2014 – Page 80

President Danilo Medina met with AES CEO Andres Gluski, regional president Manuel Perez Dubuc, investor relations director Scarlett Alvarez Uzcategui and AES Dominicana president Marco de la Rosa while in New York City. President Medina was accompanied by ministers of the Presidency, Foreign Relations and Administration, Gustavo Montalvo, Andres Navarro, and Jose Ramon Peralta, as …

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President Danilo Medina is attending the opening ceremony of the 10th Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York City today, Monday, 22 September 2014. The event brings together over 1,000 leaders from the business, civil society, government and philanthropic sectors to take action on global challenges. The 2014 annual theme – …

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The Presidency reports that the 911emergency line services were affected from 9:10pm to 10:30pm on Thursday evening, 18 September 2014 due to a technical fault by the Claro telecom provider. The company said that calls made via other providers, including Orange, Tricom and Viva got through normally. http://www.presidencia.gob.do/noticias/problemas-tecnicos-de-claro-dificultaron-llamadas-al-911

The Dominican permanent representative to the World Trade Organization in Geneva was elected deputy chairman of the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board for 2014-2015 during the 61st work session taking place in Geneva from 15-26 September 2014. Piantini is a former chairman of the board (2010-11). Piantini is the Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic …

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Former president of the Dominican Small Enterprises Confederation (Codopyme) Yuri Chez has told Diario Libre that 45.3% of wage earners who report their income to the Social Security Treasury (TSS) are paid less than RD$10,000 a month. He also mentioned that micro and small and medium-sized enterprises sustain the TSS, with 94.6% of contributors. He …

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The Dominican Tobacco Institute (Intabaco) is projecting that total cigar exports will reap US$600 million by year’s end. Juan Francisco Caraballo, director general of Intabaco said that 3.5 billion cigars were exported last year, and that the forecast for this year 4 billion, as reported in Diario Libre. He said that tobacco is now the …

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The Global Democracy and Democracy Foundation (Funglode) announced yesterday, Sunday 21 September 2014, that it is now the Dominican Republic contact for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) agencies. The contacts will be both for academic and business programs to promote development programs and …

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Who will reach the top echelons of the Roman Catholic Church now that many aging priests are due for retirement? Both the archbishop of Santo Domingo and Santiago, Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez and Monsignor Ramon de la Rosa y Carpio have reached the 75-year retirement age for the Roman Catholic Church. Today’s edition of El …

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Paper, plastic bottles, and Tetra Pak packaging is welcome at the Green Love recycling center now operating at the Galeria 360 Mall on Av. JF Kennedy, Santo Domingo.