2014 – Page 132

State-owned power distribution companies (Edes) and the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) have run up a deficit of US$568.4 million due to increases in their operational costs and not billing for power purchased from power generators. The total also includes investments by the Edes and the CDEEE, including in the installation of coal-fired power plants, …

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Jose Ramon Rodriguez, the education consultant to the Cooperative Association for Investment and Employment (Coop Aspire) says that 25% of Dominican students attend private schools. He advocated for government support for private schools to adopt the extended school day whereby students enter at 8am for a school day that ends at 4pm. During a conference …

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The drought affecting big cities is draining the pockets of individuals and budgets of small businesses that have to buy water from third parties. In the neighborhoods of the northern parts of the National District, a 25-gallon tank of water costs RD$100. In barrios of Santo Domingo West and Pantoja, a small truck costs RD$500. …

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Yesterday, 24 July 2014, PRD activist Guido Gomez Mazara submitted his request for the annulment of the PRD’s 30th Ordinary Convention held last Sunday, 20 July 2014 where Miguel Vargas Maldonado was ratified as party president. The documents were received by the National Organizing Committee’s events secretary, Leudy Peralta, together with notaries Odalis Ferreras and …

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San Cristobal judge Willy de Jesus has denied parole for Mary Pelaez who is serving a jail sentence for money laundering and belonging to the gang led by Puerto Rican Jose David Figueroa Agosto. Pelaez must stay in her cell in Najayo women’s prison until she has completed her five-year sentence. She is more than …

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There have been 117 femicides so far this year (to 20 July 2014) according to the Minister of Women, Alejandrina German. This is a 54% increase compared to the same period last year. She described the situation as “an epidemic” despite all efforts by the Ministry and other institutions over the last 10 years. She …

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On Monday, 28 July 2014, US President Barack Obama will present the National Medal of Arts to Dominican novelist, poet and essayist Julia Alvarez in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support, and availability of the arts in the United States. This is the highest award given to artists and arts patrons …

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Dominican pop ballad group Aura is giving a super-concert on Wednesday, 13 August 2014 at the Hard Rock Cafe, Blue Mall in Santo Domingo starting at 7pm. The group members are Javier Grullon, Manny Cruz and Jose Julio Sanchez. 4th floor, Blue Mall, Winston Churchill and Gustavo Mejia Ricart avenues. Tickets can be purchased at …

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President Danilo Medina will take a day off this coming Sunday, 27 July 2014, which is Father’s Day in the Dominican Republic, and he plans to use the first three Sundays in August to inaugurate newly built or remodeled public schools. The schools need to be ready in time for the start of the 2014-15 …

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