2013 – Page 322

The Transport Reorganization Office (Opret) says that a total of 100 million passengers have used the Santo Domingo Metro in the four years since it started running, contributing to a major reduction of pollution in the metropolitan area. OPRET deputy director Leonel Carrasco says that about 100,000 people are using the Metro every day. As …

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According to El Caribe, no one at the Ministry of Education or Public Works knows how many classrooms have started to be built or where they are located. It’s worth recalling that in a big ceremony on 3 January, President Danilo Medina distributed RD$2.8 billion to 341 engineers contracted for an equal number of schools …

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The Minister of Labor has come out in favor of approving Agreement Number 189 of the General Conference of the International Labor Organization (ILO) dated 16 June 2011. Maritza Hernandez said she believes that approving this agreement would strengthen the legal dispositions in benefit of domestic servants in the Dominican Republic. She stressed that the …

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The president of the Sur Futuro Foundation, Melba Segura de Grullon, reported yesterday, Monday 28 January that the foundation will proceed with the “Sur Solar” project that involves promoting the installation of solar systems in homes, schools and small businesses in the south of the country. The foundation is also going to introduce solar powered …

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Drivers in Santo Domingo planning to use Luperon Avenue should be aware that the Ministry of Public Works has closed the overpass at the intersection of Luperon and 30 de Mayo Expressway (Malecon). Only the south-north section will be open to traffic and movement will be controlled by AMET agents. It is expected that it …

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PRD president Miguel Vargas Maldonado, warned yesterday, Monday 28 January that he would once again summon the National Executive Committee (CEN), but that this time they would respond “with the same money” as the armed mob that violently invaded the previous day’s meeting. Vargas stated that the PRD lawyers are gathering the evidence in order …

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Grupo Niche from Colombia and Dominicans Miriam Cruz and Fernando Villalona, famous for their romantic merengues and ballads, will take the stage of the Plaza de Espana in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City for a first time concert-show, Amor Tropical (Tropical Love) on Saturday, 9 February at 8:30pm. This is an EME Productions event. Salsa band …

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President Danilo Medina attended the First Summit Conference of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the European Union (CELAC-UE) in Santiago de Chile over the weekend of 26 and 27 January. He held informal conversations with several of his regional counterparts including Panama’s Ricardo Martinelli, Peru’s Ollanta Humala, Costa Rica’s Laura Chinchilla, …

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The administrator of the Banco de Reservas, Vicente Bengoa Albizu, reported yesterday Sunday 27 January that in New York, US$300 million in bonds were placed at 7% interest over 10 years. The interest will be paid every six months. He described the operation as “a convincing acknowledgement of the confidence that international investors have in …

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Attorney General of the Republic Francisco Dominguez Brito says that the DPCA, the office to fight administrative corruption, has been merged with Attorney General Office and will operate as a specialized prosecutorial branch. Other specialized units including the Pursuit of Corruption, Money Laundering and Trafficking of Persons and even the Prosecutor for the Environment will …

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