2013 – Page 54

Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia said that the weekend inauguration of the 750-suite Breathless Punta Cana Resort and Spa in Uvero Alto, Punta Cana was just the first of three major openings scheduled for the tourism sector in November and December. He said on 20 November the government would officially inaugurate the Touristic Boulevard …

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The Dominican Republic’s new Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, Pedro Verges, presented his credentials to OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza on Friday, 1 November. Prior to his appointment, he served as ambassador for the Dominican Republic in Argentina. Verges said the government of the Dominican Republic was “committed to ensuring that …

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President Danilo Medina and his wife, First Lady Candida Montilla visited the Blandino Funeral home on Sunday 3 November to give their condolences to Dede Mirabal following the death of her son, businessman Jaime Rafael Fernandez Mirabal (Jimmy), the brother of former Vice President Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal. President Medina had already sent a letter …

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The task of checking the information about foreigners registered in the Civil Registry from 1929 to 2007 is around 70% completed, with 83 municipalities finished and the rest between 40 and 80% complete. Diario Libre executive editor Adriano Miguel Tejada, coordinator of the Inspection Committee, announced that they have found different situations including some places …

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Hundreds of people congregated in Independence Park in Santo Domingo yesterday afternoon, Monday 4 November in support of the Constitutional Court ruling that establishes who and who is not Dominican. The event was organized by the National Network for the Defense of Sovereignty and included several similar organizations. The participants had placards rejecting Haitian immigration …

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The Minister of Public Administration, Ramon Ventura Camejo, announced on Sunday 3 November that at least 50 children die every month in the Doctor Arturo Grullon public hospital in Santiago. He said that he considers this to be far too high, saying that there are at least two deaths each day. Ventura Camejo said that …

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects unemployment in the Dominican Republic to increase from 14 to 16%. In recent years, jobs have been increasing in the informal sector and in government. As of 2012, country statistics show 57% of jobs outside of government were in the non-regulated sector. Economist Ernesto Selman, of the Regional Center …

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News Cable group Altice’s subsidiary Altice Caribbean has agreed to acquire Tricom and Global Interlink (together ‘Tricom’), a triple-play and mobile operator in the Dominican Republic, from its current owner Hispaniola Telecom, a company controlled by Amzak Capital Management and Inversiones Bahia since 2010. The acquisition is subject to approval by the Dominican telecoms regulator …

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According to legal documents obtained by Reuters, the US and Brazilian authorities are investigating whether Embraer SA bribed officials from the Dominican Republic to change the contracts for sale of commercial and defense aircraft. The probe is looking into the US$92 million deal with the Dominican Armed forces for eight Super Tucano fighter jets that …

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Working in collaboration with the United States, the Colombian Navy has confiscated 1,450 kilos (3,200 lb) of cocaine from a speedboat intercepted in international waters. The speedboat is suspected to have been heading for Barahona, on the southwest coast of the Dominican Republic. Four Venezuelans and a Colombian were detained and are being held in …

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