2014 – Page 278

Kathleen Martinez, the Dominican lawyer-turned-archaeologist who heads a team of researchers looking for Cleopatra’s tomb in Egypt, met with President Danilo Medina at the Presidential Palace in Santo Domingo yesterday, Monday 10 February. She told him the seventh expedition to the chosen sites near Alexandria was starting this Sunday and that she is confident that …

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Minister of Hacienda Simon Lizardo confirmed yesterday, Monday 10 February that the government plans to disburse the funds for resuming construction on the second Santo Domingo Metro line. The second phase involves crossing the Ozama River and extending the Metro into Santo Domingo East, the most populous area of Greater Santo Domingo. The Transport Reorganization …

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The Haitian government has announced it will set up mobile units in the Dominican Republic so that undocumented Haitians in the country can regularize their status under the Foreigner Legalization Plan recently announced by the Dominican government. Speaking at a press conference, the Director General of Haiti’s National Identification Office (ONI), Jean Baptiste Saint-Cyr, said …

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Delegates from 35 countries are attending a discussion on the development of broadband and Internet development at the 6th Assembly of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission in Santo Domingo from 11-13 February. Senior governmental officials, representatives of the private sector, tech experts and academics met yesterday, Monday 10 February to discuss public policies, planning and priorities, …

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The Central Bank reported that inflation in January, compared to December 2013 was 0.23%. The Central Bank says that inflation over the past 12 months was 2.82%. He says this compares to 4.76% for the same period last year, and is the lowest for the first month of the year in the past five years. …

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The latest CID poll says the country’s leading problems are the high cost of living and unemployment, followed by safety issues. Respondents to the survey, which took place from 11-18 January expressed optimism for better times ahead. One in five said they were victims or someone in their home had been a victim of robbery …

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Nurses affiliated to the Dominican Social Security Institute (IDSS) who work in hospitals throughout Puerto Plata province have been on strike for the last two weeks. They say they have not been paid since last year. The strike is affecting hospitals in Imbert, Guananico, Altamira, Ricardo Limardo in Puerto Plata and Gregorio Luperon hospital in …

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The Dominican Republic will host a 130-member delegation from 32 Florida companies interested in doing business in the Dominican Republic. The visit is being coordinated by the Santo Domingo Chamber of Commerce. Vice president Fernando Ferran said that the businesspeople would be attending a Doing Business with Florida event on 24-25 February at the Magna …

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The Dominican Cardiology Society has said that 98% of sudden deaths that occur in the country are preventable. Most deaths occur when the victims do not receive cardiac resuscitation in the first six minutes after a heart attack. Society president Carmen Encarnacion Roa said that the public urgently needs training in cardiac resuscitation, called “hand …

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An accident between a bus and a SUV yesterday, Monday 10 February on the road from Azua to Bani, near Biyeya beach left one person dead and eight injured. A 47-year old woman, Dolores Bautista Tapia, was killed. The injured were named as Maria Patricia, 38, Charlie Rosso, 32, Jonathan Romero, 26 and Maria Garcia …

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