2014 – Page 103

The Ministry of Environment has granted the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) the environmental permit to build the coal-fired Punta Catalina Thermoelectric Central in Peravia province. The power plant consists of two units with a generating capacity of 376 megawatts each, for a total of 752 megawatts and complementary works. The CDEEE awarded the construction …

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The Dominican Republic Association of Industries (AIRD) has hailed the decision by the labor jurisdiction of Santiago that ruled against a labor demand placed by Hugo Francisco and Johnny Rodriguez Marte of the Sindicato de Camioneros y Furgoneros de Puerto Plata and ordered the union to become a private company in order to operate their …

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The Ministry of Public Works has announced that today, Thursday, 28 August 2014 traffic at Km 24 of the Duarte highway will be diverted for works on the construction of a bridge over the highway to connect to the Santo Domingo Bypass. The highway point will be closed from 6am to 7pm. Traffic in both …

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The Dominican Republic and Cuba have signed an immigration agreement aimed at regulating illegal immigration. Director general of Migration Jose Ricardo Taveras Blanco and Cuba’s deputy minister of Foreign Relations Nelly Perez Duverge signed the immigration cooperation memorandum concluding the 7th Round of Cuba-Dominican Republic Migration Talks held at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. The …

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Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia, who is seeking to be nominated as the ruling PLD party’s presidential candidate, is calling for major changes in the Dominican educational curriculum to improve the quality of education. Garcia said that the population backs the Medina administration’s 4% allocation of GDP to education. The funds have made it possible …

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Transport union leaders Juan Hubieres of Fenatrado and Antonio Marte of Conatra, whose affiliates’ vehicles are known as “voladoras” with a monopoly on many routes in Santo Domingo, are seeking political recognition from the Central Electoral Board (JCE) for their political parties. Hubieres is a deputy who ran on the ruling PLD party ticket. The …

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Major General Jose Matos de la Cruz of the Army and Police chief Major General Manuel Castro Castillo have agreed to increase patrols in vulnerable areas. Matos de la Cruz said the army backup for the patrols would start this weekend, 30-31 August-2014. “We are ready to help the Police prevent crime. We are going …

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The police have arrested two Segasa security guards, Rafael Antonio Uceta Acevedo and Jose Alberto Mora Torres, identifying them as the main suspects in a robbery at the residence of the Moya family in Cerros de Gurabo III in Santiago on Tuesday night, 26 August 2014. The watchmen were employed at the Moya family home. …

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Judge Kenya Romero of the 7th Court of Instruction of the National District has set a date, 2 September 2014, for a hearing for presentation of evidence against former papal nuncio Josef Wesolowski, who is accused of pedophilia. Earlier this year the Vatican announced that the priest was defrocked, thus losing his diplomatic immunity. This …

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Felix Sanchez and Luguelin Santos, Dominican gold and silver medalists in the London 2012 Olympics, are running today, Thursday 28 August 2014 in the Diamond League Zurich events. Sanchez is competing in the 400 m hurdles and Santos in the 400 m race. Follow the races at: http://www.diamondleague-zurich.com/en/Results/Overview/400m-Hurdles-Men/ http://www.diamondleague-zurich.com/en/Results/Overview/400m/