2013 – Page 304

As Independence Day, 27 February, approaches, many people in Santo Domingo are getting nervous about possible changes in the nation’s bureaucracy. According to El Caribe, in areas such as the foreign service and institutions like the National Police and the Drug Control Agency (DNCD) that have yet to be touched by the new administration, speculation …

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Environmental and social organizations in the Dominican Republic have begun to work with individual citizens in demonstrations aimed at getting President Danilo Medina to revoke the decision to purchase lands from alleged “property owners” around the Bahia de las Aguilas in the south west of the country. According to El Nuevo Diario, a rally at …

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The executive director of the Citizen Participation watchdog group, Rosalia Sosa Perez, said yesterday, Sunday 17 February, that the public wants to know who is really to blame for the huge fiscal deficit, estimated at more than RD$187 billion. This resulted in the imposition of a major tax increase on Dominicans that affected even basic …

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The United States ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Raul Yzaguirre is mentioned in the case involving the promotion of the controversial contract for placing X-ray equipment in Dominican ports. Together with Democratic Senator Bob Menendez from New Jersey, who is also the chair of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and a Miami-based Dominican ophthalmologist …

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Pedestrian bridges at major intersections, designed and built to provide safe options for crossing the busiest streets and avenues, are being ignored by increasing numbers of people, according to a report in El Caribe. The newspaper writes that more and more people are refusing to go up and down the steps and are simply crossing …

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The Santo Domingo Stock Market, one of the little-known features of local financial life, is now open to small investors, according to the Superintendence of Securities. The official said that for the past two months they have placed a regulation that says when new products enter the securities market there is a five-day window for …

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While the Constitution of the Republic says that Justice is free, the mandate does not mean that the judicial processes are free! What it means, according to Edgar Barnichta Geara, a specialist in tax law, is that the “judges should not charge money from people in court in return for imposing justice and handing down …

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The proposals currently being discussed for a ground connection between the country’s northern and southern regions via the Central Mountains, include one that involves building a tunnel between San Juan de la Maguana and Santiago. This tunnel, according to its promoters, engineers William Read and Juan Marchena, would not harm the national parks or cause …

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The Haina Electricity Generating Company (Ege-Haina) will build two 120-megawatt coal-fired generating plants in the area of the mouth of the Haina River, with the first phase of the operation going on line in 2016 or 2017. Diario Libre obtained the information on the plants that will be built in two stages and estimates the …

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Casa de Teatro is inviting jazz lovers to a special evening with a performance by Gabriela Beltramino from Argentina. She will be accompanied by Manuel Tejada on piano, Esar Simo on bass and Guy Frometa on drums. Jazz en Dominicana, which is promoting the event, says that the program for the evening includes classics of …

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