2013News

Teachers wearing green

According to a Twitter post from teachers’ representative Maria Teresa Cabrera, teachers across the country will dress in green today, Wednesday 13 February, as part of their campaign for a salary increase. If there is still no response from the authorities, says Cabrera, they will hold public demonstrations across the country on Friday, 15 February. …
2013News

Dengue death toll rises

Dengue fever has claimed another victim. Earlier this week a 13-year old boy died in Tamboril, bringing the total death toll to six, mostly in Mao and other northern areas. Luis Angel Blanco died after being diagnosed with hemorrhagic dengue. The doctors treating him said they could do nothing to save his life. www.elcaribe.com.do/2013/02/12/tamboril-muere-menor-13-anos-por-dengue
2013News

Minister criticizes bureaucracy and costs for small businesses

The Deputy Minister for the Promotion of the Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Businesses in the Dominican Republic in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Ignacio Mendez, has told Hoy reporter Patricia Reyes that some of the main stumbling blocks for formalizing and developing the “mipymes” were the excessive bureaucracy and the high costs of the …