2014 – Page 164

After the deadline expired on Friday 13 June, telecom companies said that 40% of pre-paid mobile phone users still hadn’t approached their service providers to validate ownership of their phone lines. As a result the telecom companies were ordered to suspend the service. The telecom companies are now giving users an additional 90 days to …

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In a press release dated Friday 13 June, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund announced that the latest program monitoring with the Dominican monetary authorities has been completed, with a series of recommendations. The IMF commended the government for keeping inflation below the Central Bank’s target range of 5%+/- 1%, and partially reversing …

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It would seem that the Dominican government answer to the demand for increased business competitiveness has been to create more government institutions, while competitiveness indicators for the country have stagnated or worsened since 2006. Of 189 economies around the world studied for the World Bank Doing Business 2014 profile, the Dominican Republic is ranked 117th. …

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US Ambassador James (Wally) Brewster has constantly been in the media spotlight for his gay activism in the Dominican Republic, observes El Dia today, Monday 16 June. El Dia comments that when Brewster, a leading US gay activist, was appointed, charge d’affaires Daniel Foote stated that Brewster was coming to the Dominican Republic as a …

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For those following the attempted murder of TV host and lawyer Jordi Veras, acento.com.do publishes a detailed description by his father, Negro Veras with details on the plan to murder his son. The case is being heard in a Santo Domingo court and the prosecutors asked for 30 years for the material killers. During the …

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A tribute to the late Sonia Silvestre is planned for the closing night of the Long Night of Museums at the Alcazar de Colon off Plaza de Espana in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City this Saturday, 21 June as of 10pm. Ballerina Patricia Ascuasiati will dance with the band and two singers. Saxophonist Sandy Gabriel will …

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Pope Francis met with Dominican President Danilo Medina during an around 30-minute private audience at the Vatican this morning, Friday 13 June at 10:30am. They discussed the Dominican government plan for legalization and naturalization of foreigners underway since 2 June 2014. The legalization plan is being applied to people who were not born in the …

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The government ordered that starting at midnight, Thursday 12 June the telecom companies suspend service of the pre-paid cell phones whose owners had not updated their ownership. During a press conference at the Presidential Palace, the 911 Emergency Response System spokeswoman and Deputy Presidency Minister, Zoraima Cuello, read a statement that decreed that starting at …

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The executive director of the National Energy Commission (CNE) Enrique Ramirez has announced that the Dominican Republic is the Caribbean and Central American country where the most investments have been made in renewable energy in 2012-2013. The investments are from companies based in the Netherlands, the United States, Spain, Germany, British Virgin Islands and Chile. …

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Over a third of a million students are being called in to take the National Standardized Scholastic Tests for students in the eighth grade of primary school and the fourth year of high school (also called “basic” and “middle”). Nearly 345,000 students will be taking the tests between 16 and 27 June. According to a …

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