2013 – Page 137

The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) reports that today, Monday 12 and tomorrow, Tuesday 13 August, scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue over much of the country, mainly in the northeast, southeast and over the central mountains. These weather patterns are caused by a low-pressure trough located over the island. The prevailing winds from the east-northeast …

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The Dominican women’s volleyball team (ranked 10th in the world) will travel to Taiwan to play a third round of the World Grand Prix Volleyball Championship. Over the weekend of Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 August the DR finished the second round in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico with victories against Puerto Rico and Bulgaria and a …

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President Danilo Medina was in Salcedo yesterday, Thursday 8 August visiting the Dr. Miguel Canela Lazaro Science High School. He listened to students at the center where around 200 of the top students from the northeastern Hermanas Mirabal province are studying. President Medina instructed Minister of Education Carlos Amarante Baret and Administrative Minister Jose Ramon …

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A report in today’s Diario Libre, Friday 9 August, published on the occasion of the Danilo Medina administration’s first year mark analyzes the government’s foreign sector strategies. The report says that although the President has traveled abroad on 14 occasions no progress has been made in bilateral relations with our closest neighbor, Haiti. The report …

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Aristides Fernandez Zucco, general director of the Airport Department, says that the government is considering cutting taxes for the use of national airspace as a way of attracting more airlines and making flying to the Dominican Republic more competitive. The government wants to create the conditions to attract more airlines to encourage price competition. Fernandez …

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The Dominican Council for Christian Unity (Codue) is asking the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to allow them to celebrate weddings as authorized by Law 198-11 on religious marriages. Fidel Lorenzo, spokesman for Codue says thousands of Evangelical Christian couples who worship in the 18,000 registered Evangelical churches, await the day their pastors can officiate their …

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The City Government of Santo Domingo (ADN) and the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) are now using new technology to discourage parking in restricted areas. A report in Listin Diario says that the clamps are used to immobilize a vehicle. The clamps are placed between the vehicles’s tire and chassis. The use of the clamps is …

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Armed Forces generals are being given privileged access to multi-million peso loans from the Armed Forces social security funds, says a report published in acento.com.do. Meanwhile, more than 1,000 small loans requested by lower-ranking officers have not been approved due to lack of funds. A ruling by the Armed Forces Social Security Institute (ISSFFAA) establishes …

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A total of 56 free zone industrial parks operate in 27 of the country’s 32 provinces. Overall, 584 companies are responsible for 140,000 direct jobs. The president of the Dominican Free Zone Association (Adozona) Aquiles Bermudez expressed his satisfaction that the sector has grown by 3.4% in the first half of the 25th anniversary year. …

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Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu spoke yesterday, Thursday 8 August to present half-year economic results and tell the nation that the worst of the November 2012 taxation increases is over. Valdez says that the economy has again picked up its pace. He said that the Dominican economy grew 1.6% in the first half of …

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