2013 – Page 222

The Ministry of Education is preparing to build 100 daycare centers with the aim of putting the “Quisqueya Begins with You” program into effect, as part of the National Integrated Child Care Plan. According to a statement from the Ministry of Education, the objective of these daycare centers “is to improve the quality of life …

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The Department of Taxes (DGII) has begun the registration of two million motorcycles of all sizes that roam the streets and highways of the Dominican Republic. The tax agency is requiring a symbolic payment of RD$100 for the registration, but the agency will be backed by a RD$400 million grant from the government to implement …

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Geographer Jose Ramon Martinez Batlle says that when discussing the advisability of constructing the Cibao-Santiago highway, what needs to be questioned is the justification of this use of public funds. He says however that since the Medina government has been emphatic about the construction of the new north-south link, the focus needs to be placed …

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The Bishop of La Vega, Monsignor Antonio Camilo Gonzalez has gone public to express his disproval of the proposed mining of Loma Miranda in La Vega. He said that the decision would be lethal to the area. He said the area is within the second most important environmental corridor in the country, with its forests …

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Diario Libre’s editorial today, Wednesday 15 May calls on the Medina administration to apply genuine austerity in the use of public funds. It refers to recent statements by National Budget director Luis Reyes on savings that the government has made due to “austerity in fiscal spending.” The newspaper says that what is needed is true …

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The deputy director of the Transport Reorganization Office (Opret), Leonel Carrasco, stated yesterday, Tuesday 14 May that recovering the billions invested in the construction of the Santo Domingo Metro would be a long-term process. In the first place, he stated, the system needs to be completed and the feeder lines established. This same process has …

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The National District government (ADN) has reiterated its opposition to the construction of a footbridge opposite the University of the Caribbean (Unicaribe) on the western end of the Malecon, the Autopista 30 de Mayo. The council denied that it had reached an agreement with the Office of Supervising Engineers for Public Works of the Presidency …

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The company that manages the Duquesa landfill site in Santo Domingo, the Lajun Corporation, reported yesterday, Tuesday 14 May, that nighttime use in the first 13 nights is not enough to maintain their 24/7 operations. The company said that in the first 13 nights the landfill was open after 10pm they received only seven dump …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved a resolution yesterday, Tuesday 14 May to create a special commission to investigate the situation that arose in the Central Electoral Board (JCE). The government entity is in charge of organizing the elections and the issuing of identity cards. The ideas of an impeachment process or submitting a formal accusation …

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North Energy Central, a subsidiary of Southern California Telephone & Energy, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Dominican Republic to install a 400 megawatt power plant at a cost of US$800 million with state-owned electric utility, CDEEE. The gas-fired power plant will be built in Manzanillo, in the northwestern province of Montecristi. …

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