2014 – Page 127

The president of the Dominican Free Zones Association (Adozona), Aquiles Bermudez told the press yesterday, Wednesday 30 July 2014 that the deficient electricity service in the Dominican Republic is a main obstacle to the development of the manufacturing sector. Reporting that the industrial free zone sector had grown by 3.9% during the first quarter of …

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Seven institutions have joined forces to prevent gender violence in the industrial free zones extended community. The agreement seeks to promote initiatives to favor non-violence against women in family, social and work environments and promote links between institutions to strengthen the prevention and intervention in cases of violence affecting the community of industrial free zones …

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The Gildan activewear manufacturing plant has sent 400 employee volunteers to the Parque Ecologico de San Luis to plant 3,200 Dominican mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), saman (Samanea saman) and ceiba trees. Dominican mahogany, the national tree, can grow to a height of 30 meters with a 10-meter diameter. This is the sixth planting activity organized by …

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A trough moving eastwards across the Dominican Republic is expected to bring rains today, Thursday 31 July and tomorrow, Friday 1 August 2014, reports the Meteorological Office. The rainfall will be especially welcome given the drought that has affected the country for several months. Yesterday, Wednesday 30 July 2014, the director of the National Hydrological …

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Playing in the Citi Open taking place in the Washington, D.C. stop of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour yesterday, Wednesday 30 July 2014, Dominican tennis player Victor Estrella (ATP ranked 87th) defeated Feliciano Lopez of Spain (ranked 25th) to advance in the tournament. Today, Thursday 31 July 2014 before 6pm he will play …

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President Danilo Medina handed over 149 new classrooms in the northwestern border provinces of Montecristi and Valverde yesterday, Tuesday 29 July 2014, which will mean 5,215 more students can benefit from the extended school day. The first celebration was held in the Profesora Altagracia Cabreja primary school in Montecristi, and then at the Maria Auxiliadora …

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President Danilo Medina has congratulated Dominican-American author Julia Alvarez on being awarded the National Medal of Arts, presented by the United States President Barack Obama on Monday, 28 July 2014. In a letter to the novelist from himself and the Dominican Government, Medina said that it was in recognition of her contribution to the world …

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