2014 – Page 287

President Danilo Medina was in Luperon in Puerto Plata province yesterday, Sunday 2 February where he visited cattle ranchers and women’s enterprise groups. He announced RD$16 million in low-interest loans for the Luperon Cattle Ranchers Association to improve milk, cheese and yoghurt production. The loan repayments will be charged 0.41% monthly interest. Of the total, …

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Jimani in the Dominican Republic will be the setting for today’s meeting, Monday 3 February, between Dominican government and business representatives, and delegates from Haiti, in the presence of international observers. The talks are aimed at reaching agreements in the areas of environment, trade, fighting drug trafficking and crime as well as the sensitive issue …

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The Dominican Ambassador to the Organization of American States Pedro Verges responded to a Jamaica Observer editorial published on 27 January 2014 whereby the publication said that giving the OAS chair to the Dominican Republic was “a colossal mistake.” The editorial criticized that “the ambassador’s Government appears unwilling to convince the constitutional court to reverse …

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On 16 January, Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu reported that the Bank’s gross international reserves were at US$4.7 billion, a historic high for the Dominican Republic. Nonetheless, by the end of January, the figure had dropped by US$527 million. At the same time the exchange rate with the US dollar has continued to slide, …

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The Dominican Republic has signed an aviation agreement to transport passengers and cargo by airlines of Antigua and Barbuda and the Dominican Republic. Civil Aviation Board (JAC) President Luis Paulino Rodriguez Ariza said that the new agreement replaces an earlier version signed in 1994. The agreement will enable airlines designated by each country to fly …

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President Danilo Medina and former President Leonel Fernandez attended the wake for Belgica Adela Mirabal Reyes (Dona Dede) who died yesterday, Sunday 2 February. She had been hospitalized at the Centro de Medicina Avanzada Doctor Abel Gonzalez in Santo Domingo for respiratory troubles. She was 88. She will be buried in her hometown of Ojo …

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The Association of Commercial Banks (ABA) in the Dominican Republic says there are 2.5 million credit card holders from Dominican banks. This represents an increase of around 265,000 since last year. The estimated consumption using these credit cards up to November 2013 was RD$160 billion, up 10% compared to last year. ABA says that the …

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When Gallup-Hoy pollsters asked Dominicans about Constitutional Court Ruling 168-13, 55% said they had heard about the ruling, 35% said they had not heard of it, and only 0.7% said they had read the ruling. The poll was taken from 24-28 January, before the 30 January speech that brought the Constitutional Court ruling to the …

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Sponsored by the Kansas City-based Medical Aid for Children of Latin America, doctors from the DR and US operated on 300 children with a range of malformations at the Padre Billini Hospital in the Colonial City. The free surgery mission fell under the 22nd Dominican-American Reconstructive Surgery Campaign. The Dominican Fundacion Renacer is also sponsoring …

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Domingo Contreras, who represents the commission working on the urban renewal of the Ozama River area, says that the projects include the start of a passenger commuter boat on the Ozama River, as reported in Diario Libre. Contreras said that some 60,000 passengers could be transported from the start. He said that the Aquabus mini …

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