2015 – Page 269

According to consulting firm Analytica-RD, credit card purchase balances increased by 14% in February 2015 compared to the same month last year with an increase of RD$4.03 billion and a total balance of RD$33.86 billion. The average monthly balance over the last year was RD$31 billion. Even though the balance has increased, the actual number …

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Protestors at the Haitian consulate in Santiago are complaining of the problems they are experiencing in obtaining passports and other identification documents. They told Diario Libre reporters that some applicants had arrived as early as 4am and spent long hours in line but were not able to gain entry to the office. A priest who …

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The eight people accused of the murder of the Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines Victoriano Santos Hilario and his son, Victor Manuel Santos have been sentenced to one year’s pretrial detention. They are Luis Enrique Acosta Fermin (El Pelotero), Aris Manuel Tolentino Feliz, Freddy Rubio Feliz (El Catin), Isauris Sanchez de los Santos (El …

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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/

Jazz on the Rocks will bring Dominican-style jazz to the Hard Rock Cafe Blue Mall in Santo Domingo at 9pm this evening, Tuesday, 24 March 2015. Av. Winston Churchill. For reservations call 809 686-7771. To read more news, see the DR1 News Archives at: http://dr1.com/premium/news/2015/index.shtml

Santo Domingo will be hosting the third meeting of the DR-CAFTA Trade Commission on 26 March 2015. The Commission’s last meeting was held in Miami on 23 January 2012. Deputy ministers and directors of trade from the DR-CAFTA countries, which include the DR, Central America and the United States, will be attending. The meeting is …

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Dominican consumers are benefitting from the ban affecting Dominican fruit and vegetable exporters. Last week, the US ordered a ban on the perishable exports after authorities at the Punta Cana International Airport reported the detection of Medfly in a shipment that was in transit through the airport. Local supermarkets have purchased some of the surplus …

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The executive director of the Dominican Cement Producers Association, Julissa Baez, has joined manufacturers and Dominican business leaders who are calling for the government to take action to stop the forced monopoly of the unionized cargo transporter associations. She says they are major obstacles to cement sales in the country. Baez said that there were …

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After seven months of delaying the date, the ruling PLD party leadership has finally announced that its Political Committee will be meeting at the PLD Presidential House on Av. Independencia in Santo Domingo this Thursday, 26 March 2015. The last time the influential Political Committee met was on 1 September 2014, as reported in Diario …

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In his column today, Monday 23 March 2015, Diario Libre executive editor Adriano Miguel Tejada speculates that the legislators, who have been in their posts for six years, would support the motion for changing the Constitution to move to Congress because then they would have the opportunity to negotiate staying on in their posts. Legislators …

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