2014 – Page 308

The annual Santiago-Montecristi cycling circuit is announced for Sunday, 19 January 2014. The departure is at 7:30am from BiciCentro Santiago. There are three categories: A n 35km/h average, B n 30km/h average, and recreational 20km/h average. To register, see www.clasicosantiagomontecristi.com For more on upcoming events, see www.dr1.com/calendar

Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo has confirmed that the long-awaited Santiago bypass highway will be ready in February. The inaugural date is scheduled for 22 or 26 February. Listin Diario reports that Minister Castillo inspected the works carried out by the Odebrecht-Estrella building consortium at an estimated cost of US$95 million. “This is a …

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The Department of Passports has announced that it will start issuing e-passports for Dominican nationals this year. The passports will ensure that documents are genuine and unaltered, which in turn allows the biometric information contained in e-passports to be reliable enough to automate some aspects of the border clearance process in the country and abroad. …

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The UK company that was the London 2012 Games official engineering and design provider has been entrusted with the complete landside design, including architecture and engineering for the new Carnival Cruise two-berth Amber Cove Cruise Center in Maimon, west of Puerto Plata city. The US$65 million cruise port will have capacity for 10,000 people daily. …

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Central Bank international reserves reached their highest historic level in 2013, according to the Central Bank. The bank says that this is a result of a deliberate series of policies being implemented to stabilize currency. It reports that net international reserves closed at US$4.386 million, for an increase of 36.6%. This follows a decline of …

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Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo has announced that the South Korean government has donated 180 video surveillance cameras to be used in the National System of Emergency and Security. The cameras will be part of the new initiative behind the start of the 911 call center. As reported in Listin Diario, some 1,300 cameras …

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The leading shopping malls are posting their January big sales. One of the leading Santo Domingo city shopping centers, Agora Mall on Lincoln and Kennedy avenues, is advertising its biggest mall-wide sales with discounts of up to 50% at most of its stores. Others advertising sales are Plaza Lama and Galerias 360.

The city government of Santo Domingo (AND) has announced the relocation of the Sunday carnival parades in February from Av. Jimenez Moya (Winston Churchill) to Av. Maximo Gomez from Av. 27 Febrero down to the Malecon (Av. George Washington). City council secretary general Andres Navarro said that Av. Maximo Gomez is wider and the Metro …

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A spokesman for the Santiago industrial free zones is forecasting that 2014 will be a good year for manufacturing for export. He said that prospects are that exports could surpass the US$5 billion exported in 2014. Luis Jose Bonilla Bojos, president of the Association of Free Zones of Santiago, told Hoy that production should increase …

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The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has granted GoldQuest a 725-hectare gold mining concession. The company announced yesterday, Thursday 9 January that the government had authorized the so-called Descansadero concession that is adjacent to its Romero Gold/Copper Project. The company has also commissioned a 3,000-line kilometer helicopter-borne geophysical survey covering its 100%-owned Tireo Project, that …

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