2019 – Page 206

On Monday 22 April 2019, workers of the government-owned Punta Catalina power plant reached an agreement to go back to work. As per the agreement, they would be paid a full month extra salary this April. The workers were demanding the payment of the yearly bonus. As reported in El Dia, the labor crisis did …

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The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) has reported 33 deaths during Easter Week, mostly due to traffic accidents. According to the data issued, 18 of the 33 deaths happened from Thursday, 17 April to Sunday, 21 April 2019. Of these, 18 deaths were due to traffic accidents and two to drowning. Almost five million people …

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Public schools across the country opened after Easter Week yesterday, Monday 22 April 2019. In Santo Domingo over half of the students attended, according to press reports. While still low, this is higher than usual as it has been traditional for the Monday after Easter Week to be seen as an extension of the holiday. …

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Firefighters spent Good Friday struggling to put out a new fire in the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park. The fire reportedly has affected around 2,000 tareas (1 tarea = 629 square meters) in the area known as El Aceitillar, some eight km from the Hoyo de Pelempito. The area is covered by pine trees. The …

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Located at the Boulevard Turístico del Este, the main north-south road along the Punta Cana beach strip, the fifth house appliances and décor store of the CCN chain is now open to serve thousands who have relocated to the Punta Cana area to work in the hospitality and service industries of the leading Dominican tourism …

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The Dominican Association of Free Zones (Adozona) and the National Council of Export Free Zones (CNZFE) signed a three-year agreement with the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo (Intec) for academic and professional collaboration. Graduate INTEC students in the careers of economy, international business and engineering will receive training in the business models and strategies prevalent …

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The People’s Republic of China press agency reports on the visit of Radhames Camacho, president of the Chamber of Deputies, to Beijing on 17 April 2019. Camacho led a group of eight legislators invited by the government of China for a five-day visit He was received by Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People’s Congress …

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The traditional “Seven Words” sermon on Good Friday was used by the Catholic Church to issue a call to the government to eliminate corruption, indifference, immunity and fraud within the ruling party’s administration. These were strong words, and Servio Tulio Castaños Guzman, the executive vice-president of the Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (FINJUS) expressed his wholehearted …

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Roman Catholic Church priests took advantage of the Seven Last Words from the Cross sermon on Good Friday, 19 April 2019 to criticize the Medina administration’s attempts to modify the Constitution to enable reelection and other actions that priests say affect local institutions. Earlier in the week, Santo Domingo Archbishop Francisco Ozoria had said the …

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A report prepared by Antonio Ciriaco, vice dean of the School of Economy at the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) reveals that the Dominican Republic is only behind Uruguay, Argentina and Chile in its level of taxes on fuels. The study, “Radiografia e Incidencia de los Combustibles en la República Dominicana” says that government …

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