2013 – Page 69

Canadian teen idol Justin Bieber is in Santo Domingo for his show at the Olympic Stadium this evening, Tuesday 22 October. The organizers have erected what is probably the largest stage ever built at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Stadium for the event. Bieber arrived in the country for his Believe World Tour concert on …

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In his speech at the 23rd Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government that took place in Panama from 18-19 October, President Danilo Medina called on heads of state to come up with ideas for a new economy that is more focused on the welfare of the people. “Let us join our will to …

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In the parallel summit of the Central American Integration System and Spain (SICA-Spain) that also took place in Panama last week, President Danilo Medina spoke of the fight against drugs and drug trafficking, and called for Ibero-American governments to unite to reduce its effects. He said the Central America and the Caribbean have suffered an …

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The DR has climbed from position 15 to 8 in the Multilateral Investment Fund (IDB) Climatescope 2013 ranking, as reported in Diario Libre. The ranking lists the most attractive clean energy markets in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report indicated that cumulative renewable investment doubled in the Dominican Republic, and reached US$645 million in …

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The Ministry of Tourism has announced that US$2,150,000 is available for the main Colonial City museums. Four of the main museums in the historic center will be improved. They are the Alcazar de Colon, Las Atarazanas, Museo de las Casas Reales and the Fortaleza Ozama. Archaeologist and geologist Carlos Leon, specialist in museum restoration, is …

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The Dominican Electricity Industry Association (ADIE) says that the government power arrear now stands at US$776,830,262. An ADIE release says that receiving payments is the only way to guarantee that the supply of power will continue and electricity sustainability in the short term. The debt corresponds to arrears for four months. The organization says that …

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The new president of the National Provisions Trade Consortium (CNCP), an association of small grocery store owners, Jorge Jerez says that safety, taxation and energy costs are putting many of his members out of business. Jerez said that safety, high fuel prices, exorbitant electricity bills and high interest rates are the great challenges affecting small-scale …

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What is thought to be the first harvest of capers in the Dominican Republic is now being marketed. Retired doctor Manuel Rodriguez, who planted the specialty crop in Cabeza del Toro, Guayubin, has already had his first harvests with three to four quintals twice a week. The experimental farm is lined with vines studded with …

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Lawyer Vinicio Castillo Seman has called on the Dominican government to counteract what he described as the “slanderous and offensive international campaign” by Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Richard Casimir. Castillo says that the Haitian government official is spreading false information when he claims that the Dominican Constitutional Court ruling, which calls for fast-track …

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The National Social Security Council (CNSS) has announced the completion of a study that calculates the enormous cost of lack of driving safety in the country. The World Health Organization ranked the DR in second place worldwide when it comes to traffic accidents in 2013. The report says the social cost of deaths due to …

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