2022 – Page 11

President Luis Abinader, First Lady Raquel Arbaje and Vice President Raquel Peña inaugurated the Santiago Government House, the residence of the President of the Republic in Santiago de los Caballeros by hosting heads of government, foreign ministers and foreign government officers in Santiago for the 56th Central American Integration System (SICA) annual meeting from 7 …

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The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) has contracted Geolog geochemical engineers to investigate possible oil deposits in the Dominican Republic. While there are places where crude oil comes to the surface, the worth of full-scale drilling and exploitation is still in doubt. The firm Geolog Surface Logging DMCC is a specialist in surface solutions …

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Education Minister Angel Hernandez has ordered that public school teachers give classes until 23 December 2022 to make up for lost days. Public schools opened late this year – 19 September 2022, with classes starting even later than that in many public schools. Most private schools opened in mid August. The Dominican Public School Association …

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There is a motor vehicle for every two Dominicans in the Dominican Republic. That explains the mega traffic jams Dominicans must endure, mainly in the cities. The Tax Agency reports that 5.2 million vehicles are in circulation. These need now to renovate their circulation permits. Ariel Medina Lockward, director of the Motor Vehicles Department of …

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The data collection for the 10th National Census of Population and Housing 2022 is experiencing delays. The governor for the province of Santiago, Rosa Santos told reporters that over 25% of the province has yet to be counted. According to the official, tech issues are causing the delays. The poll takers are using electronic tablets …

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The chief executive of the Zona Franca Industrial Las Americas, Claudia Pellerano was voted the president of the Free Trade Zones Association of the Americas (AZFA). She is the first woman to hold the position. Pellerano has been chairman of the board at the Zona Franca Industrial de las Americas in Santo Domingo province since …

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Reports from southwestern Pedernales are of droves of people coming from Haiti on market days to stock up for the Christmas holidays. Listin Diario reports that inspite of the chaos and violence in neighboring Haiti, people are coming on foot, on motorcycles or in cars and trucks to the markets. Foodstuffs are the top items …

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Every year about 100 persons die in their attempt to reach Puerto Rico by small boats powered by outboard motors. Recently, and for over a year now, there have been continuing reports of a newer route to the United States — the southern border with Mexico. Dominicans, many from the southcentral Bani area, have died …

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Two weeks after Listin Diario revealed details of the mega business travel agencies in Haiti have with apparent complicity of Dominican authorities, the newspaper reports the situation continues as normal. Reporter Carolina Pichardo says she has not received an explanation from the Dominican authorities about the visa operation that is ongoing when Dominican consulates in …

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Diario Libre publishes a follow up to a story in which it revealed that the Minister of Housing is the founder and still today partner in CBS Developments Nuevas Terrazas, S.R.L., the company that purchased the 154,000 square meters lot where the vehicular retention center (El Canódromo) has operated for years in Santo Domingo province. …

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