2017News

Vice President’s Office behind Children short film Contest

The Office of Vice President Margarita Cedeno and the Dominican Republic Children’s Library (BIJRD) are inviting filmmakers to participate in the First Short Film Contest of the XII International Children’s Film Festival 2017 (FICI). The event seeks to promote values and creativity among local producers. The Festival opens 26 July 2017 nationwide. Participants are invited …
2017News

Viamar signs a deal with transporters for better buses

Representatives of Eco Motors and Grupo Viamar reached an agreement with the transport companies Mochotran, Unatrafin and Codotatur for the financing of 1,300 JAC buses with a range of different passenger capacities that will be used on urban city routes nationwide. The agreement follows the enactment of Transport Law 63-17 that orders passenger service to …
2017News

INFOTEP builds more training schools nationwide

INFOTEP, a government institution and the leading vocational training provider in the country, has announced the construction of new facilities in La Romana, La Altagracia (Higuey), Azua and the National District. Infotep is investing RD$248 million in buildings and equipment, says Rafael Ovalles, INFOTEP’s director general. This investment is in addition to the RD$400 million …
2017News

We tell them. They don’t listen. Now HBO tells it to the world

For years local residents have advised newcomers and visiting foreigners to be extremely careful on the streets, roads and highways of the Dominican Republic. Yesterday, Diario Libre reported that the HBO cable service is broadcasting a short documentary entitled “Valley of Death: Driving in the DR”, a story about the lenience to drinking and driving, …
2017News

Greens not convinced by Moura’s statements

The wife of Joao Santana, the former campaign adviser for President Danilo Medina, issued statements distancing her husband and the Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht from campaign financing for Medina. However, leaders of the Green Movement (Marcha Verde), a civic interest group that has sprung up over the last several months and received immense popular support …