2011 – Page 6

The Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) has signed a contract with JRC Electronic for the installation of a solar energy park in Monte Plata province, to the east of Santo Domingo. This is a US$120 million investment by German investors. The CDEEE was represented by its executive vice president Celso Marranzini, and JRC Electronic was represented …

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The Dominican Republic was elected as a member of the United Nations Economic Council yesterday. The decision was taken after a unanimous vote by 188 countries in the General Assembly. According to a press release by the Ministry of Foreign Relations, this vote is a demonstration of the leading role the country has taken on …

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Experts analyzing the newly passed Migration Law say that the new ruling will encourage illegal migration because its implementation is too costly and complicated. Wilfredo Lozano, of the UNIBE university research center and consultant to the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Flacso), said that the requirements are one of the weaknesses of the ruling …

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AES, Coca Cola, Listin, Pinturas Popular and the Municipality of Santo Domingo have launched a project to enhance the Mirador del Sur Park, popular with joggers, walkers and children. City Mayor Roberto Salcedo said he appreciates the contributions. He said that the resources the city receives are sufficient for 150,000 inhabitants, when there are two …

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The administration is reported to have delivered a solution to the demands being made by the students, teachers and employees at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD). The Minister of Higher Education, Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona was received by the president of the UASD Federation of Professors’ Associations, Ismael Peralta at a meeting …

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With apologies to Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the Metro failed again yesterday. This time it was a computer glitch, according to the authorities. Leonel Carrasco, deputy director of the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET) said that the computer problem was solved after a brief interruption of service on the Metro 1 line. Services came to a standstill …

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The Dominican Republic has asked the Inter-American Human Rights Commission to declare the position taken by the organizations that are defending the rights of the descendants of Haitian migrants as inappropriate, unfounded and with no legal basis. The complaint stems from an allegation by NGOs that there is a government policy to deprive certain individuals …

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Senator Adriano Sanchez Roa incurred a “major violation of his duties, and of legislators’ ethics,” when he complained, based on an as-yet unknown report, that one sector of the Senate had met with the Aerodom consortium in order to get rid of the alleged violations of the Constitution and the laws to the detriment of …

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The Colonial Zone Residents Association Union has warned that if the City Council of the National District (ADN) intervenes and places the buildings identified as “Public Dangers” up for auction, hundreds of families will become homeless. Union president Mercedes Costes called for a solution that included the inhabitants of the 72 seriously deteriorated buildings. “Nobody …

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If oil prices stabilize at current levels and considering the fact that at the end of September the cost of oil for the Dominican Republic had reached US$3.448 billion, according to the Central Bank, then by the end of the year the country will have used oil to the tune of US$4.6 billion. According to …

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