2015 – Page 244

The National Supermarket Association, which is made up small Dominican-owned supermarkets in the United States, is calling on US Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack to restore the flow of fresh Dominican produce exports to the United States. Following the detection of Medfly in Punta Cana, exports of several leading products, including bell peppers, avocados …

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The Dominican Foreign Investment Companies Association (Asiex) has announced that Patricia Bobea will be their new executive director. Asiex president Carlos Emilio Gonzalez said that Bobea’s appointment was part of a plan to expand the association’s scope. A law graduate with a Master’s degree in corporate business and business law, Bobea has held senior posts …

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The president of the powerful trucking union Fenatrado, Blas Peralta says that trucks will only travel to Haiti if each vehicle is guarded by a Minustah officer. According to Peralta, Haitian protestors have directed all their rage at the truck drivers, who have become the target of the protests against the President Michel Martelly government. …

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In a comment posted to his Twitter account yesterday, Sunday 19 April 2015, the president of the Alianza Pais party, Guillermo Moreno said that the PLD has the need to stay in power “to keep on stealing,” as reported in Hoy. He accused the party of becoming the country’s public enemy number one after learning …

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In an interview in Diario Libre today, Monday 20 April 2015, aspiring PRM pre-candidate Luis Abinader said that as President, he would be “obsessed with production and exports.” He said he would merge the seven institutions that deal with transport in government. He accused the Medina government of negligence in the case of the entry …

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Residents of the southwestern city of Bani took to the streets yesterday, Sunday 19 April 2015, in protest against the construction of two coal-fired power generation plants by the government in the province. The demonstrators marched through the city and Diario Libre reported that original protestors received the support of many others as the march …

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Hendrick Kelner Casals, president of ProCigar, the organization representing the leading cigar firms in the Dominican Republic, says that the industry exports have stagnated over the past two years. He says there could be new markets in China or South Africa. In an interview in Diario Libre he admitted that global growth itself has stagnated, …

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Xerox continues to invest in its customer care division with a most recent expansion of a third call center in Santo Domingo that will employ more than 400 agents. The new installation covers an area of 4,856m? and joins other call centers in the Herrera Industrial Zone and in San Isidro. These call centers support …

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The Dominican Ambassador in the United Kingdom, Federico Cuello, has announced that this year’s Dominican Week will take place in London from 3-5 June 2015. He said this is the fourth time the event is being held. During the celebrations, there are meetings, conferences, art exhibitions and roundtable discussions on a range of topics. Minister …

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To celebrate International Jazz Day on 30 April, Jazz en Dominicana, the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, United States Embassy, Centro Leon, National Music Conservatory, Lulu Tasting Bar and Dominican Fiesta Hotel will be holding events from Friday, 24 April, to Thursday 30 April with the support of the National Dominican Commission for UNESCO, …

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