2017 – Page 43

The Senate approved the 2018 National Budget as sent by the Presidency. The budget was approved in two consecutive readings. It is for RD$814.8 billion. The budget passed in the Senate includes an amendment to a first bill that was submitted by the Presidency. The amendment increases the budget allotments for ProConsumidor, the Chamber of …

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Santo Domingo Mayor David Collado announced RD$50 million have been included in the 2018 city government budget to back small business in the three circumscriptions of the capital city. On Sunday, 13 November 2017, Collado said the Santo Domingo Emprende Foundation also has the backing of businesses and universities. As part of the program for …

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An editorial in Diario Libre today focuses on the reticence of President Danilo Medina in attacking difficult issues that are key challenges for the organization of Dominican society and development. “This is a government of lots of advertising and public relations and little substance,” writes executive editor Adriano Miguel Tejada in the editorial. He says …

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The Ministry of Environment announced the signing of an agreement with the Puntacana Group Foundation and the La Altagracia Tourism Cluster to expand the Southeast Marine Reefs Sanctuary with the inclusion of the Bavaro-Macao coastline. As per the agreement, a management plan will be drafted for the tourism area in order to regulate fishing and …

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A Dominican private-public mission visited Rabat, Morocco for talks that will lead to a customs agreement, according to a press release from the Ministry of Industry & Commerce and Small Business (MICM). The agreement would be signed in Egypt in December 2017. As per the agreement, Morocco would share its best practices and experiences in …

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The Ministry of Education has begun a pilot program to turn high schools into polytechnic schools. The program calls for the technical training facilities of the National Institute for Technical Professional Training (Infotep) so the new graduates can achieve skills that will help them find jobs upon graduation. The 35,000 students in southwestern San Juan …

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Rains covering the Dominican Republic could mean some professional baseball game cancellations. So far, with a month into the annual baseball season, the Estrellas Orientales continues to lead the championship. The tournament standings as of the evening games of 8 November 2017 are: Estrellas Orientales with 13-6, Gigantes del Cibao with 11-8, Aguilas Cibaeñas with …

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The National Meteorology Agency (Onamet) has announced that the country will continue to be affected by a weather front now over the Canal del Viento that separates Hispaniola and Cuba as well as stationary a low pressure system. Rains and thunderstorms will continue in the southwest, south east, Central Mountain area, north east and border area. …

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The pilot who landed a helicopter in the Cibao baseball stadium in Santiago, minutes before a Sunday, 6 November 2017 game between the Águilas Cibaeñas and the Tigres from Licey, is a National Army colonel, according to Defense Minister, Lieutenant General Rubén Darío Paulino Sem. Pilot Ramiro Junior Jaquez Rubio was ordered under arrest for …

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The First Hall of the Court of Appeals of the National District has set 30 November 2017 as the date for announcing its decision on whether it accepts to modify the 30-year jail sentence for murder to truckers’ association leader, Blas Peralta. Peralta was sentenced for the murder of former UASD university rector, Mateo Aquino …

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