2013 – Page 218

In three years time, 90% of power will come from coal, natural gas or hydroelectric generation. If the government’s plans for the electricity sector come to fruition, by 2016 when this administration ends its term, the fuel matrix of electricity generation will have changed from petroleum to a mixture of coal, natural gas and hydroelectric …

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Gold is a safe haven in times of crisis. Nonetheless, prices have begun to fall on the international markets over the last few days. On Friday, 17 May the price fell for the seventh straight session, its biggest downward streak in four years. It closed at US$1,362.20 per ounce, losing US$23.90, a 1.72% drop from …

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The president of the Trinidadian export agency, Robert Tang Yuk is leading a 25-person delegation from Trinidad on a visit to the Dominican Republic arriving today, Monday 20 and staying until Saturday 25 May. While the DR is already a major importer of natural gas from Trinidad, the mission seeks to increase trade between the …

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This week, from Wednesday 22 until Friday 24 May, the Latin American Social Sciences Faculty (Flacso) is holding its XXXVI Board of Governors Meeting as well as the Second Meeting of the Steering Committee, as reported in Hoy. The meetings will take place at the Hotel Santo Domingo and at the Ministry of Foreign Relations …

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The main opposition party, the PRD, is calling on its deputies to study the legislative proposal for reforming the National Police with great care. President Danilo Medina recently submitted the legislation to the National Congress. PRD president and spokesman Miguel Vargas said that given the importance of the police reform, the PRD deputies must make …

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The former District Attorney for the National District and now a judge on the Supreme Court of Justice, Alejandro Moscoso Segarra, is arguing for modifications to the Criminal Process Code that would allow the government and the Justice Department to fight crime and criminals more effectively. To reduce crime, he also mentioned the need to …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito has reiterated his concern over increasing prostitution in the Dominican Republic. In an interview with Diario Libre, he says prostitution is not a joke. “Many people laugh it off, and think it’s trivial, but it cannot be discounted as trivial,” he told reporters. He said that people smuggling and exploitation …

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Judge Jose Alejandro Vargas of the National District court has sent Haitian national Garib Joseph to preventive custody at the La Victoria jail, after being accused of operating a ring that exploited Haitian children by forcing them to beg on city streets. They are being investigated for people smuggling. His wife Roselette Louis, also from …

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There has been a notable increase in police patrols in Santo Domingo’s affluent Poligono Central. Nevertheless, two robberies made headlines over the weekend of Saturday 18 and Sunday 19. A retired policeman was killed and another two men were injured in a shootout in Naco yesterday, Sunday 19 May. The Police reported that a 42-year …

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With the National Meteorological Office (Onamet) forecasting some continued rains, the Emergency Operations Center (COE) is keeping its green alerts for four provinces: Monsignor Nouel (Bonao), San Pedro de Macoris, Hato Mayor and El Seibo. The COE is advising citizens to be on the watch for flooding from rivers and streams as well as landslides. …

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