2013 – Page 210

President Danilo Medina took a break on Mother’s Day from his weekend visits. Hoy journalists covering the presidential trips chose instead to publish a recap on the trips. During his “surprise” weekend visits to a series of remote places around the country, President Medina has offered financing for different projects to the tune of RD$650 …

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The Ministry of Public Works wants the government to merge the Supervisory Office of Public Works of the Presidency (OISOE) with the Ministry. Under the Fernandez presidency the OISOE operated as a parallel public works office. Minister Gonzalo Castillo proposes a Department of Public Works and General Building (Direccion de Obras Estatales y Edificaciones Generales …

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The Monetary Board has eased regulatory requirements for evaluating and granting credits for minor borrowers, including the small and medium companies (Pymes). The measures were adopted during the last session of the Monetary Board that was held on Thursday 23 May, and they go into effect immediately with the freeing up of RD$20 billion from …

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Ministry of Public Works has announced the repair of the Ocoa-Rancho Arriba-Piedra Blanca mountain road. Minister Gonzalo Castillo said that works have already begun on the Piedra Blanca-Cruce de Ocoa 83km stretch. The first phase to the Sabana Larga bridge will be completed this year. A second phase covers 55km of mountain road, providing access …

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Vice President Margarita Cedeno is expected in Trinidad to sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) between Caricom and the United States. Releases from Trinidad indicate that President Danilo Medina will be attending a meeting to be held in Trinidad prior to a gathering of Caribbean leaders with US Vice President Joe Bidden. Biden …

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With widespread rejection of the proposed Los Haitises cement plant, Barrick Gold and now Loma Miranda by Xstrata Falcondo, the UNDP representative in the Dominican Republic, Valerie Julliand, who will be ending her term in June after four and a half years in the DR, is asking Dominicans to seriously reconsider widespread mining as a …

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Construction crews from the Ministry of Public Works have begun dismantling the toll plaza at La Penda on the Duarte Highway, whose demolition had been requested by drivers and unions in the north of the country. The tollbooths in the plaza were removed from the pavement, while the roof is being taken down by ministry …

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The executive vice-president of the Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus), Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman, is calling on the National Congress to hold public hearings on the legislative bill that aims to create the Organic Law of the National Police. Castanos argues that with the public hearings everyone who wants to say something about the law …

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National District Attorney Yeni Berenice Reynoso has announced the closing of the case former DA Guillermo Moreno had filed against former President Leonel Fernandez for corruption in office. As reported in El Dia, the National District office said that while to a certain extent the accusations were admitted by the defendants, the office decided not …

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The Ministry of Public Works will close down the Ramon Matias Mella Bridge (La Bicicleta) from Monday (today) 27 May until Thursday (30 May) for maintenance work and repaving of the roadway. The bridge will be closed from 10pm until 6am according to a note sent to the local press from the Ministry. During working …

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