2014 – Page 15

President Danilo Medina attended a breakfast hosted by King Felipe VI of Spain along with the heads of the member countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA) at the XXIV Ibero-American Summit yesterday, Tuesday 9 December 2014. Several topics were discussed during the meeting with the King, the Spanish President, Mariano Rajoy, and the …

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The Central Bank has issued its third quarterly report on the Dominican economy saying that in broad terms, 2014 has been a good year, despite the challenges the country is facing. As of September, the economy had grown by 7%, which is 3.2% more than during the first nine months of last year, and 4.4% …

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The PLD-majority Chamber of Deputies has fast-tracked a bill authorizing a RD$1.2 billion loan for city municipalities, autonomous and decentralized government entities that have incorrectly spent the Christmas wage that is included in their allocations from the National Budget. The loan will be used for them to pay the 13th salary to their employees. The …

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Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) executive vice president Ruben Jimenez Bichara says that the government will be paying half of the arrears owed to the power distributors before the end of the year. A payment of US$568 million of the US$1,115 million owed will be made, as reported in El Dia. He said the bank …

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The Department of Passports has opened a passport office in the city of La Vega on Calle Garcia Godoy, in the Government Offices building. The new office, under director Lourdes Alvarado, will serve the public in cities in the area, including Bonao, Jarabacoa, Constanza and La Vega. Director of Passports Iris Guaba said that the …

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The director of the Metropolitan Health Service Dr. Felix Hernandez has announced that the Luis Eduardo Aybar public hospital in Santo Domingo will close from today, Wednesday 10 December 2014 in order to start the demolition of the old building and rebuild it at a cost of RD$6.9 billion. The hospital, which was originally built …

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Agents from the Metropolitan Transport Authority (Amet) have imposed fines on 3,433 drivers who were driving at night in vehicles without lights between 25 November and 7 December. The total includes drivers of 1,554 cars and 1,879 motorcycles without lights, who according to Amet were putting themselves at risk and endangering other road users. Amet …

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