2013 – Page 333

The water sector authorities are in agreement in saying that, at least for the next five decades, the Dominican Republic will not face shortages or “Hydraulic stress” in the national aquifers. The challenges have more to do with distribution problems and people’s wastefulness. Almost 50% (49.3%) of the water supplied to the National District and …

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Yet another chapter in the history of internal divisions resulting from the struggle for control of the party was written by the PRD yesterday, Monday 14 January. After a long hearing that started at 10:20am and ended at 9:15pm, after six recesses, the National Disciplinary Council decided to permanently expel former President Hipolito Mejia and …

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After 37 years of operating direct flights from the United States to several Dominican destinations, American Airlines has announced that starting on 2 April they will cease direct flights from New York to Santiago and Santo Domingo. The announcement has caused concern among employees at the Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo and the …

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The Dominican anti-drug authorities, assisted by three United States agencies, have thwarted yet another shipment by a speedboat loaded with cocaine along the coastline of the Ocoa Bay. The launch was pursued into international waters where it was forced to throw 30 packs totaling nearly 900 kilograms into the sea. A United States Coast Guard …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) says that atmospheric conditions over the country will be dominated by a low-pressure trough over the Windward Channel and a northeast breeze that will bring humidity. These conditions will bring showers over most all of the country, especially the north, northeast, southeast, southwest and the Central Mountains. In addition, a …

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The Dominican Winter League Baseball Championship got hotter than ever last night as both the Aguilas Cibaenas and the Leones del Escogido were defeated. In Santiago, sloppy fielding by Joaquin Arias led to a three-run rally by the Estrellas Orientales, defeating the superb pitching performance by Lorenzo Barcelo, as just one mental error cost a …

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One of the world’s most famous contemporary classical music personalities, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel will be in the capital city to open the bi-annual Santo Domingo Music Festival with a concert on Thursday, 7 February. He will be conducting the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela at the National Theater’s Carlos Piantini Hall. This student …

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During a visit to the country’s eastern provinces over the weekend of 12 and 13 January, President Danilo Medina ordered the Gina Dike in Miches, which irrigates 40,000 tareas of ricelands, to be repaired. He also announced official credits for cacao growers in Hato Mayor and for the Esperanza Unida Women’s Association in Vicentillo, in …

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The country’s pension funds assets grew by 28.5% last November, compared to the same period the previous year, closing at RD$194.8 billion. There were 2.6 million affiliates to the Dominican Social Security System in November, 6.3% more than in the same period in 2011, and 1.2 million contributors, an increase of 3.3%. RD$150.7 billion of …

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During an event attended by foreign representatives, some 220 foreign (mostly Haitian) workers were provided with carnets as part of the new legalization program being implemented by the Directorate General of Migration. According to El Nuevo Diario, Immigration Director Jose Ricardo Taveras said that his department had worked with the International Migration Organization, the ministries …

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