2014 – Page 115

The 31st Technical Cement Congress, organized by the Inter-American Cement Federation (Ficem) will take place in Santo Domingo from 8 to 11 September 2014. It is being organized by the Dominican Association of Portland Cement Producers (Adocem) together with the companies Argos, Domicen, Cemex and Cementos Cibao. Around 300 delegates from Latin America are expected …

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Army Commander In Chief Major General Ruben Paulino Sem has praised First Lieutenant Manuel Benitez Montero, Sergeant Major Cornelio Santana Ferreras and Sergeant Pedro Encarnacion Carrasco for the capture of Haitian fugitive and convicted kidnapper Clifford Brandt together with two other fugitives (Jaroli Morinvil and Toussaint Richardson) who had escaped from the Croix-des-Bouquets jail to …

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The Dominican Republic national men’s basketball team will play Team USA at the Madison Square Garden in New York City on 20 August 2014. This is a warm-up game for the FIBA World Championships in Madrid from 30 August to 14 September. The United States is in Group C along with Finland, the Dominican Republic, …

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In a third round of inaugurations in the southwestern province of Azua, President Danilo Medina has cut the ceremonial ribbons marking the opening of three new schools. The Professor Juan Bosch, Las Clavellinas and Los Tramojos schools were built at a total cost of RD$106,349,000. In addition to the schools, new uniforms were handed out …

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Speaking at a Dominican Republic of Industries Association breakfast meeting yesterday, Tuesday 12 August 2014, Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta reviewed the first two years of the President Danilo Medina government and told his audience that the best of the Medina administration is yet to come. Peralta, a former AIRD board member …

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Dominican Republic Industries Association president Ligia Bonetti, speaking in the presence of Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta yesterday, Tuesday 12 August 2014, urged the government to respond to the challenges of national industry. “We should not allow trust to decline. We must act fast in the right direction to create wellbeing for …

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The Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) says it has made payments for US$4.31 billion to power suppliers from August 2012 to July 2014, which is US$125.6 million more than what the power companies have billed since the start of the Medina administration. The fact that the amount paid is greater than the bills reflects the …

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Santo Domingo Aqueducts and Sanitation Corporation (CAASD) director Alejandro Montas says that the drinking water supply has increased to 340 million gallons a day and that if it continues to rain, water levels will return to normal in the National District and most of Santo Domingo province. Montas made the announcement yesterday, Tuesday 12 August …

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In a statement to Listin Diario last night, Tuesday 12 August 2014, Defense Minister Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez said that the Dominican Army had captured the Haitian escaped convict and kidnapper, Clifford Brandt, together with two other fugitives from jail in Port-au-Prince. He said that an army patrol had caught them on the border between …

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