2017 – Page 282

The Italian consulate in the Dominican Republic will open again officially today, Wednesday 1 February 2017, after having been closed for the last 25 months. The office re-opening ceremony will take place at 12:30 pm, in the consulate itself at 4 Manuel Rodriguez Objio Street in Gascue. According to the Ministry of Foreign Relations, the …

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The Dominican Republic Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de la República Dominicana – BVRD) announced on Tuesday, 31 January 2017, that RD$25.49 billion was transacted in 14 bonds and commercial papers operations in 2016, according to Hamlet Hermann, vice president and general manager of the BVRD. Hermann stressed: “It is a priority of the agenda …

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Senator José Ignacio Paliza (Puerto Plata-PRM) urged the government pick up the pace to repair 14 bridges and roads providing access from Puerto Plata to Santiago and other northern region towns. Torrential rains that fell in October and November 2016 badly damaged the roads and bridges. Paliza said the main highway that leads to Navarrete …

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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the Dominican Republic in a statement issued on occasion of the National Youth Day on 31 January 2017 said that there is a need for more strategic investment in Dominican youth to guarantee the future of the country. Speaking for the UNFPA, Sonia Vásquez mentioned that the government …

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Spokespeople for the Juventud Duartiana on occasion of National Youth Day, on 31 January 2017, complained that government investment to advances youth is so scant that one would have to use a magnifying glass to find cases of support. “When analyzing the level of unemployment of the young population, the high student drop out level, …

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On the occasion of National Youth Day, yesterday, Tuesday 31 January 2017, President Danilo Medina, the Administrative Minister of the Presidency José Ramón Peralta; Father Santiago Bautista, and the director of Casa Abierta, Radhames de la Rosa, urged the youth of today to integrate into society. The President said that they should learn as much …

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Education Minister Andrés Navarro says that high schools nationwide will be gradually turned into vocational training centers so that graduates can find jobs as soon as they graduate. Navarro made the announcement during a tour of the Escuela-Liceo San Vicente de Paul in Los Mina, in Eastern Santo Domingo, that will soon be expanded and …

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Environment Minister Francisco Domínguez Brito has warned that the season for forest fires has now begun. According to a press release, the minister has met with the forest firefighters, offering appreciation for their work and urged them to protect the environment and the protected areas. The national director of Forest Fires, Gerónimo Abreu, has emphasized …

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Following the end of the allotted time period, the Ministry of the Environment has begun to execute the dismantling of all farm installations in the Valle Nuevo National Park. The dismantling operation began with a strawberry farm located at Rancho al Medio, Valle Nuevo where staff from the Ministry of Environment accompanied by military removed …

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The governmental commission created by President Danilo Medina to review the reported legalization of property in Los Tres Brazos by a company that had received the concession from the government, recommended these contracts be annulled. Likewise, occupants of properties that had not yet done so should receive their titles directly from the state. The members …

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