2014 – Page 17

The president of the Dominican Mining and Petroleum Chamber (Campire) Jose Bernardo Sena says that total investment in mining operations in the country is around US$6.2 billion. He said some 75,000 direct jobs have been created by the growing mining industry. http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=402189

The Superintendence of Electricity (SIE) has intervened in the Luz y Fuerza power company in Las Terrenas, Samana in the northeast of the country and says that it will carry out interconnection works that will improve service and lower costs of the service within four months. The interconnection will supply power to Las Terrenas produced …

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The Inter-American Development Bank is recommending economic transformation in Latin America. During the launch of the new book “How to Rethink Productive Development: Policies and Solid Institutions for Economic Transformation,” the IDB representative in the country, Flora Montealegre recommended a rigorous assessment of policies to stimulate savings, improve government spending quality and optimize available resources. …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced that people being held in jail on remand will be able to vote in the May 2016 elections. Yesterday morning, Monday 8 December 2014, Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito and JCE president Roberto Rosario signed an agreement to provide all the necessary equipment for gathering biometric information from …

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The Dominican Republic exported more than US$100 million worth of greenhouse vegetables in 2014, which confirms that agriculture is among the country’s most dynamic sectors. The Agriculture Ministry’s Protected Environment Production Dept. (Deprobap) said that the country exported US$111.6 million worth of vegetables during that period or US$15 million more than the US$96.1 million in …

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According to the latest statistics from the United States Coastguard, Customs Office and Border Protection (CBP), over the last two years, a new wave of Haitian immigrants has overtaken the number of Dominicans who have travelled to Puerto Rico illegally. The changes in immigration patterns as reflected in the number of Haitians captured by the …

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Internet purchases via Miami-based courier companies have been delayed over the last month as the Customs Department is checking all the packages and insisting on receipts for each one. Thousands of customers are complaining that their purchases have been stuck in Miami for several weeks and the couriers are saying that the reason is that …

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The Specialist Prosecutor for Money Laundering, German Daniel Miranda Villalona says there have been difficulties in assessing livestock confiscated from accused drug dealer Winston Rizik Rodriguez, and that seven of the around 500 cows have tuberculosis and cannot be sold or used to produce milk. He said this has delayed the assessment process. Miranda said …

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The Association of Art Journalists (Acroarte) is reporting the disappearance of one of its founder members, journalist Alcibiades de la Rosa (Alci). He has not been seen since Sunday afternoon, 7 December 2014, when he left the institution, where the third meeting to evaluate the winners of the Soberano awards for 2015 was being held. …

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Since Monday, 8 December 2014, thousands of Dominicans living overseas have started to return to the country to spend Christmas with their families and friends. Some have said they are concerned at the lack of security in the country. The government is allowing them to bring up to US$3,000 worth of gifts for their families …

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