2013 – Page 343

If you have lemons, make lemonade is an old saying. The Dominican variation, as seen in several advertisements, is for some of the nation’s retailers to absorb the recent tax increases, at least for the time being. Several companies and traders announced separately that in order to ease pressure on their customers’ wallets, they would …

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Without wanting to be fatalistic, 2013, which has just started, is a year whose economic prospects are forecast to be more limited than in 2012, or at best, equal to 2012. Four economists consulted by Diario Libre agree with forecasts that unemployment would increase. An estimated economic growth of over 4% in the Gross Domestic …

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The Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier Garcia reports that the growth in the sector was the highest in the Caribbean at 6.6%. This figure has exceeded forecasts made at the beginning of 2012 because of the economic crisis in parts of Europe and the generally slow recovery from the world crisis of 2007-2008. The minister …

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Minister of Public Health Freddy Hidalgo told Listin Diario reporters that after serving the public for 60 years, the Luis Eduardo Aybar Hospital in Santo Domingo is to be demolished and rebuilt by the government. Two buildings will be constructed: a maternity hospital and a general hospital, with seven stories and two underground parking levels. …

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The nation’s first official baby of the New Year was born in the maternity ward of the Altagracia Maternity Hospital in Santo Domingo. The New Year’s baby came into this world at the stroke of midnight. His parents are a young couple from Azua. The father, Edwin Sanchez is 18 and the mother is Mairelys …

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Twenty-two people lost their lives during the New Year long weekend from Sunday 30 December to the early hours of Tuesday 1 January. However, the 22 institutions and agencies that make up the Emergency Operations Center (COE) still need to add on the final tally, so the overall total could be even higher. Besides the …

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The plan put into effect by the Emergency Operations Center (COE) met its objectives in the nation’s second largest city. Santiago had reported no fatalities or major accidents as El Caribe went to press. Francisco Arias, the head of the Civil Defense office in Santiago, told reporters that there were 12 traffic accidents, eleven of …

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In response to concerns about the levels of violence in the country, the Minister of the Armed Forces Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez has announced that his agents would continue to do patrol duty at least until April under the pilot plan for mixed patrols that is currently in force all over the country. Admiral Sigfrido …

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Hundreds of friends and relatives in tears and expressing complaints against the District Attorney’s office in the province of Santo Domingo, accompanied the caskets to their final resting place. The victims, Yendy, Rosanny Luciano Mendez, Vicky Talia Irrizari Mendez, Sarah Maria Mendez Castillo and tiny Mia Camila Feliz Luciano were all laid to rest next …

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The thermometer in Jarabacoa was in the high 50s and low 60s (15 and 16 degrees Centigrade) over the weekend, making the New Year cool and comfortable. In Santo Domingo, the temperatures were in the low 70s, also making for a wonderful holiday. One result, according to El Nuevo Diario, was that people were dressing …

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