2013 – Page 251

PLD Party stalwart and Political Committee member Franklin Almeyda Rancier says that the concentration of power the party has achieved in recent years is a cause for concern at the United States Embassy in Santo Domingo and the private sector represented by the National Business Council (Conep). Almeyda, who is also the Presidential Security Advisor, …

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Directors of the Dominican Association of Builders and Promoters (Acoprovi) raise the alert in an interview in Hoy today, Monday 15 April that the real estate sector is already suffering the effects of the 2012 changes in the taxation law. They say that adding up the values of all properties for taxation purposes is working …

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The impasse between fuel haulers and distributors continued yesterday, Sunday 14 April. The distributors are asking the government to mediate and are warning that there will be fuel shortages soon as existing stocks at gas stations run out. Arnulfo Rivas, the vice-president of the National Gasoline Retailers Association (Anadegas), and the secretary general of the …

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In somewhat of a departure from what has been published in many newspapers recently, the Herrera Industrialists Association (AEIH) is suggesting a 14% wage increase in order to cover inflationary costs since 2011. Association president Victor Castro observed that Central Bank figures have placed inflation at 13.75% for the past two years and so “we …

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A major fire, which is still not under control, has destroyed a large paper and chemical warehouse belonging to the Listin Diario newspaper. The “Listin” is the nation’s oldest newspaper in circulation. Apparently, the fire started around 9pm on Sunday, 14 April in the supply warehouse in the south wing of the newspaper, located on …

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The National Meteorological Office says that there is a chance that the rains that fell last night will continue for part of today, Monday 15 April. They add that temperatures will be high. According to Onamet, rain is forecast for the northwest, northeast, southeast and the central mountains. Cloud cover is likely to increase over …

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Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, the president of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) is in the Dominican Republic as part of a six-day Caribbean region tour that began on Sunday, 14 April with a visit to Haiti. Upon his arrival in Santo Domingo on Monday, 15 April, he was met by Dominican Football Federation president …

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The World Baseball Classic cup is on show at the MLB BHD Baseball Center on the Las Americas Expressway in Boca Chica. The BHD Bank has been the leading sponsor of the Dominican baseball team in the Classic. The cup, medals and photos of the event are on exhibition today, Monday 15 and tomorrow, Tuesday …

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President Danilo Medina and Vice President Margarita Cedeno have announced the winner of the national contest for designing a school desk for elementary and middle school students that will be contracted for Dominican public schools. The Presidency and the Ministry of Education organized the contest. Architect Luis Alejandro Perez Sanchez was the winner, selected from …

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President Danilo Medina attended the formal opening of the Alorica special free zone in Santo Domingo yesterday, Thursday 11 April. The back office solutions and call center is employing 1,000 people. 65% of the jobs will be first jobs for university students, many of whom live in the same heavily populated area of Villa Juana, …

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