2015 – Page 26

The Gigantes del Cibao and the Aguilas Cibaenas still have a chance to make it to the semi-finals this season, which ends on 21 December 2015. In the latest action in the Dominican Winter Baseball League, the Leones del Escogido defeated the Gigantes del Cibao in a dramatic 2-1 game at the Estadio Quisqueya in …

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The Minister of Public Works and Communications (MOPC), Gonzalo Castillo, has launched the 2015 Christmas Road Assistance and Protection Operation for all roads nationwide and involving more than 225 Military and Police Commission (Comipol) units. It will last from 1 December 2015 to 15 January 2016. During the launch at the Las Americas toll station …

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The 911 National Emergency and Security System responded to 26,065 emergencies in November. Of these the police went to 47% and the health services to 37%. The rest were dealt with by the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) and the fire service. Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo announced the figures and said that nearly 5,000 …

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According to the director of the National Council for HIV and AIDS (CONAVIHSIDA), Victor Terrero, more than 20,000 people in the Dominican Republic are living with HIV and have no idea they have the virus. He said that an estimated 69,000 people in the country are HIV+ but only 40,000 have been identified. To commemorate …

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The Chamber of Deputies has approved a proposal in two consecutive readings to authorize the Banco de Reservas to grant a loan for RD$1.2 billion to enable the local councils and similar institutions to pay their employees the Christmas bonus. The city governments are required by law to allocate the funds in their budget, but …

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Free zone manufacturing companies are reporting a 5% increase from January to September of this year compared to 2014. Exports for the period totaled US$4.11 billion, compared to US$3.92 billion in 2014. National Council of Free Zones executive director Luisa Fernandez Duran says that the growth was due to increases in exports of cacao beans …

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Fitch Ratings has stepped up the Dominican Republic’s long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘B+’. The Rating Outlooks on the long-term IDRs likewise were revised to Positive from Stable. Fitch Ratings explains that issue ratings on the Dominican Republic’s senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds are affirmed at ‘B+’. The …

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In a blunt reprimand to United States Ambassador James W. Brewster, the Archbishop of Santo Domingo Nicolas de Jesus Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez advised him to “attend to Embassy matters” instead of talking about corruption in the Dominican Republic. The 79-year old Cardinal said that Brewster should attend to the embassy, and as his “wife” is …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has given the ruling PLD all the materials needed for the party’s primaries that are scheduled to take place on 13 December 2015. The primaries are to choose the candidates for mayors, councilors and Congress for the May 2016 elections. http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2015/12/01/398556/jce-entrega-materiales-al-pld-para-su-convencion-del-13-de-este-mes

Presidential candidate for the Alianza Pais (AlPais) party Guillermo Moreno is traveling to the US states of New York and Massachusetts to campaign for the Dominican Republic 2016 general election with Dominican residents. His US trip is being organized by Luis Mayobanex Rodriguez, the party’s international coordinator. Moreno will be in the US from 3-8 …

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