2017 – Page 77

The Brugal Foundation awarded the Dominican Academy of History this year’s Brugal Believes in People Prize in the art and culture category. The announcement was made during a press conference held on Tuesday, 26 September 2017. Together with the Academy of History, the Geriatric Center San Joaquin and Santa Ana in La Vega (Social Work), …

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The nation’s winter league baseball teams are looking for ways to attract fans to purchase season tickets for the upcoming winter baseball season that starts in mid October 2017. Teams have to become creative to sell tickets after it was reported that traditional sponsors have cut back on support. For example, the Aguilas Cibaeñas have …

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The recent earthquakes in Mexico and Hurricane Maria that devastated Puerto Rico have stressed humanitarian efforts in both countries. Aid agencies in various countries are trying to coordinate efforts to channel donations to help the suffering people in Puerto Rico and Mexico. In the Dominican Republic, the Mexican Embassy and the Office of the Government …

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Despite participating in exploratory talks with President Danilo Medina at the Presidential Palace on 13 September 2017, Luis Florido and Julio Borges of the MUD, the Venezuelan opposition coalition, said they will not be returning to the Dominican Republic for a second round of talks that had been set for Wednesday, 27 September 2017. President …

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Civil Defense staff in Montecristi province reported the recovering of two bodies of Haitians that had been dragged by the flooding waters of Yaque del Norte River near Hatillo Palma municipality on Friday, 19 September 2017. The river overflowed with intense rains brought by Hurricane Maria. Felix Diaz, speaking for the Civil Defense in Montecristi, …

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A full six days after Hurricane Maria passed north of the Dominican Republic, there are still more than 24,000 persons displaced from their homes, nearly 200 houses were destroyed, 27 water systems are out of service, 14 bridges out and 1,819 persons remain in official shelters. The Emergency Operations Center reported on 26 September 2017 …

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The Ministry of Environment fined Falconbridge Dominicana (Falcondo) RD$7.6 million for damage caused after a fuel spill from one of its pipelines in the municipality of Haina. The ministry also ordered that the company shutdown the pipeline from the docks in Haina to its facility in Bonao until all of the repairs are completed. According …

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Economists Pavel Isa and Miguel Collado Di Franco say that the RD$814.8 billion National Budget approved by the Medina administration for 2017 perpetuates the scheme of increasing debt and weaknesses in the management of local finances. They criticized that public spending will be RD$687 billion and RD$127 billion (46%) is allotted for paying loans. Government …

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The Technical Coordinator for the Agro-forestry Development Program for the Watersheds in the Southern Region, Major General Rafael de Luna Pichirilo, said that the government intends to reforest some 700,000 tareas (1 tarea = 629 square meters) and that the 2018 budget includes RD$2.5 billion for this effort. He noted that there is an agricultural …

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The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) announced new fiscal incentives regimes to attract foreign investment for the development of the petroleum and gas industry in the country. Minister Antonio Isa Conde announced that tenders will be carried out for the development of the Azua and Enriquillo basins during the first quarter of 2018. He …

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