2014 – Page 101

The high cost of state compensations in the case of the declaration of Loma Miranda as a national park by Congress is a main issue to be considered by President Danilo Medina. The bill has been passed in Congress and now it is the President who needs to decide on declaring the La Vega mountain …

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The National Social Security Council (CNSS) has approved a harmonized proposal to return payments made into the system plus accrued interest to contributors who registered for the pension funds at 45 years of age or more and who lose their jobs before reaching retirement age. The CNSS also approved returning payments made into the system …

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The Embassy of Brazil in the Dominican has announced that its scholarship program has awarded three scholarships to students of architecture and civil engineering. Dominicans have studied medicine, plastic surgery, dentistry and sciences in Brazilian universities over the years. This year three students from the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, Universidad Catolica Technologica del Cibao …

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Small businesses, mainly headed by women, are growing in the area of wellness, cosmetics and beauty products. In an interview with Listin Diario, the president of the Association of Small and Medium-sized Manufactures of Cosmetics (Apymefac), Dinorah Subero and vice president Julia Jimenez said that last year, exports of beauty products totaled US$57 million. Exports …

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Carlos Emilio Gonzalez, president of Cemex Dominicana, announced yesterday, Thursday 28 August 2014, that the company’s cement will have been used for around half a million square meters of highway pavement this year. He said that while this is just a small portion of the pavement of the country, prospects are for growth in sales. …

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Concert promoter Saymon Diaz says he will legally challenge the 21 August 2014 decision by the National Commission of Public Entertainment and Radio Programs (CNEPR) that banned a scheduled concert by Miley Cyrus and her Bangerz Tour on 13 September 2014 in the country on the grounds that the singer “performs acts that are contrary …

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Using the social media and email, a message seeking to raise awareness among Dominicans of the high taxation paid is doing the rounds, calling for a reduction in the size of government. The message reminds Dominicans that they pay the highest electricity rates while still having to run expensive back-up power systems, they have to …

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A Haitian woman drowned, another was rescued and another 18 are missing is the result of a boat that capsized yesterday, 28 August 2014, some four nautical miles off the beach of Uvero Alto in northern Punta Cana. Armada (Navy) chief Vice Admiral Edmundo Nestor Felix Pimentel identified the victim as 47-year old Charite Valezco. …

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Victor Estrella is set to play a Top 10 player in the US open on Saturday, 30 August 2014. This is a first for the Dominican Republic. The 34-year old Dominican tennis player Victor Estrella earned the privilege when he defeated 17-year old Croatian boy wonder Borna Coric yesterday, Thursday 28 August 2014 7-6, 4-6, …

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The Tigres del Licey and Aguilas Cibaenas were scheduled to play two exhibition games in a baseball stadium in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, 11 October and Sunday, 12 October 2014 at the MCU Park in Coney Island but they have now been cancelled. The games had been endorsed by the Caribbean Baseball Confederation, the …

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