2013 – Page 242

The Senate Permanent Hacienda Commission has invited representatives of the Central Bank for the Wednesday, 24 April Senate session in order to analyze a resolution that calls for the elimination of the one cent piece from the National Monetary System. The commission, which is chaired by Senator Tommy Galan, will present the proposal to the …

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A sentence issued by the Constitutional Court (TC) recognizes the Ministry of Education’s right to set and regulate the fees charged by private educational institutions. The Court rejected a lawsuit that asked the court to declare Article 1 of Law 86-00 unconstitutional. The court also rejected a petition of unconstitutionality presented by an educational association …

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The Constitutional Court continues reviewing Supreme Court cases and finding reasons to strike them down. In today’s Diario Libre, Tuesday 23 April, the high court is reported to have decreed that there is no deadline for claiming parenthood, which is to say that a child may demand the right to his or her father’s last …

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At a time when the unions want a 30% increase in the minimum wage for private sector workers and management is offering a little over 9%, the two sectors will be meeting at the Ministry of Labor on Tuesday, 2 May. Management is offering 9.18% based on inflation figures from the Central Bank. The unions …

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A Gallup-Hoy poll published today, Tuesday 23 April reflects a majority opinion against proposed mining by Falcondo Xstrata Nickel in Loma Miranda in La Vega province. More than 80% of the population is against granting the mining concession. The Dominican government has requested an opinion from the United Nations Development Program after environmental and community …

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Half of Dominicans are hopeful the economy will improve by the end of the Medina administration in 2016. 49% have the perception that the economy is not doing well, and that includes 48% of those who said they have ties to the ruling PLD political party. But 53% of respondents with ties to the PLD …

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The organizations that are calling for a 48-hour strike in San Francisco de Macoris have refused to meet with the local governor or the representative of a government agency like the Directorate General of Multilateral Cooperation or even the city mayor. They have reiterated their strike call for today, Tuesday 23 and tomorrow, Wednesday 24 …

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A total of 315 students at the Francisco Antonio Castillo School are being taught in borrowed spaces because the authorities have not finished building their new school. However, this new school has appeared on the list of schools that were supposedly inaugurated by officials of the former (Fernandez) administration, but is only perhaps 50% completed. …

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Ground transportation has been a headache for every Dominican administration since the death of Trujillo, and at least five agencies are supposedly responsible for dealing with the issues. From the AMET to the Fondet and all of the agencies in between, none has solved the problems. According to El Caribe, the Santo Domingo Metro System …

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Although LPG and premium gasoline consumption in the country has increased over the first quarter of the year, on a year-on-year basis, fuel consumption has declined by 1.8% since 2012. Regular diesel consumption fell by over eight million gallons, together with a loss of over three million gallons in the consumption of regular gasoline. Some …

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