2015 – Page 308

Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu says that as of today, Tuesday 10 February 2015, an injection between US$150 million and US$200 million into the market will be made in order to meet the demand for foreign currency. According to Valdez, this will also slow down the depreciation of the peso. He said the bank …

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Around 140 resident doctors at the Los Mina Maternity Hospital have started an indefinite strike saying that they should not have to pay the RD$3,600 increase in the annual charge for guaranteeing their residency or the RD$10,000 for the draft of their thesis charged by the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD). The doctors have …

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In her editorial today, Tuesday 10 February 2015, incisive Diario Libre writer Ines Aizpun reminds Dominicans that while the May 2016 election spotlight is on the presidential election, mayors and legislators will also be elected that same year. In fact, around 20,000 posts are up for grabs in the May 2016 election. She calls on …

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Guillermo Moreno, president of the Alianza Pais minority party, comments that the results of the latest Gallup poll reveal a new political and electoral landscape. The survey presented eligible voters with four scenarios with candidates for the leading political parties, and for the first time Alianza Pais appears among the parties garnering the most interest, …

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According to the Gallup-Hoy poll carried out in late January, the general perception in the country is that the government has performed well in the areas of education (89%), support for women (65.4%), road construction (58.6%), and initiatives for young people and sports (50%). Only 48.6% spoke positively about efforts for the energy sector or …

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According to the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), air traffic control in the Dominican Republic is approaching a crisis point. The ITF also claims that attempts made by the Dominican Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (ADCA) to address reported safety issues (including a total communications failure at Punta Cana) were met with sackings, demotions and arrests. …

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Twenty three people with links to the Dominican Republic, some of whom have Dominican nationality, appear on a list of holders of Swiss bank accounts worth a total of US$34.3 million and are clients of HSBC in Switzerland, supposedly to evade taxes or for laundering money. The largest sum of money deposited by an account …

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The lawyers representing the three men being tried for the murder of journalist Claudio Nasco are accusing the president of a National District Court, Sarah Veras, who is presiding over their sentencing, of being prejudiced against their defendants. When the hearing began, Plutarco Jaquez, lawyer for one of the accused, said that Veras should not …

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Former army Captain Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, one of the country’s most notorious drug dealers, has confirmed that he donated more than RD$7 million to the Foundation for Global Democracy and Development (Funglode) run by former President Leonel Fernandez. According to Paulino Castillo, in a phone call to the “Hilando fino” TV program, produced by …

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Over the weekend of 7-8 February 2015, photographs and videos were posted on social networks in the Dominican Republic showing what appeared to be snow in Valle Nuevo in Constanza, in La Vega province Meteorologist Jean Suriel said that snow could fall in the area during winter but that in this particular case it was …

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