2014 – Page 236

President Danilo Medina formally inaugurated new public schools in Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata yesterday, Thursday 27 March. The schools have been equipped with cafeterias so they can offer the extended school day program. The four new schools in Santo Domingo Province involved an investment of more than RD$175 million. They are part of the …

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Central Bank governor Hector Valdez Albizu is confident that the country will meet the 4.5% growth target set for this year. As the guest speaker at a National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE) lunch-lecture yesterday, Thursday 27 March, he said the country would benefit from the present US economic recovery, where inflation and unemployment are …

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The General Department of Cinema has announced the publication of a new manual on incentives for film producers in the Dominican Republic. The manual was launched during the Guadalajara Film Festival and at the AFCI Location Shows in Los Angeles. The new director, Yvette Marichal told Diario Libre that the manual explains taxation incentives, and …

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Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) president Gedeon Santos says that they are working to reduce telephone and Internet service costs for consumers. “Studies are underway with possible solutions for price reductions,” he said. Santos said that new rules are being finalized to guarantee the quality of telecom services in the country. He says that heavy fines …

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The Dominican government has a bloated foreign service even in countries with which trade is low. A report in Diario Libre today, Friday 28 March, reveals that there are 12 vice consuls on the payroll in the Netherlands Antilles, each making US$1,750 a month. In Trinidad & Tobago, four minister counselors are on the payroll, …

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Police Chief Major General Manuel Castro Castillo says that the National 911 Emergencies System will enter into operation on 16 May 2014. According to Castro, more than 900 new police agents will be assigned to preventive patrols in Greater Santo Domingo in April. He said the city is being divided into quadrants and this has …

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Diario Libre says that it will be taking the case presented against the Superintendent of Insurance Euclides Gutierrez Felix for retaining public information on the liquidation of Segna, S.A. insurance company, to the Constitutional Court. Gutierrez secured a favorable judgment by the Second Hall of the Superior Administrative Court that rejected a writ presented by …

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After a successful concert at the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City, bachata singer Anthony Santos has announced he will be taking his show “The Legend of Bachata” to the Sans Souci Marina in eastern Santo Domingo. The concert, scheduled for 28 June, is produced by Lenin Ramirez. For more on upcoming events, …

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Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia is forecasting an 8% increase in tourism to the Dominican Republic in 2014. During a speech yesterday, Wednesday 26 March during the opening ceremony of the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) in Punta Cana, organized by the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (Asonahores), the minister said that 2014 …

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President Danilo Medina has held separate meetings with the leaders of the two factions within the PRD opposition party, former President Hipolito Mejia and PRD president Miguel Vargas Maldonado. The consultations with political leaders and representatives of other sectors are aimed at reaching a consensus on the naturalization bill. Both Mejia and Vargas pledged their …

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