2013 – Page 211

The Santo Domingo Water and Sewer Corporation (CAASD) says that 54% of all the drinking water that they produce for the city and province of Santo Domingo is lost through leaks, breakages and waste. With most of the pipes ageing (between 30 and 40 years old) and high costs, the system is under strain. According …

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In an unprecedented event in the histories of the legislative chambers of the Dominican Republic, 173 deputies from eight parties signed a “Declaration of support for Abel Martinez Duran” to continue as the president of the Lower Chamber starting on 16 August. The legislators who signed (91%) say that Martinez Duran has carried out a …

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A lack of judges is a problem that worries the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and the chairman of the Council of the Judicial Branch. Magistrate Mariano German Mejia told Dialogo Libre, the discussion show sponsored by Diario Libre, that there are not enough judges in the system to take care …

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Most of the terrorists who have been arrested and returned to their countries of origin, according to Listin Diario, have been from Arab and European countries, and the National Investigations Department (DNI) is on the watch out for more. They reported recently that several individuals from Sri Lanka, living in Canada, had stolen authentic Canadian …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) is forecasting rains and thunder and lightning throughout most of the country due to the presence of a low-pressure trough. The low-pressure area is maintaining humidity and sufficient instability in the atmosphere for these showers. Most rains are expected over the northeast, southeast, southwest, the Central Mountains and along the …

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Presidente Beer has announced it will be again sponsoring musical concerts this summer. Opening is Festival Barbarella, a Pav Entertainment production. The show will be Saturday, 28 June at 8pm at the Quisqueya Ball Park in Santo Domingo. It will be an evening of electro-pop, rock, dancers, fashion and performances. Taking the stage will be …

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While the Medina administration is yet to announce whether it will give Glencore Xstrata’s Falcondo the environmental permit for mining nickel in Loma Miranda, the conclusion from the UNDP-hired specialists was that the environmental impact study by the mining company did not meet environmental and social requirements for sustainable development and that the company does …

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Speaking at the Wednesday 22 May opening of Agroalimentaria 2013, the leading trade show and buyers and suppliers meeting, Minister of Agriculture Luis Ramon Rodriguez expressed optimism that things were going well for agriculture and would get better. He forecast the Dominican Republic would break the US$1 billion mark in farm exports for the first …

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At a recent talk, the vice president and chief of global economic research at Scotiabank Pablo Breard highlighted the fact that the Dominican public debt is the lowest among Caribbean countries in the past decade. The Dominican global debt is around 30% of GDP, he stated. Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad …

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The National District City Government (ADN) has announced that once signage is completed in 30 days, cargo and truck traffic will be banned along the Malecon, Santo Domingo’s oceanfront boulevard. Council chairman Andres Navarro said that the measure that had been approved in January 2013 would go into effect in a month’s time. Angel Segura, …

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