2014 – Page 60

The Mexican cement giant, Cemex has announced the start of operation of a 1.5-megawatt solar power capacity at its plant in San Pedro de Macoris. The company says that this is part of its commitment to sustainability with a reduction in the carbon footprint and a way of mitigating its environmental impact. The 5,040 solar …

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Architect Enrique Felix, who aspires to be elected mayor of Boca Chica for the PLD, has announced the discovery of a large cave off Av. Caracol. The cave is said to be similar to the Cave of Wonders (Cueva de las Maravillas) between San Pedro de Macoris and La Romana, which is open to visitors. …

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Dominican sailor Ari Barshi placed 9th in the Laser Masters’ Worlds Championship in the Standard Master category earlier this month, after competitors from Australia, The Netherlands, United States, Denmark, Germany, Canada and New Zealand. The Dominican Republic was also represented by Andres Martinez (13th Standard Grand Master), Jorge Abreu (15th Standard Grand Master) and Omar …

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According to preliminary data, 350,000 Dominicans have now learned to read and write as part of the National Literacy Plan. Pedro Luis Castellanos, director of the General Office of Special Presidential Programs (DIGEPEP) and Technical Team Coordinator of the “Quisqueya Learns with You” National Literacy Plan said that people began attending the courses in January …

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National Budget director Luis Reyes Santos admits that improving the quality of government spending is a task that is still pending in this country. He said that the country has not got the programs or the capacity to monitor the spending. As a result, the budget is a mere financial instrument and not a development …

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Economist Pavel Isa Contreras of the Dominican Trade Observatory (ODCI) says that the local export sector still needs a great deal of improvement. Exports went from US$5.19 billion in goods and US$8.07 billion in services in 2000 to US$8.54 billion in goods and US$13.881 in services in 2011. The observations follow an assessment made of …

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The Santo Domingo-Samana toll highway, known as the Juan Pablo II Highway and Autopista del Nordeste, still depend on government subsidies. Reportedly, the government will have to come up with RD$2.5 billion to meet its concession contractual obligations for 2015. In just two years the subsidy has increased dramatically, from RD$933 million in 2013 to …

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The Dominican Medical Association executive board has declared that it is in permanent session, warning that its members would not accept the penalties imposed on the doctors at the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital where 11 children, mostly babies, died the weekend before last. The doctors said that the public hospital was in mourning and …

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