2016 – Page 118

The Dominican Republic has signed on with 11 other regional countries of the Caribbean Growth Forum, a commitment sponsored by the World Bank for the pursuit and identification of innovative solutions to generate growth, competitiveness and job creation, the World Bank announced on Tuesday, 1 March 2016. The agreement was signed in Belize City, Belize. …

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Dominican aviation authorities have suspended the regular flights by Sunrise Airways to Port-au-Prince because the company has not renewed its flight insurance, as reported in Acento.com.do Another airline that used to fly direct to Haiti, Mas, has grounded its aircraft that flew the route for maintenance since January 2016. This means there are now no …

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The Cibao Ecological Association (SOECI) has called on the state to intervene urgently to prevent the Yaque del Norte River from disappearing. The environmental group also called on citizens to stop dumping waste along the riverbanks. SOECI president Cresencio Rivera and executive director Luis Polanco said that every day thousands of animal parts are dumped …

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The Dominican Republic medical community has taken on a renewed militancy under the leadership of the new president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero. Yesterday, Wednesday 2 March, the CMD ratified a march that will take place this morning, Thursday 3 March 2016 headed to the Presidential Palace. The protest is …

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A report from the Brazilian Ministry of Health released Wednesday, 2 March 2016, says that some 5,900 suspected microcephaly cases have been registered in the country since the outbreak of the Zika virus in October 2015. However, only 641 of these cases have been confirmed so far. According to El Caribe, the latest figures suggest …

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The Dominican government has enjoyed a bumper first two months of 2016, if the income raised by the Customs Department (DGA) is anything to go by. According to Customs director Fernando Fernandez, his department collected over RD$6.6 billion in January and over RD$7.2 billion in February. The figures for February are 14.2% higher than the …

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The Dominican Cement Producers Association (Adocem) says that as a result of the trade restrictions imposed by Haiti, which includes a ban on the import of 23 Dominican products by land, cement exports fell by 16.5% during 2015 compared to the 2014 figures. Cement exports accounted for about 2% of national production. Adocem released their …

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Former mayor of Santo Domingo, 73-year old Rafael Fello Subervi has endorsed the fourth-time candidate for Mayor, Roberto Salcedo of the ruling PLD party. Subervi had sought to be the mayoral candidate for the PRM opposition party. Roberto Salcedo expressed his enthusiasm at Subervi’s decision. “This support is undoubtedly a forecast of the overwhelming victory …

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A commission of top officers from the state security agencies headed by the director of the Interpol office in the Dominican Republic has traveled to Cairo with a view to returning with French citizen Christophe Naudin in their custody. According to a source at the Las Americas International Airport (SDQ), the commission left by helicopter …

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This Sunday, 6 March 2016 after the parade of the best carnival groups from all around the country on the Malecon in Santo Domingo, Mozart La Para, Revolucion Salsera and Omega will be playing a free concert at Plaza Juan Baron as of 8pm.