2014 – Page 276

President Danilo Medina has sent a bill to the Senate, designed to permit the Dominican government to re-enter the business of generating electricity on a “temporary” basis. The legislation is aimed at providing low-cost and environmentally friendly electricity generation while changing the local fuel generation matrix. One article of the proposal states that the goal …

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Western Michigan University is assisting the Ministry of Sports of the Dominican Republic to improve college athletics in the Dominican Republic. The initiative was spearheaded by the longstanding friendship between Deputy Minister of Sports Marcos Diaz and the university’s Director of International Admissions and Services Juan Tavares. Marcos Diaz is best known as an open …

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The Santiago Strategic Development Council has approved the Yearly Operational Plan for 2014 in which the agreements reached with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are some of the more outstanding points. These agreements will permit the city to be included among the 22 cities in Latin America where the Emerging Sustainable Cities Initiative (ESCI) can …

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Over the last six years, 2,234 people, both nationals and foreigners, have been charged with crimes of cloning cards and stealing information and identities through phishing. Phishing, used to steal money or information of accounts through e-mail or fake Internet pages, made up 72.7% of the cases. The head of the Specialized Prosecutor against High …

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Two days before the end of the deadline for the registrations for the PRD’s 30th ordinary convention, members of the divided opposition party are once again breathing the air of sanctions and expulsions that sparked the internal war early last year. PRD president Miguel Vargas and the president of the party’s control commission have classified …

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Aerodom, the operator of several of the nation’s airports, has reported that the latest winter storm to hit the Northeast of the United States has forced the cancellation of more flights to and from the Dominican Republic, as reported in El Nuevo Diario. The company says that Delta, JetBlue and United Airlines have had to …

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The Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon is hosting a series of movies on famous artists’ lives as part of the ARTchavon film series. They are: Frida Kahlo: Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 6pm. Contribution RD$200 Kahlo’s work has been celebrated in Mexico as emblematic of national and indigenous traditions and by feminists for its uncompromising …

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The Centro Cultural de Espana in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City presents a selection of 48 of the best news photos published in 2013. The works are by four newspaper reporters. The exhibition will be open through 9 March. Free admission.

The show tells the story of life through tango moves. Tango from its origins in Buenos Aires to its heyday in Europe. Through dance, it tells the story of three lonely women. A 12-musician orchestra, a singer and 14 dancers put on a Broadway-style show with special performances by Milly Quezada and Nini Caffaro. The …

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President Danilo Medina, speaking to the highest echelons of business leaders in the country at the Central Bank yesterday, Tuesday 11 February for the Second Follow-up Forum to the II Industries Congress, promised that his government would always be a decisive ally for manufacturers. According to the President, the National Housing and Development Bank (BNV) …

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