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Haitian Government Alerts Residents To Tropical Wave
SANTO DOMINGO, May 22 (BERNAMA-NNN-XINHUA) -- Haitian authorities Tuesday called on communities in western Haiti to stay alert to possible downpour and thunderstorms caused by a tropical wave over the southeastern region. Haiti's National Meteorological Centre (CNM) announced Monday night the formation of the year's first tropical wave, located south of the Caribbean Basin, saying ...
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Cable Wireless Comms targets Caribbean cost cuts
Wed May 22, 2013 2:27am EDT LONDON May 22 (Reuters) - Cable & Wireless Communications met expectations with a 1 percent rise in full-year core earnings, and said it would cut $100 million of costs from a business now focused on the Caribbean and Central American. The company, which has sold its Macau and Monaco and Islands businesses, posted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and ...
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Leisure and pleasure Caribbean way of life
St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has cited the "leisure and pleasure" way of life as one of the "anti-social" trends developing in the Caribbean in the past ...
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Caribbean Farming Gets Its Roots Wet
- As Caribbean communities grapple with the entwined challenges of climate change and food security, modern technologies offer hope that the region’s stagnating agricultural sector can be made more ...
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Dominican Republic’s Cardinal slams ruling for sex education
Santo Domingo.- A visibly enraged Catholic cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez on Tuesday issued a scathing to response to National District judge Eunice Minaya's ruling for the family planning agency's (Pro Familia) sex education campaign, which he sarcastically hailed. "I first of all congratulate that most illustrious and wisest of judges for the ruling, secondly, I also ...
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Management snubs labor as wage hike talks fizzle
Santo Domingo.- The president of Dominican Republic's federation of labor unions grouped in the CNUS on Tuesday said the business sector had "snubbed" them when they were no-shows at the talks to negotiate a wage increase for the private sector. Rafael -Pepe- Abreu said it's pointless to hold the National Wage Committee meeting next Thursday if employers stick to their ...
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Scattered showers lower temperatures
Santo Domingo.- An approach tropical wave over southeastern Puerto Rico will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms Tuesday over all regions, except the Southwest. The National Meteorology Office also forecasts lower than normal temperatures over much of the Dominican ...
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U.S. Agriculture Dept. local agencies teach U.S. Law to agro sector
Santo Domingo.- The U.S. Agriculture Dept. and three private and public local agencies will host a workshop tomorrow Wednesday to teach Dominican agro producers and exporters to modernize and on the Food Safety Law's operational impacts. The Agriculture Ministry coordinates meeting on the local side, together with Dominican Republic's Export and Investment Center, and the REDDOM ...
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Government taps RD$154.0M to fight coffee leaf rust
Santo Domingo.- The government yesterday said the control of coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix) on all farms in the country is of national interest, and named a commission to work to eradicate the disease that harms around 58% of the coffee bean crops. Executive Order 101-13 3 sets aside RD$154.0 million for programs to tackle the disease over the next eight months. Agriculture minister ...
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Agency busts ring sent heroin mules to Puerto Rico
Santo Domingo.- The National Control Drugs Agency (DNCD) on Tuesday said it busted a network of heroin dealers based in Sabana de la Mar (northeast), which sent "mules" to Puerto Rico through several airports and the Ferry. The ring was detected after the arrest of Juan de Dios Lopez while boarding the ferry to Puerto Rico, with 96 heroine capsules, while the handicapped Ney Sanchez ...
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Government forks out US$135M to nix 30-year road toll contract
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican government and the Colombian company Dominican Roads Concession (DOVICON) on Monday agreed to terminate the 30-year contract to manage the tolls on the Duarte-Puerto Plata and 6 de Noviembre (southern) highways, with a US$135 million compensation. The details of the contract termination will reportedly be announced in the coming days and includes a US$124 million ...
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Don’t despair Public Safety Plan will work Medina
Santo Domingo. - As a wave of violent crimes plagues the country, president Danilo Medina on Monday asked that Dominicans not despair because the Public Safety Plan will bear fruit in the long term. He said there's still work to be done such as the installation of security cameras and the 911emergency phone service, measures he called critical to the Plan, but might not be possible until ...
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AES supplies energy at Central Americas and the Caribbean’s most competitive prices
Santo Domingo.- The consolidated portfolio of energy generators that the power company AES manages offer the most competitive electricity prices in the local market as well as the Central America and Caribbean region. This was revealed by Marco De la Rosa, during breakfast the Energy Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAMDR), explaining that "AES sells a kilowatt hour of ...
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Dominican businesses expanding role in Haiti reconstruction
The Dominican Republic is already a regional leader in Central America and now looks poised to play an even greater role in the future of disaster-hit Haiti. The two countries are already major trade partners, and this relationship looks set to expand into rebuilding the country as well.
The Dominican Republic has one of the strongest economies in Central America and is one of the major trade partners of earthquake-beleaguered Haiti. For this reason, political leaders in the country have pointed out that it is vital for local businesses to continue or expand their involvement in Haiti’s reconstruction, or the country would lose an important source of revenue. Read more
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