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Architect Richard Moreta exhibits at the Palacio de Bellas Artes

See the exhibit Digital Architectural Exhibition by Dominican architect Richard Moreta Castillo, a professor of architecture in Germany from 30 July to 14 September 2014 at the Galeria Nacional at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. Av. Maximo Gomez. The Galeria Nacional is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am to 5pm. Thursdays from 10 …

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Fingerprints not necessary for health plan drugs

The Superintendence of Health and Labor Risks (Sisalril) tells consumers that fingerprinting receipts for drugs is not necessary when purchasing these using ARS health plans. Fernando Caamano, superintendent for Sisalril, said that while fingerprinting required by some health providers or ARSs is well intentioned, as it seeks to better control costs and avoid frauds, it …

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Global Environment Fund in the Dominican Republic

The Global Environment Fund has approved a fund for US$1.3 million to promote electricity-generated by biomass for industrial use in the Dominican Republic. The plan is to improve industrial competitiveness by reducing the cost of power for industries and at the same time reducing green house gas emissions. The project “Stimulating Industrial Competitiveness through the …

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Senate passes bill allows government to generate power

The government is authorized to own or indirectly participate in power generation through the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE). The law establishes the initiative is temporary providing for the government to supply the demand for power. It also relieves the state from the procedures of Government Procurement Law 340-06 when contracting generation projects under the …

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Ban Ki-moon asks Dominicans to take responsibility for Haiti government lapse

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations has asked the Dominican Republic to bear the burden for the lack of responsibility of the government in Haiti in providing legal documentation to those born in Haiti and their descendants. Most people living in Haiti are “stateless” because the government has traditionally not given priority to …

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Fiscal Responsibility Bill to curb wasteful government spending

Economist Ernesto Selman called for the passing of a Fiscal Responsibility Bill to put a halt to unbridled borrowing by the government. The executive vice president of the Centro Regional de Estrategias Economicas Sostenibles (CREES), an economic think tank, highlighted that in the 90s, the public debt of the Non Financial Public Sector had dropped …

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