2015 – Page 17

The Ministry of Interior and Police has announced the lifting of time restrictions on the sale of alcohol at bars, nightclubs, liquor stores and restaurants. The unlimited drinking hours will remain in place from today, Thursday 10 December 2015 until 8 January 2016.

The Central Bank reported that the variation level in the Consumer Price Index for November was 0.17%, with an accumulated annual inflation rate (January to November 2015) of 2.25%. The figures show that in the food and non-alcoholic beverages category the annual rate of inflation was the highest, at 7.3%. http://www.bancentral.gov.do/notas_bc/2015/12/09/765/bcrd-informa-que-la-variacin-del-ipc-de-noviembre-fue-de-017

The Ministry of Culture, represented by Minister Jose Antonio Rodriguez, says it is joining forces for a high-level meeting with representatives of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to coordinate programs to develop tourism in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo. The meeting at the Ministry of Culture yesterday, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 was attended by …

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The Senate has passed a bill that authorizes the governmental BanReservas to finance up to RD$1.2 billion for government entities that have spent their allocations for the Christmas wages. The money will be assigned to decentralized and non-financial government entities, social security institutions and municipal governments, including that of the National District. The institutions will …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario is warning all the political parties contesting the May 2016 elections that the Board will reject any candidate list that fails to meet the requirement that 33% of the candidates should be female. Rosario issued his warning on Wednesday, 9 December 2015, while telling Diario Libre reporters that …

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Despite a series of attempts to rescue the Metropolitan Office of Bus Services (OMSA), its decline in Santo Domingo has been constant over the years, according to a report in Diario Libre. According to the National Statistics Office (ONE), the Dominican Republic in Figures 2015, with a continual service the 365 days a year, the …

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Economist Franklin Vasquez makes the point that 80-85% of Dominicans working in the formal sector make less than RD$15,000 a month. His research on “Jobs, Youth Development and Wages” has found that there are very weak links between economic growth and employment in the country. He said that the full results of his research would …

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The Luz y Fuerza electricity company in Las Terrenas, Samana is asking the authorities to step up security measures to prevent the theft of transformers and other electrical equipment. The company said that this spate of thefts appears to have been helped by the increase in blackouts since the Superintendence of Electricity connected Las Terrenas …

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The Dominican Association of Exporters (Adoexpo) presented the Dominican Export Excellence award to the Barrick Pueblo Viejo mining company at a ceremony yesterday, Wednesday 9 December 2015. Accepting the award, Barrick Pueblo Viejo’s president Manuel Rocha thanked Adoexpo for the honor. Rocha said that, “Barrick Pueblo Viejo reaffirms its interest in contributing to the economic …

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The National Farming and Forestry Research Council and the Bahoruco Progress Foundation have launched an educational program aimed at training banana and plantain farmers in the production of natural fertilizers. The training course took place on the Hacienda Guzman model farm in the province of Valverde (Mao), where the farmers were given a demonstration of …

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