, a former swimmer himself who set …

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Internationally acclaimed Dominican jazz pianist Michel Camilo will play two concerts to raise funds for the Dominican Rehabilitation Association. These concerts are part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Rehabilitation, which was founded and guided all these years by Mary Perez de Marranzini. The first concert will take place on 8 October in …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has received a check for RD$1,293,165 from the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) to continue the project to issue birth certificates to around 6,000 children identified by the Ministry of Education. The beneficiaries live in Pedro Brand, several neighborhoods along the edge of the Ozama River such as Borojol, La …

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The State Electricity Company (CDEEE) has announced plans to install approximately 13,000 prepayment meters in the next few months to bring the total to almost 17,000 by the end of the year. The program seeks to reduce the number of low-income households on fixed payment plans or that were not paying for the service. The …

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