2015 – Page 297

Spanish singer-songwriter Rosana Arbelo will be bringing her guitar and music to Dominican audiences at the Hard Rock Cafe at Blue Mall in Santo Domingo on 5 March 2015. Her hits include “Fuego y miel,” “Lunas rotas” and “El talisman”. Listen to her music at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9WlXLbHfGc and http://www.rosana.net To read more news, see the DR1 …

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President Danilo Medina and First Lady Candida Montilla attended a ceremony marking the start of construction of the third Comprehensive Care Center for children with Special Needs (CAID) yesterday, Thursday 19 February 2015 at Km 5 of the Azua-San Juan de la Maguana road. The center will cater to children under the age of 10 …

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Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo has announced the construction of new public works in the southwestern region: the Southern Bypass, two housing projects and the Dos Bocas dam in Vallejuelo. The 2.3km bypass will include a 1.3 km boulevard that will be named after Jose Maria Cabral, for his efforts to restore independence from …

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The National Congress will be the first government department to install a solar powered electricity system. Yesterday, Thursday 19 February 2015, Energy and Mines Minister Pelegrin Castillo met with Senate president Cristina Lizardo to make the announcement. The Ministry of Energy and Mines is implementing a Solar Electrification Program that seeks to reduce electricity costs …

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The Ministry of Agriculture has announced that this year’s tomato harvest will be around 4.6 million tons of tomatoes. The Ministry has been supporting many farmers who have invested RD$500 million to plant 60,000 tareas (3,773 hectares). Minister Angel Estevez says that there will be a record harvest this year. Meanwhile, Afconagro president Felix Garcia …

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The Medina administration collected RD$45.39 billion in fuel taxes in 2014. This was 90.5% of the RD$50.13 billion it had estimated. The decline is due in part to the fall in oil prices abroad, but also because the increase in consumption at 2.3% was lower than projected. Government taxes in 2015 are likely to decrease …

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Chamber of Deputies Border Issues Commission chairman Rafael Mendez has described the destruction of the forests on the border with Haiti as disastrous. He attributed the problem to the low level of patrolling by the Ministry of Environment rangers and complicity between the state security agencies and exporters of charcoal made from Dominican trees to …

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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) organized a visit by diplomats in the Dominican Republic to the Ministry of Interior and Police earlier this week to learn about the Dominican Foreigner Legalization Plan that expires on 15 June this year. The Ministry says the plan will not be extended and is encouraging foreigners without legal …

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Puerto Rico is sending another sign that immigration is welcome. The Senate has approved the Law of Financial Access for All that gives everyone in Puerto Rico access to banking accounts regardless of their migratory status. The bill had already passed in the lower chamber. All the governor has to do now is to sign …

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Building on the work of the Dominican Films Cluster, the Association of Industries Dominican Republic (AIRD) and Lantica Media, formerly known as Indomina, have signed an agreement to support the development of activities to promote Dominican cinema. The initiative is part of an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-sponsored program that sees Dominican cinema as part of …

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