2014 – Page 12

2014 News

Dominicans using banking services to increase

A new modality whereby banks turn small local shops into banking agents offering a selection of services is expecting to translate into an increase from 30 to 46% of Dominicans using banking services. A recent analysis by the department of economic studies of the Association of Commercial Banks in the Dominican Republic (ABA) forecasts the …

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Grupo CCN announces more shops for 2015

Grupo CCN president Jose Miguel Gonzalez Cuadra has announced the opening of new stores in La Vega, Moca, Puerto Plata and Greater Santo Domingo in 2015. The chain operates Supermercados Nacional, the Jumbo megastore, Casa for household goods, hardware store, the Cuesta bookstore, the Jugueton toy store, Jumbo Express, Bebe Mundo for babies and La …

2014 News

Haitian twins abandoned at Santiago hospital

A Haitian mother has abandoned her two twin sons at the Arturo Grullon Public Hospital in Santiago. The hospital director says that it is not unusual for mothers to cross over from Haiti and leave their children at the public hospital, trusting they will have a better life. Hospital director Rosa Morel said that the …

2014 News

15-year old murdered in cabana

A 15-year old girl has been shot dead in a Villa Espana motel cabana located on the Las Americas highway. The death occurred shortly after the girl arrived at the motel with a man. She was identified as Jessica Elaine Sabab Perez. She lived on Calle Las Mercedes in Ensanche Isabelita, not far from the …

2014 News

Basketball Without Borders coming to Santo Domingo

The NBA Basketball Without Borders program will take place in Santo Domingo in 2015, announced Dominican Basketball Federation president Rafael Uribe. The date of the camp has yet to be confirmed. They will work with NBA, WNBA, and international players and coaches. The camps began in 2001 and are run by the NBA and basketball …

2014 News

Real Madrid to develop Dominican football players

Dominicans of all income levels will soon be able to receive professional training from some of the best football coaches in the world. La Escuela de Tecnificacion de Futbol, a Real Madrid football training school, will begin operations in January 2015 with football training for children between the ages of 7 and 17. Grupo CCN …

2014 News

Edgar Molina at Las Terrazas del Meson

Las Terrazas del Meson in Santo Domingo presents jazz played by Edgar Molina’s Atronik Room tomorrow evening, Tuesday, 16 December at 8:30pm. Av. Mirador Sur, Tel. 809 930-1840 For more on upcoming events, see http://dr1.com/calendar

2014 News

Spanish Minister says DR immigration policy is correct

Minister of Foreign Relations of Spain Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo y Marfil met with Minister of Foreign Relations Andres Navarro in a working breakfast held at the Ministry of Foreign Relations yesterday Thursday, 11 December 2014 to continue talks for strengthening Dominican and Spanish relations. Speaking to the press, he said that in addition to …

2014 News

Farm exports up 6%

The executive director of the Center for Export and Investment (CEI-RD) Jean Alain Rodriguez says that farm exports for the January-October 2014 period have exceeded US$1.6 billion, for a 6.07% growth compared to the same period in 2013. He said that total exports for the same period are up 6.12%, with almost US$3.14 billion in …

2014 News

Ministry of Foreign Relations documents

Acento online news service has been publishing documents said to come from official sources on who has been paid and how much at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. The news service says that many people on the list may no longer be at the Ministry. The listings include people employed up to the beginning of …

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2014 – Page 12

Dominicans using banking services to increase

Grupo CCN announces more shops for 2015

Haitian twins abandoned at Santiago hospital

15-year old murdered in cabana

Basketball Without Borders coming to Santo Domingo

Real Madrid to develop Dominican football players

Edgar Molina at Las Terrazas del Meson

Spanish Minister says DR immigration policy is correct

Farm exports up 6%

Ministry of Foreign Relations documents