2015 – Page 226

Listin Diario publishes an article under the headline “Sugar mill will save the economy of Puerto Plata”. However, the article refers to a surprise visit by President Danilo Medina to the province of Monte Plata, where he ordered the construction of a new sugar mill, which many believe will herald the resurrection of the economy …

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In an interview with CNN en Espanol, Vice President Margarita Cedeno spoke out against any plans to change the 2010 Constitution to allow for consecutive presidential re-election. Former First Lady Margarita Cedeno is the wife of former President Leonel Fernandez. Fernandez has announced plans to seek the ruling PLD party’s presidential candidacy in the 2016 …

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Starting now, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) is practically sitting idly by, and unable to complete the election staging timeline because it lacks more than RD$4 billion budgeted to prepare for the 15 May 2016 elections. The shortfall will affect specific actions for the reorganization of the elections, including the acquisition of equipment for data …

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As was expected and had been announced, the Senate has sent the legislative proposal for the constitutional reform in order to restore consecutive presidential re-election to a special commission of nine unnamed members, as reported in Diario Libre. Twenty-nine of the 31 Senators present, 30 of them members of the ruling PLD, with the exception …

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Alianza Pais is asking the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to stop delaying the process for the group to be formally recognized as a political party authorized to run in the 15 May 2016 elections. AP Presidential candidate Guillermo Moreno says that they submitted the paperwork two years ago. Moreno said that the delay was causing …

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The Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD) has announced it will be holding the National Agro-Food Fair from 7 to 9 May 2015 at the exhibition halls of the Dominican Fiesta Hotel in Santo Domingo. The event is the leading platform for the farming sector and agribusiness marketing in the Caribbean. http://agroalimentaria.com.do/

Choreographer Marianela Boan of the National Contemporary Dance Company, announces a performance of #Propulsion, including spontaneous performances by 10 volunteers from the audience, and nine dancers on stage. They are Dayme del Toro, Evelyn Tejada, Mildred Rubirosa, Patricia Ortega, Rafael Morla, Yojanel Bruno, Anubis Arias, Erick Roque and Doraysa de Pena. The show takes place …

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Demetrio Lluberes Vizcaino, the administrator of the State Corporation for Dominican Hydroelectricity Generation (EgeHID) has announced six new projects in Santiago with a budget of over RD$154 million. The road from the Tavera Dam to the Caimito crossroads will be rebuilt and paved, the access road to the Bao Dam and the Angostura Hydroelectric Central …

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The Social Security Treasury (TSS), which manages pension plan payments, says that women in the Dominican Republic are now earning more than men, at least in the formal sector. The international norm is that men make more than women, as reported in El Dia. The analysis of statistics for the first quarter of 2015 covers …

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Banco de Reservas has announced an agreement with Xoom for electronic transfers of remittances from 31 countries. BanReservas general administrator Enrique Ramirez Paniagua and Xoom vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean, Gene Nigro, signed the agreement. In the Dominican Republic, Xoom works with the Ademi, Adopem, Agricola, BDA, BDI, BHD, Progreso, Empire, Lopez …

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