2013 – Page 321

Global energy management specialist Schneider Electric has been chosen by Trace International to supply GT500 MVX grid tie solar inverters for a 1.5 MW solar project at Santiago’s Cibao International airport. The installation, described as the largest solar project in the Dominican Republic, will provide the airport with clean energy for about 50% of its …

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Yesterday afternoon, Tuesday 29 April, a blaze reduced Provisiones del Oriente, a store owned by several Lebanese brothers, to ashes in Jacagua al Medio in the north of Santiago. Colonel Ricardo Rosario, head of the Fire Brigade in Santiago said that there were no victims and they needed five fire trucks and millions of gallons …

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A court in Puerto Plata has found a French woman, Liana Guillon, guilty of drug trafficking and sent her to eight years in jail. She was arrested last April when trying to fly to Paris from Puerto Plata with 11 kilos of cocaine in her suitcase. She was in the country on honeymoon with her …

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The FBI has raided the Vitreo-Retinal Consultants Eye Center in West Palm Beach, owned by Dominican Dr. Salomon Melgen. According to the Miami Herald, Dr. Melgen owes the United States tax authorities millions of dollars, despite the fact that he donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to several politicians. According to the Miami Herald, Dr. …

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In today’s Diario Libre, Wednesday 30 January, advertising guru Sergio Forcadell writes up an imaginary conversation with the late Harold Priego, the creator of memorable local caricature characters n Boquechivo, Diogenes, Dona Marmara, Don Bartolo, Yuleidis, Turpen, Gato Publico, etc. Priego died of a heart attack on Duarte Day. In his last work, he had …

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Yolandita Monge and Danny Rivera are booked for a very romantic Valentine’s Day evening at the Teatro La Fiesta at the Hotel Jaragua in Santo Domingo. Thursday, 14 February at 8:30pm. For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see http://dr1.com/calendar

President Danilo Medina has expressed his gratitude to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for creating Petrocaribe, which he described as an alliance that has allowed the Dominican Republic to increase its economic and social development. “Through Petrocaribe we receive financing for part of the oil bill, and this has meant an enormous push in the search …

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Based on data from the 2010 Census, the National Statistical Office (ONE) has revealed that 1,105,643 people over the age of six cannot read or write. This is about 13% of the Dominican Republic’s population. In the 2002 Census, the percentage of people who were illiterate was placed at 16%. The province of Pedernales has …

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The latest Gallup-Hoy survey reveals that more than 80% of the population feels that the lack of safety and drug trafficking are increasing, with nearly 90% questioning the security issue. Looking at the issue of safety, 90% of people surveyed in the metropolitan area and in the northern and eastern regions of the country said …

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Drug traffickers using the Dominican Republic for their operations have opted for transferring drugs by sea as a strategy for evading the reinforced airspace vigilance. Drug traffickers are gradually abandoning the traditional practice of using small airplanes and turned to luxury yachts and cargo containers that leave Dominican seaports. The greatest number of seizures of …

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