2013 – Page 50

Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta said that the extension of the John F. Kennedy Metro line would have to wait until the 2015 budget. He said the government preferred to prioritize a wage increase for public hospital doctors. The Metro 2 East had requested an allocation of RD$4 billion, but the Presidency …

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A 20-year old Las Americas Institute of Technology (ITLA) student, Martin Steve Moran Regla has won first prize in the 2013 Cisco Networking Academy NetRiders contest that uses Cisco’s Web 2.0 technologies to create interactive networking skills. The competition is promoted to students as a great opportunity for networking academy students to learn valuable Networking/IT …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito says that his office has opened an investigation into allegations of bribery in the purchase of the Super Tucano Embraer jets used for combating drug trafficking. According to a Reuters press release, an investigation has been opened abroad. In response to questions from journalists on whether former armed forces ministers …

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Extraordinary photographs by leading Dominican professional and amateur photographers are on show at the Quinta Dominica, Calle Padre Billini No. 202 in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City. They are of the collection for the luxury photography book on Puerto Plata that will be published by CCN as part of its Orgullo de mi tierra (Pride of …

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The National Botanical Garden in Santo Domingo has announced the celebration of its National Festival of Plants and Flowers for Friday, 15 November through Sunday, 17 November. This is the perfect occasion to visit the 2km2 garden with its displays of most of the Dominican Republic’s flora. There will be sales of endemic, native and …

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The Tigres del Licey are in first place in the Dominican Winter Baseball League Championship. The Tigres celebrated their 106th anniversary yesterday, Thursday 7 November with a 10-5 victory over the Gigantes del Cibao in Santo Domingo’s Quisqueya stadium. In San Pedro de Macoris, the Estrellas Orientales defeated the Leones del Escogido 5-3. In Santiago, …

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With affirmative votes from 25 of the 26 senators present, the Senate approved the National Budget for RD$613.14 billion yesterday evening, Wednesday 6 November. In the same session, the senators passed the bills to modify Law 158-01 on Tourism Development and its previous changes, and a bill that declares Los Cachuas of Cabral as national …

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Budget expert Jose Rijo Presbot said that the complementary budget sent to the National Congress on Tuesday, 5 November violates Articles 93 of the Constitution and 11 of the Organic Law of the Budget. He said that new debt for RD$8.17 billion is being taken on without a loan agreement having been passed in the …

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As of September, the non-financial public sector debt, which includes both domestic and foreign debt, had grown to US$21.89 billion. This is 36.3% of the GDP, according to the governmental Public Credit Department, as reported in Hoy. Of the total, 63.3% is foreign debt, or US$13.86 billion. Minister of Economy, Planning and Development Temistocles Montas …

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Santo Domingo East mayor Juan de los Santos says that the government still has time to increase the funding for the extension of Line 2 of the Santo Domingo Metro. “We are in time. As long as it (the budget for 2014) is in Congress there is a chance that they will find a solution,” …

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