2016 – Page 160

Dominican State Electricity Companies Corporation (CDEEE) vice president Ruben Jimenez Bichara has announced the signing of a US$120 million loan agreement with the World Bank for the Distribution Grid Modernization and Loss Reduction Project to support the country’s work towards improving the financial performance of the three electricity distribution companies (EDEs) in selected circuits and …

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Despite investing billions in the extended day public schools, the Ministry of Education annual report reveals that the number of students dropping out from public schools continues to grow. The State of Education 2015 report issued last week by Minister of Education Carlos Amarante Baret reports that in 2012-2013 the drop out rate from elementary …

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While experts say it is just a matter of time before the Zika virus enters Dominican territory, the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) is still excluding the DR from the list of 14 countries where it has evidence of cases of the virus, namely Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, …

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A study by international auditing and accountancy firm Deloitte has found that credit card consumption in the Dominican Republic has grown on average 16% over the past five years, with 500,000 new credit cards issued in the past six years. Deloitte partner Nassim Alemany says that there has been an increase in credit card financing …

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The president of the Association of Industries of Herrera and the Province of Santo Domingo criticized the fact that the yield to the pension funds managers (AFPs) is 43.5% while the owners of the money, the beneficiaries of the management, are barely receiving an 11.5% yield. As reported in Listin Diario and El Dinero, Antonio …

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A recent study on Heart Risk and Metabolic Syndrome in the Dominican Republic (EFRICARDII) has found that 26.6% of Dominican population is obese. A sample of 4,976 people between the ages of 18-70 in the National District and most populated provinces was used for the research that has a margin of error of 1.5%. The …

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Saxophonist Sandy Gabriel will be playing a concert at Casa de Teatro at 9pm this Wednesday, 20 January 2016 in homage to the late musicians Pachy Carrasco and Tavito Vasquez. Gabriel will perform along with his band Pop Jazz Ensemble and will also be joined onstage for the tribute by Guy Frometa, Jairo Milanes, Daniel …

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With a performance at 8:30pm on Friday, 5 February 2016, the comedy drama Toc Toc, by French playwright Laurent Baffie will be replayed at the Patrick Hughson Auditorium of the Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano in Santo Domingo. The play stars Orestes Amador (Camilo), Gianni Paulino (Blanca), Exmin Carvajal (Fred), Patricia Munoz (Maria), Francis Cruz (Pep) and …

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President Danilo Medina inaugurated a public school and a day care center during his visit to Bonao on Wednesday, 13 January 2016. The new public schools are the Escuela Especial de Bonao in La Villa with 20 classrooms, the 11-classroom Centro Educativo Nieve Gutierrez in the barrio Hogar de Ninas and the Estancia Infantil Lino …

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President Danilo Medina held a bilateral meeting with President-elect Jimmy Morales of Guatemala shortly before his inauguration yesterday, 14 January 2016 in Guatemala City. President Medina traveled to Guatemala yesterday afternoon to attend the inauguration ceremony. Medina traveled with Foreign Minister Andres Navarro and Administrative Minister Jose Ramon Peralta. Medina is scheduled to return this …

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