2016 – Page 167

In his Argentarium column in Diario Libre, economic analyst Alejandro Fernandez comments that the three leading productive sectors of the Dominican economy n manufacturing, construction and agriculture n barely received RD$4.3 billion in financing in 2015. He compares this to the consumer, motor vehicles and housing, and banking sectors that received 12 times more, or …

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The National Statistics Office’s Society of Information and Knowledge Observatory reports a marketed increase in mobile Internet accounts in use to 3,167,713 as of 2014. The statistics also show that fixed Internet access declined from 18% to 6% in 2014. The Dominican Telecom Institute (Indotel) also reports that 98% of citizens use mobile phones nationwide …

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The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources has reiterated its call to the Dominican public as well as foreign tourists to refrain from purchasing crafts made of the hawksbill turtle shell. The ministry warns that there has been a resurgence in illegal sale of the shell of this highly-endangered species. Traders along Santo Domingo’s …

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Food processing companies Semillas del Caribe and Granos Nacionales, part of the Macapi Group, are complaining that they were severely affected by what they desceibe as “discriminatory practices” in a recent public tender for the purchase of beans for the Presidential Social Plan. In a letter addressed to President Danilo Medina, they point out that …

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The Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus) has criticized the fact that there has still not been a single penalty for any of the more than 1,200 public officials named on a list issued by the Chamber of Accounts in August 2015, for violating Law 311-14 that requires government employees to file a Sworn Declaration of …

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Some 80 families in the eastern town of Hato Mayor occupied the housing project known as Villa Progreso in the community of Los Hatillos yesterday afternoon, Wednesday 6 January 2016. They claim that PLD party members are trying to assign the apartments that should be allocated to community residents to government employees and members of …

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The death of Spanish-born businessman Luis Maria Fernandez Galan (better known as Luis Galan) came as sad news to thousands who knew him. This well-known figure in Santiago passed away in the US on Monday, 4 January 2016. His remains will be brought to the San Ramon Nonato church at Cerros de Gurabo in Santiago …

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Yesterday, Wednesday 6 January 2016 marked the halfway point in the Dominican Professional Baseball League round-robin tournament. The Tigres del Licey continued their torrid run by winning their eighth straight game and distancing themselves from the other teams. Licey defeated the Estrellas Orientales by score of 4-2 with excellent pitching by Ariel Pena, Mario Santiago …

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Ranked seventh in the world as of October 2015, the Dominican national women’s team embarks on its quest to qualify for the Rio Janeiro Olympic Games today, Thursday 7 January 2016 in the Norceca Olympic Qualification Tournament at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. This will be the second time that the Dominican …

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The President’s Office has been handing out thousands of gifts to children from poor families around the country, coordinated by the Presidency Social Assistance Plan, as reported by the government. Social Plan director general Cesar Prieto said that truckloads of gifts have been sent to several provinces since last week. The donations have been received …

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