2016 – Page 71

President Danilo Medina attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the Hotel Hampton by Hilton Las Americas yesterday, Tuesday 26 April 2016. The hotel is being built in the Boca Chica area near Las Americas International Airport at a cost of US$7 million. As reported in Diario Libre, the Spanish investment will be operated by Dominican Developments. …

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First Lady Candida Montilla has attended the handover ceremony of a house that had been promised to the family of a set of sextuplets born in February. The event took place in La Victoria municipality in northern Santo Domingo Province on Monday, 25 April 2016. The babies were born at the Reynaldo Almanzar Hospital in …

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23% of registered voters are on the government payroll, reports Diario Libre in its 27 April 2016 issue. As reported, more than 1.5 million potential Dominican voters are either on the public payroll or benefit from welfare programs under the Programa Solidaridad. There are 603,085 employees on the government payroll. Diario Libre reports that the …

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PRM Presidential candidate Luis Abinader says that on 15 May 2016, Dominicans need to vote to choose between democracy and dictatorship. Referring to the fact that the ruling PLD party has been in power since 2004, he stated: “Right now, Dominicans are faced with the choice of languishing in the current state of social inequality, …

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Opposition candidate Luis Abinader of the PRM has urged voters to cast their vote in favor of democracy and against dictatorship on 15 May 2016. An editorial in Diario Libre today, Wednesday 27 April 2016 gives insights into exactly what the term dictatorship means in the DR. The newspaper’s managing editor Ines Aizpun writes that …

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While Dominicans are being subjected to the largest-scale propaganda campaign in living memory for the re-election of President Danilo Medina, Acento.com.do points out that these elections have been lackluster. The reason being the low level of competition between President Danilo Medina and his leading rival Luis Abinader. Political analyst Rosario Espinal comments that the lack …

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According to a Gallup poll published in Hoy newspaper, the three main problems affecting Dominican society are crime, unemployment and the high cost of living. The poll showed that 53.2% of the population thinks the main problem is crime, 46% unemployment and 44% inflation. The survey was carried out from 13 to 19 of April …

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Only 33.5% of Dominicans believe that corruption levels are lower in this government compared to previous administrations. The most recent Gallup-Hoy poll revealed that 33% perceive that there is more corruption, while 30.7% think that corruption has remained at the same level. The poll was carried out from 13-19 April 2016 with a margin of …

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As of 31 May 2016, the Attorney General office will only issue certificates of no criminal record online. The certificates, which will be issued on request, will state whether the applicant has a criminal record, according to the AG Office database. All applications for the document must be submitted online. https://servicios.mp.gob.do/servicios_en_linea/inicio/consultar_solicitud http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2016/04/25/416902/a-partir-del-31-de-mayo-certificado-no-antecedente-penal-solo-sera-en-formato-digital

The Santo Domingo branch of French hypermarket chain Carrefour has inaugurated a rooftop solar energy plant that cost more than US$2 million. The panels will supply much of the store’s energy needs. Carrefour general director Olivier Pellin said the system was installed by Solar Electric and has 4,744 panels with a 1.25 MW generation capacity …

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