2017 – Page 239

The Ministry of Public Works announced the start of construction of a new overpass in the Las Americas International Airport-La Caleta area. Construction work is expected to last 4-5 months. The overpass will to relieve local traffic congestion in the area. This means as of Monday, 20 March 2017 there will be a traffic detour …

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President Danilo Medina was in Samaná on Sunday, 19 March 2017, and offered government support to local artisans that produce coconut oil. The government will help with financing at a 0.41% interest rate so the women producers grouped as part of a cooperative incorporated in 2014 can triple their production. The cooperative has 81 members …

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The World Baseball Classic defending champions, Team DR edged past Venezuela 3-0 to keep hopes high of making it to the semi-finals. On Thursday, 16 March 2017 in San Diego, California, stellar pitching and home runs by Gregory Polanco and Nelson Cruz, the Dominican Republic secured the victory over Venezuela in the second round of …

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The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) is assisting more than 250 physicians that have been sued. Former rector of the state university (UASD), psychiatrist Fernando Sánchez Martínez, and general secretary of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) pediatrician, Mery Hernández, said the suits are causing large levels of stress and anxiety to physicians. Dr. Sanchez and Dr. …

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Members of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Police (DICRIM) reported having recovered the newborn that a woman disguised as a nurse allegedly abducted from the Presidente Estrella Ureña Maternity Hospital of the Dominican Social Security Institute (IDSS). The alleged perpetrators, 36-year old Mary Rosario Cruz, and her husband William Ferreras Reyes were arrested. The …

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PLD Political Committee member Felix Jimenez (Felucho) says that the members of the Political Committee of the ruling party were aware of the overvaluations of Odebrecht construction projects in the country. He said that these were discussed during the government of Leonel Fernandez during political committee meetings. Jimenez is the president of the board of …

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Of 14 projects undertaken by Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in the past 16 years, at least 10 were found to have had significant modifications made to their budgets, costing Dominican tax payers US$830 million more than the original budgets. There is the case of the Northwest Aqueduct, under the Hipolito Mejia administration, that was originally …

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The Santo Domingo Chamber of Commerce Hub multi-sectorial trade exhibition event opened in Santo Domingo on Wednesday, 15 March 2017. It ends on 18 March. The event seeks to promote trade, stimulate the economy and serve as a business to business networking event. One of the highlights of the event is the talk on Thursday, …

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Tahseen Sayed Khan, the new director of the World Bank for the Caribbean arrived on Wednesday, 15 March 2017, for the first time in Dominican Republic. She is meeting with Minister of Economy, Isidoro Santana and Minister of Hacienda, Donald Guerrero. Meetings have been scheduled with these officials on Thursday and Friday. Sayed Khan will …

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The Ministry of Energy and Mines is encouraging local companies to participate in a tender to choose the firms that would carry out the seismic reflection study to determine the oil-producing potential in different parts of the country. This geophysical method uses principles of seismology to estimate the properties of the Earth’s subsurface from reflected …

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