2015 – Page 265

The Alianza Pais political party with Guillermo Moreno as its candidate for the Presidency has announced a series of campaign activities starting in New York on Sunday 29 March 2015 followed by meetings in the states of New Jersey and Massachusetts. The expatriate vote is key to the presidential election in 2016. As reported in …

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In an announcement this week, Grupo Roble, which is building the Real Inter-Continental Hotel with a US$70 million investment on Santo Domingo’s Av. Winston Churchill, said that a parallel tower would be built to host corporate offices with an US$35 million investment. The corporate offices building will be connected to the hotel. Alberto Poma of …

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With a formal ceremony at the Hotel Barcelo Santo Domingo (former Lina) in Santo Domingo, the 28th Pan-American Racquetball Championships open today, Friday 27 March 2015 at the Parque Mirador del Este courts in Santo Domingo. The event is the qualifier for the Toronto Pan Am Games. The Dominican Racquetball Federation president announced that 18 …

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The Ministry of Public Works Ground Transport and Communications department director, Luis Estrella has warned drivers of heavy vehicles without the corresponding permits to stay off the country’s highways and toll roads during Holy Week. The ban goes into effect at 12 noon on Thursday, 2 April 2015 and lasts until Monday, 6 April at …

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In an announcement made yesterday, Wednesday 25 March 2015, the Ministry of Tourism said that commercial activity is being reactivated in the Colonial City with the opening of 320 new businesses as renovations progress. The Program Coordinating Unit has carried out a survey with a view to improving the way that events are managed and …

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President Danilo Medina has appointed Pedro Luis Castellanos as the new Superintendent of Health and Labor Risks (Sisalril) in Decree 78-15. Castellanos replaces Fernando Caamano. In the same decree, President Medina designated Lidio Cadet as the Presidency’s Special Programs director, replacing Castellanos. A medical doctor by profession, Castellanos is also a social and public health …

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Minister of Agriculture Angel Estevez presented the ministry’s action plan for eradicating the Mediterranean fruit fly (also known as “medfly”) to the expanded Farming Cabinet yesterday, Wednesday 25 March 2015. Medfly, which was detected at the Punta Cana International Airport last week, was notified to local and international authorities according to the established protocols, as …

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The Dominican Republic has managed to place 19 containers of vegetables and avocados on the Canadian market and will send 34 more containers next Thursday, 2 April 2015. This comes as welcome news for Dominican vegetable producers and exporters after the United States imposed a ban on the entry of these products into its territory. …

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Punta Cana Group CEO Frank Rainieri says that the Dominican Republic must not “rest on its laurels,” as the top Caribbean tourism destination now that relations between the United States and Cuba are in the process of normalization. “For more than four decades, Cuba has been the forbidden fruit for US tourists, who make up …

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The Dominican Republic is behind many nations in the region in the application of a law to standardize weights and measures according to the International System of Units (SI). Outside of the United States, most of the world is using this system. Law 166-12 passed in July 2012 creates the Dominican System of Quality and …

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