2014 – Page 291

The United States and Dominican Republic are hosting the 2014 Caribbean Nations Security Conference (CANSEC) on 28-30 January in Santo Domingo. The conference is discussing the progress of ongoing efforts to bolster the region’s security and information-sharing capabilities. The theme for this year’s conference is “Caribbean security support to CBSI: Sustaining the capacity to counter …

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Minister of Defense Sigrido Pared Perez has announced the increase of Specialized Border Patrols (Cesfront) agents to deter the Haitian illegal immigration. Pared Perez said that the force has been increased from 600 to 1,400 agents after the government ordered a stop to deportations after the issuing of the presidential decree for the Foreigner Legalization …

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After an investigative report in El Dia exposed the slum-like deterioration of the access roads to the National Zoo in Santo Domingo, city Mayor Roberto Salcedo acknowledged the problem and announced a plan for improvements. City government general secretary Andres Navarro said that work would begin in the first quarter of the year. Solutions will …

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The government, via the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), is proposing to roll out the “National Fiber Optic Network” so that the whole country has telecommunications service, using wide bandwidth. They say that it will mean faster Internet and an improved telephone and cable service. According to information given to Diario Libre by Indotel, the proposal …

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The Minister for Higher Education, Ligia Amada Melo, says that the delay in paying grants to Dominican students in France and Spain is due to the process of the contracts with the universities and not due to a lack of money. A total of 101 out of the 4,000 overseas students are affected, studying at …

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Federation of Small Shopkeepers (Fenapeco) president Apolinar Leyba Javier has expressed his support for the general strike across the country on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 January, in protest against the obligation to install tax printers. He questioned the credibility of the Tax Office (DGII) promise that it would not insist on the installation of …

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Ruben Jimenez Bichara, executive vice president of the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), has revealed that they are negotiating with a group of banks to obtain a loan of between US$300 and $400 million to pay part of the debt they owe to the electricity generators. The Dominican Electrical Industries Association (ADIE) representing the generating companies …

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The main transport union leaders in Santiago have turned down an invitation for a meeting from the head of the police, Major General Manuel Castro Castillo and to his call for them not to strike today. CNTT and the FETTRANRENO union presidents Juan Marte and Gervasio de la Rosa said they had decided not to …

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The National Treasury says that the public employees who have not been paid for the month of January work in the institutions due to receive a pay increase, including the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Defense, National Police and the Public Health Ministry. They said that the new salaries are being calculated and will be …

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In an operation straight out of a thriller, the US Coast Guard and British Royal Navy joined forces in an operation last week that culminated in the historic seizure of 1.25 tons of cocaine (1,135 kilos or 2,500 pounds) valued at US$37 million wholesale off the south coast of the Dominican Republic. As reported, the …

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