2018 – Page 69

Economist Miguel Ceara Hatton warned that the country’s credit could be shut down given the accelerated indebtedness undertaken by the government. He highlighted that borrowing in capital markets is on the rise, and the proportion of interest in the tax revenues is rising, or at least not dropping. He said the country is on a …

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The director general of the National Budget Office, Luis Reyes Santos says that the US$1.44 billion (RD$75.5 billion) the government will borrow in 2019 will be used to cover the deficit and service the national debt. Reyes Santos said the borrowing would make it possible to not increase the net national debt, despite despite adding …

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Daniel Hajj Aboumrad, CEO of América Móvil has said that over the next three years, Claro will invest US$1 billion in the Dominican Republic. He made the statement during a visit with President Danilo Medina at the Presidential Palace together with the CFO (chief financial officer) of the corporation, Carlos García Moreno and the president …

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Spanish balladist, Joan Manuel Serrat will be presenting his Mediterraneo Da Capo concert in Santiago and Santo Domingo. On Friday, 25 January 2019, the show will be at the Gran Teatro del Cibao at 8:30pm and on Saturday, 26 January 2018 at the Teatro La Fiesta of the Jaragua Renaissance at 9pm. 2 October 2018

Neal Gittleman, artistic director of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, will be conducting the National Symphony Orchestra in its performance at the National Theater on Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 8:30pm. The soloists for the concert are Serbian cellist Milena Zivkovic and bassist Velibor Veljkovic. The program honors the memory of Maestro Pavle Vujcic. The closing …

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The Dominican Republic women’s volleyball team (ranked 9th by FIVB) won its first match during the FIVB Women’s World Championship taking place in Hamamatsu, Japan. The Dominican team had lost its matches to Serbia (ranked 3rd) and Brazil (ranked 4th), but defeated Kazakhstan (ranked 40th) 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-19). The Dominican Republic is playing in …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) has informed that due to a weather front, it will continue to rain in the northwest, northeast, southeast, southwest, border area and central mountain area. Onamet alerts to possible mudslides and flooding in the provinces of La Altagracia, El Seibo, Greater Santo Domingo, La Romana, Hato Mayor, San Cristóbal, San …

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The Fundación Brugal has announced the winners of its Brugal Cree en su Gente awards. These are Sociedad Cultural Renovación de Puerto Plata won in the Arts and Culture category. Fundación La Merced de Santo Domingo won in the social assistance category. The Fondo Peregrino república Dominicana won in defense and protection of the environment.  …

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Dozens of members of the military were on the access road to the bi-national market in Pedernales yesterday, Monday 1 October, to look for illegal Haitian motorcycle taxi drivers, contraband and violations of the Dominican migration law. Colonel Belén Pichargo of the Fifth Infantry Brigade based in Barahona, said to Listin Diario he was supervising …

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On Sunday 30 September 2018, the Dominican Armada arrested four men who were transporting 125 sacks of garlic from Haiti aboard a boat which ran aground on the reefs surrounding the Cayos Siete Hermanos, off the coast Montecristi. Those arrested were Francisco José Silvestre, Francisco Antonio Veras, Juan Bautista Ortiz and Jonathan Amezquita Soriano, who …

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