2013 – Page 53

According to the executive director of the Dominican Association of Foreign Financed Businesses (ASIEX), Salvador Demallistre, the political, economic and legal climate in the Dominican Republic is changing the country into one of the best places in the region for foreign investment. This is especially true for those companies that want to grow outside of …

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The Haitian authorities have decided to close their side of the border, as the Dominicans did, in response to ongoing action by drivers since Saturday, 2 November. The protests erupted because several vehicles are being held on the Haitian side of the border. Dominican drivers were protesting the obstacles to their work in Haiti by …

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Hundreds of public transport drivers from the Cibao region blocked roads in Santiago yesterday, Tuesday 5 November, causing major traffic jams in the city center, in protest at competition from Transporte Noel, a company from the capital. Transporte Noel wants to compete offering commuters better quality of service. The protest was organized by the CNTT …

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Free newspaper Diario Libre has presented a habeas corpus writ to the judiciary against the Superintendence of Insurance in its role as liquidator of the Segna Insurance Company following the reticence of the superintendent, Euclides Gutierrez Felix to comply with law 200-04 on freedom of information access. The writ was presented on Friday, 1 November …

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Spanish customs security officers have seized a 204kg shipment of cocaine in the Port of Barcelona. It had been sent to a gang that was dismantled last month, the Spanish Civil Guard said Sunday, 3 November. The shipment was in a container that arrived in Spain from the Dominican Republic. The seizure is part of …

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Adriano Roman has been admitted to the Jose Maria Cabral and Baez hospital in Santiago after he fainted at the Rafey Men’s prison. Roman is in jail accused of hiring hit men to murder his ex-wife Miguelina Llaverias and lawyer Jordi Veras. He was taken to hospital under strict security measures and the hospital spokesman, …

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A campaign is underway for Dominican radio stations to only play merengue songs on 26 November. The 24-hour all merengue day is promoted by radio broadcaster Mon Lluberes of Estandalo 107.3 who says that he will change the programming of the nine stations he directs on that day, motivated by a campaign to promote merengue …

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The legendary music of Walt Disney movies will be played at the National Theater in Santo Domingo on 23 and 24 November. This production by Amaury Sanchez is sponsored by Orange Music. Performances are by Grupo Aura, Techy Fatule, Hector Anibal, Carolina Rivas and Laura Rivera. Music is by the Santo Domingo Philharmonic Orchestra and …

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Merengue legend Johnny Ventura is presenting a concert/dance show with his greatest hits and those of the Gran Combo of Puerto Rico on Friday, 8 November at the Salon de Eventos of the Sambil Mall on John F. Kennedy Avenue in Santo Domingo at 8pm. The show then moves to the grounds of the Gran …

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On Sunday 3 November, President Danilo Medina approved a loan of RD$15 million for coffee producers in Blanco in the central province of Monsenor Nouel (Bonao) and yautia (taro) farmers in Sabana Piedra, Villa Altagracia. In Blanco, Medina met with members of the Independencia Coffee Growers Association (ASOCAIN), whose president, Luis Henriquez Nunez, told him …

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