2014 – Page 133

The Office of Supervisor Engineers of the Presidency (OISOE) has announced that improvement works underway at the Dario Contreras Public Hospital are making good progress. Most of the country’s trauma cases are treated at the hospital, which is located in Santo Domingo East. Engineer Miguel Pimentel Kareh of OISOE says that works in the neurosurgery …

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President Danilo Medina has asked the European Union for support to build two large hospitals for Haitian citizens on the border with Haiti. This is aimed at increasing the coverage and quality of health services to Dominicans and Haitians in the border regions. The request is for the European Union to contribute equipment and medical …

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The Medina administration has published Decree 250-14 with the ruling for the implementation of Naturalization Law 169-14. The law establishes a special regime for people born in the Dominican Republic but irregularly registered in the Dominican civil registry and on naturalization. The approved version establishes more precautions against fraud compared to an earlier version. The …

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In the past 30 days, high-ranking officials from the United States, the United Nations and the European Union have visited the country and made recommendations for the Dominican Republic to apply a humane solution to the plight of hundreds of thousands of immigrants to the Dominican Republic who do not have legal documentation, according to …

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The government commercial bank, BanReservas has announced new facilities for restoring credit rating to people who due to different circumstances have been banned from using banking services. Enrique Ramirez Paniagua of BanReservas said that people with bad credit could attend the Finances School to learn how to manage their finances correctly and take part in …

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Speaking at the US House of Representatives Sub-committee on the Western Hemisphere hearing on energy yesterday, Wednesday 23 July 2014, former Dominican ambassador in Washington Flavio Dario Espinal called for attention from the US Congress to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) under discussion in the US Congress. He made the point that the TPP contains …

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Ligia Bonetti, president of the Dominican Republic Association of Industries (AIRD) says that most of the government’s plans for reforming industrial policies and the sector are merely papers and meetings, with little action being taken to improve the country’s competitiveness. AIRD representatives told the Corripio news group editors that they have met with several government …

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Legislator Victor (Ito) Bisono says that the economic model in the Dominican Republic is based on political patronage. This he says has resulted in instability that can only worsen in the future. He warned that the International Labor Organization’s July statistics show that the regional unemployment rate in Latin America and Caribbean is 6%, while …

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The Dominican Association of Electricity Industries (ADIE) says that the Medina administration as of 20 July was in arrears with them for US$601.4 million. The total debt is US$706.7 million.

Puerto Rican telecoms operator Open Mobile has dismissed 50 employees following the company’s decision to migrate its call center to the Dominican Republic. Open Mobile provides mobile telephony services in Puerto Rico through both 3G and 4G LTE technologies. Open Mobile is owned by M/C Partners and Columbia Capital, which acquired Movistar’s assets in Puerto …

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