2015 – Page 5

Listin Diario and El Dia are giving front page coverage to the Latin American Barometer Report 2015 that had been published in November 2015. In their 22 December 2015 issues, the local newspapers report that according to the Latin American Barometer Report 2015, Dominicans are the happiest people in the Latin American and Caribbean region. …

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Yesterday, Monday 21 December 2015, President Danilo Medina headed a graduation ceremony for the Sixtieth Class of Midshipmen 2011- 2016, made up of 15 members of the Dominican Navy. The President was received with military honors, befitting the occasion and the blessing was given by naval priest Captain Miliciades Florentino Romero. Captain Anthony Manuel Yadeo …

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With the express aim of improving quality of life of thousands of people who live in La Barquita and surrounding areas, the government plans to build a mass transit cable car system, to be known as the Santo Domingo Teleferico. The project is part of a program to improve La Barquita, with the objective of …

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The Administrative Minister of the Presidency, Jose Ramon Peralta has expressed optimism that the country has made significant progress and that the government is working hard to resolve the main problems. In an interview with Diario Libre, Peralta described 2015 as a very good year. He said that international bodies have praised the government’s economic …

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As of November 2015, the non-financial public sector debt (known in Spanish as SPNF) was at US$23.8 billion, or 36.2% of the GDP according to the Public Debt Agency (Direccion General de Credito Publico). This total does not include the Central Bank or the electricity sector debt, which if added would reach 50% of the …

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A Bloomberg wire issued on Thursday, 17 December 2015 reports that Scotiabank is interested in purchasing Banco de Progreso now under majority control of the Vicini family. According to Bloomberg, the Banco Dominicano del Progreso could fetch about US$166.4 million. Scotiabank, a relatively small bank in the Dominican Republic with 20 branches, grew significantly in …

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Yesterday, Monday 21 January 2015, the Municipal Council of Santo Domingo East swore in the new mayor, Jeannette Medina, in replacement of former mayor Juan de los Santos, who was murdered last week. Medina said it would be impossible to replace De los Santos and she would continue to work as he did. She went …

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The Constitutional Tribunal has annulled the court ruling 094-2015 issued by the Penal Court on 7 July 2015 that had ordered the return of the jet to Venezuelan businessman Jose Luis Santoro and other executives of the collapsed Banco Peravia. The original court order instructed state prosecutors to return the Cessna, Model 550, Registration N61MA …

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The administrative minister of the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta says that as of January 2015 President Danilo Medina will be on the streets after his working hours, leading the campaign for his re-election. Interviewed by Diario Libre, Peralta guaranteed that there would not be dissident groups within the ruling PLD party, which he said would …

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In an analytical piece in today’s El Caribe, Tuesday 22 December 2015, Yanessi Espinal lists the five events in 2015 that have changed the Dominican Republic’s political landscape: 1. The 19 April 2015 PLD Political Committee meeting when 23 of its 35 members voted in favor of pushing an amendment through Congress to allow President …

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