2018 – Page 57

The toothpaste company, Colgate is publicizing its new free dental cleaning program in October. The company has a mobile unit where the dental cleanings are being carried out. But if this unit does not pass through your area, the company has listed the telephone 809 200-0272 where people can call to arrange an appointment with …

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A graduate of Barna Business School, Guillermo Julián Jiménez, was elected to preside over the Young Entrepreneurs National Association (ANJE). Jiménez is employed as manager of the private office of Juan B. Vicini Lluberes. He will replace Raúl Hoyo. The board of ANJE is now made up by Radhamés Martínez Alñvarez, Susana Martínez Nadal, Luis …

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The director of the Dominican Tobacco Institute (Intabaco) Juan Francisco Caraballo said that tobacco exports continue to increase. He said in 2017 exports were US$846 million. Exports of cigars to markets in the United States and Europe were more than 6.5 billion units. He said that the number of cigars exported has increased every year …

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On occasion of the Day of the White Cane, blind people accompanied by supporters marched on Calle del Sol in Santiago to demand more safety and less obstacles on main streets. They walked from Parque Duarte, alongside Calle del Sol, ending in Parque Colón in the city center. Carrying posters, the organizations demanded from the …

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Father Frankely Rodríguez is chair of a new Permanent Commission for the Protection and Conservation of the East Park that is rejecting the construction of a major bus terminal on grounds of the park. The park is located on the eastern side of the Ozama River and is a main recreational area for the residents. …

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Former US diplomat-turned businessman Manuel Rocha signed the XCoal Energy & Resources deal with the government-built Punta Catalina power plant for the supplying of coal to the Medina administration built 752MW Punta Catalina power plant. The government has begun tests of the power plant that should begin to serve power to the national grid starting …

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The Constitutional Court ruled (TC-380-18, published on 10 October 2018) that at least four government ministries and the National Police have failed to take action to end the monopoly and anti-competitive practices in cargo and passenger transport, as determined by a ruling of the Superior Administrative Court (TSA) in 2016. The Constitutional Court considered that …

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The government announced it has added 35 more OMSA buses to the 27 de Febrero route in case Fenatrano goes ahead with the announced bus stoppage on Wednesday, 17 October 2018. Fenatrano is protesting high fuel prices and the fact that big companies are benefitting while the general consumer is forced to pay the bill. …

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21 free zone manufacturing industries were approved for installation in the provinces of Santo Domingo, San Pedro de Macoris, La Romana, La Vega, Bonao, Santiago, Moca and Puerto Plata by the National Council of Export Free Zones (CNZFE). The new companies will employ an estimated 1,944 persons, according to a press release from the CNZFE …

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Dominican Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas was in Kuwait where he met with high ranking Kuwait government officers. On 16 October 2018, he met with the Minister of Finance of Kuwait Nayef Falah Al-Hajraf. As reported, Vargas and Falah Al-Hajraf discussed a number of important topics, including ways to strengthen economic and trade ties and cooperation …

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