Listin Diario - Los 258 metros de la tirolina más alta del mundo, que se encuentra en las montañas de Puerto Rico, desafían a los más atrevidos que viajan al Caribe y se han convertido en un polo de atracción para amantes del turismo de aventura y naturaleza en la región. ‘La bestia’ es también, con su más de un kilómetro y medio de longitud, la tercera tirolina más larga del planeta y la principal atracción de Toroverde, un complejo de ocio desarrollado por tres empresarios de Costa Rica, Nicaragua y Estados Unidos, situado en la localidad de Orocovis. Toroverde, que en temporada alta recibe a cerca de doscientos visitantes por día, está a punto de cumplir dos años de actividad. Su responsable de comunicación, Sylvia Rivera, explicó a Efe que el proyecto es una buena muestra de negocio ecoturístico que, con la atracción de ‘La bestia’, se ha convertido en parada obligada para quienes viajan al Caribe en busca de retos de aventura. “Se trata de la tirolina más alta del mundo”, recuerda sobre una atracc. . . Read original at Listin Diario.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) field operations officers discovered 2. 45 kilograms (5. 4 pounds) of cocaine concealed within a heavy duty truck arriving from the Dominican Republic on the ferry on Friday. This is the third incident in which CBP has found narcotics inside vehicles arriving on the ferry in the past 10 days.
CBP officers arrested the driver of the vehicle Lazaro Lluveres-Macea, 43, a citizen of the Dominican Republic with legal permanent resident status in the US.
Last Friday, during inbound inspections of passenger vehicles arriving from the Dominican Republic onboard the M/V “Caribbean Fantasy” ferry, a CBP canine alerted to the potential presence of narcotics in a truck with Puerto Rico cargo license plates. A more intrusive inspection revealed the concealed narcotics. .
ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is leading the investigation and presented charges against Mr. Lluveres-Macea for consideration by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, accepting prosecution.
“We have stepped up our inspection of aircraft and maritime vessels through a risk-management based, layered enforcement approach closing routes for smugglers,” indicated Marcelino Borges, Director of Field Operations for Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands.
CBP uses sophisticated methods to identify and target potentially high-risk passengers and cargo, including advanced electronic information about every passenger and cargo shipment entering into the U. S. before their arrival.
CBP’s dual mission is to facilitate travel in the United States while we secure our borders, our people and our visitors from those that would do us harm like terrorists and terrorist weapons, criminals, and contraband. CBP officers are charged with enforcing not only immigration and customs laws, but they enforce over 400 laws for 40 other agencies and have stopped thousands of violators of U. S. law.
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College Park, Md- The Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and other tropical storm-prone areas had better get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast Thursday, AP reports.
NOAA said there’ll be 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.
It said there is a 70 percent chance that this year will be more active than an average hurricane season.
“If you live in hurricane prone areas along the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico coasts, “This is your warning,“ acting NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan said.
A normal year has 12 named storms, 6 hurricanes and 3 major storms with winds over 110 mph. et ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say.
Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is a 70 percent chance that this year will be more active than an average hurricane season.
If you live in hurricane prone areas along the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico coasts, “This is your warning,“ acting NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan said.
A normal year has 12 named storms, 6 hurricanes and 3 major storms with winds over 110 mph.
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New York- The Association of Dominican Classical Artists (ADCA) will honor Dominican composer, percussionist, and educator Dante Cucurullo in a tribute concert celebrating his extraordinary contributions to the development of contemporary Dominican music. The concert, which is co-sponsored by The City College of New York and City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, will take place Friday, May 24, 2013 at 7:00 pm at the City College of New York’s Aaron Davis Hall, 133rd Street on Convent Avenue in Manhattan. Admission is free, but registration is required at dominicanclassical. org
Professor María Irene Blanco, pianist and current director of the National Conservatory of Music in Santo Domingo, will travel with Mr. Cucurullo to New York for this concert, and will perform a selection of his compositions for solo piano.
The concert will feature the world premiere of Mr. Cucurullo’s piece for musicians and 20 metronomes, which will be performed by students of Gregorio Luperón High School and the Washington Heights Community School of the Arts. The students also will perform his “Cuarteto de vejigas,” a piece that uses birthday balloons. Mr. Cucurullo will offer explanatory remarks about his compositions and will show a video of performances of several of his compositions by Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional and Ballet Nacional of the Dominican Republic.
The concert is the final of the season for the Association’s annual concert series celebrating Dominican classical artists and composers.
About Dante Cucurullo
Bold and daring in a conservative music environment, Dante Cucurullo has had a profound impact on contemporary music in his native Dominican Republic. A pioneering and widely acclaimed composer of electroacoustic music and scores for musical theater, Mr. Cucurullo is a pianist, percussionist, and one of his country’s most respected music educators and conductors, influential in opening the doors of the National Conservatory of Music to avant guarde and popular music.
Mr. Cucurullo established a preeminent role as a composer of electroacoustic music early in his musical career. Shortly after graduating from the National Conservatory of Music in March 1981, he premiered nine of his compositions in the country’s first concert devoted to experimental music written by a Dominican composer. Three years later, he made history once again when the National Symphonic Orchestra under Mr.
Julio De Windt premiered his piece “Interrogante no. 1”—the first time an electroacoustic piece was played in a symphonic concert in the Dominican Republic.
Mr. Cucurullo’s work introduces innovative acoustics through the use of traditional instruments and electronic sounds in combination with sounds of everyday objects such as the typewriter, plastic cups, birthday balloons, and even human snoring.
A prolific composer solo, chamber, and orchestral music, Mr. Cucurullo is best known for his cycle of seven electroacoustic “Interrogantes”; a cycle of“Afirmaciones” in which electronic, concréte, and instrumenal sources are mixed; the two-part electroacoustic work“Millennium Hope”; and “El Encantador de Aguas” for tenor sax and synthesizer. Many of his compositions have premiered in prestigious international festivals. “Interrogante no. 5”premiered in 1985 at the Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica, held in Varadero, Cuba. Interrogante no. 7,”based on sounds of human snores, premiered in 1986 during one of the Cursos Latinoamericanos de Música Contemporánea held that year in Uruguay. “Millennium Hope” was initially presented at the electroacoustic music festival “Synthèse 99,” in Bourges, France.
Widely acclaimed in his native land, Mr. Cucurullo has been honored several times with the Talía de Plata for his remarkable musical theater scores, is a six-time winner of the National Composition Prize José Reyes, and received the Cassandra Award for Classical music.
About María Irene Blanco Pianist María Irene Blanco is Director of the National Conservatory of Music in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the country’s most important institution for musical training. Prior to her appointment in 2000, Ms. Blanco taught piano at the Conservatory. Her career as piano teacher and music educator spans more than 20 years.
Ms. Blanco has given recitals and concerts, as a soloist and accompanist, at the Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Biblioteca Nacional. Ms. Blanco began her musical studies in Santiago, her hometown, at the Liceo Musical José Oviedo García, and went on to study in Santo Domingo with some of the country’s most renowned classical artists, including Maestros Manuel Simó and Manuel Rueda, composer Margarita Luna, and the acclaimed pianist and pedagogue Professor Floralba Del Monte. She studied also at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, Spain, and graduated with a B. A. in Music from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.
About ADCA Founded in 1980 by musicians and composers of Dominican descent living in New York City, the Association of Dominican Classical Artists (ADCA) has as its mission to foster appreciation in the United States for the art and folkloric music of the Dominican Republic, create performance space for its artist members, and, bring live performances and classical music education to communities with little or no access to both. We accomplish our mission by presenting concerts and educational programs.
About City College of New York’s Aaron Davis Hall As the cultural hub of Upper Manhattan and Harlem, Aaron Davis Hall is the only facility of its kind north of Lincoln Center in Manhattan. The two-theatre performing arts center hosts an ambitious, year-round calendar of events, most of which are open to the public.
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Listin Diario - Puedo llenar un libro con historias de los AMET, y puedo asegurarles que no serán gratas. Entre ellos y yo, la relación es un poco difícil. Lo cierto es que cuando tengo un día no muy bueno, siempre tiene que estar ese factor agregado llamado Autoridad Metropolitana de Transporte. Sin embargo, hoy decido verlos desde otro punto de vista. Algo que sucedió me llevó a una importante reflexión. Sucede que en el lugar donde trabajo por casi una década, hay una sola salida, y nunca en ese tiempo me enteré que era una vía contraria hasta que un ‘AMET’, recién asignado en esa puerta, me lo dijo, es decir, ya no podía salir como por años lo he hecho. El caso es que le dije que por esa calle era que siempre salía, que no es algo nuevo y que ahora, sin más ni más él decide que no podía hacerlo. Luego de una larga discusión en la que yo alegaba que el camino sería más largo y complicado, accedí a tomar el camino que él indicaba (no había de otra). Por un momento, descubrí que el camino era mejor . . . Read original at Listin Diario.
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Santo Domingo- Justice minister Francisco Domínguez on Tuesday clarified that children of undocumented Haitian parents aren’t Dominicans, just hours after Senate president Reinaldo Pared questioned his confusing statement, fueling the row on the Central Electoral Board’s refusal to document the foreigners who claimed citizenship.
“The Constitution is very clear, it says who is Dominican and who is not, consequently, I cannot say that children of Haitian parents living illegally are absolutely Dominicans. Now, if they are documented residents and have other conditions, that’s something else,“ he said.
He noted that people who’ve been residing here for several generations should be given the chance to obtain documents to stay in the country.
Dominguez said humane solutions for the Haitians here don’t imply a violation of the Constitution.
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Santo Domingo. - Former president Leonel Fernandez would edge out opposition (PRD) party leaders Miguel Vargas and Luis Abinader in the 2016 presidential elections, but would be tied with former president Hipolito Mejia.
When the pollster Penn, Schoen & Berland asked eligible voters about the 2016 presidential elections, Fernández beat Vargas by 19 points and Abinader by six, but tied with Mejia.
The majority of women (48%) and of both sexes aged 55 or older (46%) prefer Fernandez. 28 percent said they’d vote for a candidate of another party.
The pollster, quoted by diariolibre. com. do, didn’t provide details of the number of people polled or the date it was conducted.
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Santo Domingo- The Central Bank’s RD$20. 0 billion boost for the economy with the release of the banks’ reserve requirements and the early reactions from economic agents reveal that the goal has been met as the days wear on.
Banks and S&Ls, retailers, builders, dealers and vehicle importers have declared an “interest rate war“ stoked by the monetary authorities’ strategy of lower rates and longer terms for the jump-start which the economic players and the market need.
The reference rate the Monetary Board assigned to the RD$20. 0 billion would spur purchases of appliances, homes, apartments, vehicles and other items, while banks have also widened their offer of loans for SMEs, while the 7. 95% consumer lending rate is 1. 05% lower than the authorities’ guideline.
The auto dealers have adopted the trend, led by Santo Domingo Motors’7. 95% fixed rate for one year, available at various banks.
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Santo Domingo- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) Tuesday night issued flash flood warnings for Monseñor Noel, San Pedro, Monte Plata, San Cristobal, Sanchez Ramirez and Azua provinces and Greater Santo Domingo.
The alerts came after the National Meteorology Office forecast continuing downpours from a trough over the Windward Passage and a tropical wave south of Puerto Rico, causing higher than normal waves along the Caribbean shore.
Meteorology forecasts increasing rains as of Thursday afternoon, mostly over the East, Southeast, Central and the Southwest.
Meanwhile the COE warns of flash floods, overflowed rivers and streams, as well as mudslides.
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Santo Domingo- As the State-owned energy utility (CDEEE) seeks a contractor to build two coal-fired power plants owned by the State, the general manager of the EGE Haina energy group criticized the government’s involvement in the industry, because it “shouldn’t compete in the thermal generation market“ and in his view “discourage the arrival of new investors. “
Tito Sanjurjo said the government should “focus on the investment to cut losses and improve the grid“ and “provide conditions that instill investors’ confidence in new thermal generation. “
Sanjurjo, speaking in a breakfast hosted by the Energy Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic, criticized that while companies make large investments in power generation, the state has yet to solve the problems of distribution and collection, falling into a vicious circle feeding the population’s discontent with the energy service.
AES Dominicna
Also speaking in the activity was AES Dominicana president Marco De La Rosa, who analyzed and future investment prospects in the electricity sector.
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Santo Domingo- Dominicans deported from the United States hailed president Danilo Medina’s request for Barack Obama’s help with reinserting deported ex-convicts to the labor market.
They say the need the government’s help because while many of them want to work, society rejects them for being ex-cons.
Quoted by listin. com. do, Jose Mejia, one of 69 deported ex-cons who arrived at Las Americas airport Tuesday after serving sentences in the U. S. , said “it’s good for us to get work here, otherwise, what are we going to live on if we can’t work. “
“I hope it is true that the government will help us,“ the ex-con said as Immigration agents escorted him to a bus at Las Americas.
Ricardo Sanchez, another ex-con, said he’s glad that Medina is concerned with the deportees.
Dominican Ambassador in Washington Anibal de Castro two weeks ago revealed Medina’s request for U. S. support for jobs program to help deported Dominicans.
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Listin Diario - Los 258 metros de la tirolina más alta del mundo, que se encuentra en las montañas de Puerto Rico, desafían a los más atrevidos que viajan al Caribe y se han convertido en un polo de atracción para amantes del turismo de aventura y naturaleza en la región. ‘La bestia’ es también, con su más de un kilómetro y medio de longitud, la tercera tirolina más larga del planeta y la principal atracción de Toroverde, un complejo de ocio desarrollado por tres empresarios de Costa Rica, Nicaragua y Estados Unidos, situado en la localidad de Orocovis. Toroverde, que en temporada alta recibe a cerca de doscientos visitantes por día, está a punto de cumplir dos años de actividad. Su responsable de comunicación, Sylvia Rivera, explicó a Efe que el proyecto es una buena muestra de negocio ecoturístico que, con la atracción de ‘La bestia’, se ha convertido en parada obligada para quienes viajan al Caribe en busca de retos de aventura. “Se trata de la tirolina más alta del mundo”, recuerda sobre una atracc. . . Read original at 
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) field operations officers discovered 2. 45 kilograms (5. 4 pounds) of cocaine concealed within a heavy duty truck arriving from the Dominican Republic on the ferry on Friday. This is the third incident in which CBP has found narcotics inside vehicles arriving on the ferry in the past 10 days.
CBP officers arrested the driver of the vehicle Lazaro Lluveres-Macea, 43, a citizen of the Dominican Republic with legal permanent resident status in the US.
Last Friday, during inbound inspections of passenger vehicles arriving from the Dominican Republic onboard the M/V “Caribbean Fantasy” ferry, a CBP canine alerted to the potential presence of narcotics in a truck with Puerto Rico cargo license plates. A more intrusive inspection revealed the concealed narcotics. .
ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is leading the investigation and presented charges against Mr. Lluveres-Macea for consideration by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, accepting prosecution.
“We have stepped up our inspection of aircraft and maritime vessels through a risk-management based, layered enforcement approach closing routes for smugglers,” indicated Marcelino Borges, Director of Field Operations for Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands.
CBP uses sophisticated methods to identify and target potentially high-risk passengers and cargo, including advanced electronic information about every passenger and cargo shipment entering into the U. S. before their arrival.
CBP’s dual mission is to facilitate travel in the United States while we secure our borders, our people and our visitors from those that would do us harm like terrorists and terrorist weapons, criminals, and contraband. CBP officers are charged with enforcing not only immigration and customs laws, but they enforce over 400 laws for 40 other agencies and have stopped thousands of violators of U. S. law.
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College Park, Md- The Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and other tropical storm-prone areas had better get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast Thursday, AP reports.
NOAA said there’ll be 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.
It said there is a 70 percent chance that this year will be more active than an average hurricane season.
“If you live in hurricane prone areas along the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico coasts, “This is your warning,“ acting NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan said.
A normal year has 12 named storms, 6 hurricanes and 3 major storms with winds over 110 mph. et ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say.
Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is a 70 percent chance that this year will be more active than an average hurricane season.
If you live in hurricane prone areas along the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico coasts, “This is your warning,“ acting NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan said.
A normal year has 12 named storms, 6 hurricanes and 3 major storms with winds over 110 mph.
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New York- The Association of Dominican Classical Artists (ADCA) will honor Dominican composer, percussionist, and educator Dante Cucurullo in a tribute concert celebrating his extraordinary contributions to the development of contemporary Dominican music. The concert, which is co-sponsored by The City College of New York and City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, will take place Friday, May 24, 2013 at 7:00 pm at the City College of New York’s Aaron Davis Hall, 133rd Street on Convent Avenue in Manhattan. Admission is free, but registration is required at dominicanclassical. org
Professor María Irene Blanco, pianist and current director of the National Conservatory of Music in Santo Domingo, will travel with Mr. Cucurullo to New York for this concert, and will perform a selection of his compositions for solo piano.
The concert will feature the world premiere of Mr. Cucurullo’s piece for musicians and 20 metronomes, which will be performed by students of Gregorio Luperón High School and the Washington Heights Community School of the Arts. The students also will perform his “Cuarteto de vejigas,” a piece that uses birthday balloons. Mr. Cucurullo will offer explanatory remarks about his compositions and will show a video of performances of several of his compositions by Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional and Ballet Nacional of the Dominican Republic.
The concert is the final of the season for the Association’s annual concert series celebrating Dominican classical artists and composers.
About Dante Cucurullo
Bold and daring in a conservative music environment, Dante Cucurullo has had a profound impact on contemporary music in his native Dominican Republic. A pioneering and widely acclaimed composer of electroacoustic music and scores for musical theater, Mr. Cucurullo is a pianist, percussionist, and one of his country’s most respected music educators and conductors, influential in opening the doors of the National Conservatory of Music to avant guarde and popular music.
Mr. Cucurullo established a preeminent role as a composer of electroacoustic music early in his musical career. Shortly after graduating from the National Conservatory of Music in March 1981, he premiered nine of his compositions in the country’s first concert devoted to experimental music written by a Dominican composer. Three years later, he made history once again when the National Symphonic Orchestra under Mr.
Julio De Windt premiered his piece “Interrogante no. 1”—the first time an electroacoustic piece was played in a symphonic concert in the Dominican Republic.
Mr. Cucurullo’s work introduces innovative acoustics through the use of traditional instruments and electronic sounds in combination with sounds of everyday objects such as the typewriter, plastic cups, birthday balloons, and even human snoring.
A prolific composer solo, chamber, and orchestral music, Mr. Cucurullo is best known for his cycle of seven electroacoustic “Interrogantes”; a cycle of“Afirmaciones” in which electronic, concréte, and instrumenal sources are mixed; the two-part electroacoustic work“Millennium Hope”; and “El Encantador de Aguas” for tenor sax and synthesizer. Many of his compositions have premiered in prestigious international festivals. “Interrogante no. 5”premiered in 1985 at the Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica, held in Varadero, Cuba. Interrogante no. 7,”based on sounds of human snores, premiered in 1986 during one of the Cursos Latinoamericanos de Música Contemporánea held that year in Uruguay. “Millennium Hope” was initially presented at the electroacoustic music festival “Synthèse 99,” in Bourges, France.
Widely acclaimed in his native land, Mr. Cucurullo has been honored several times with the Talía de Plata for his remarkable musical theater scores, is a six-time winner of the National Composition Prize José Reyes, and received the Cassandra Award for Classical music.
About María Irene Blanco Pianist María Irene Blanco is Director of the National Conservatory of Music in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the country’s most important institution for musical training. Prior to her appointment in 2000, Ms. Blanco taught piano at the Conservatory. Her career as piano teacher and music educator spans more than 20 years.
Ms. Blanco has given recitals and concerts, as a soloist and accompanist, at the Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Biblioteca Nacional. Ms. Blanco began her musical studies in Santiago, her hometown, at the Liceo Musical José Oviedo García, and went on to study in Santo Domingo with some of the country’s most renowned classical artists, including Maestros Manuel Simó and Manuel Rueda, composer Margarita Luna, and the acclaimed pianist and pedagogue Professor Floralba Del Monte. She studied also at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, Spain, and graduated with a B. A. in Music from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.
About ADCA Founded in 1980 by musicians and composers of Dominican descent living in New York City, the Association of Dominican Classical Artists (ADCA) has as its mission to foster appreciation in the United States for the art and folkloric music of the Dominican Republic, create performance space for its artist members, and, bring live performances and classical music education to communities with little or no access to both. We accomplish our mission by presenting concerts and educational programs.
About City College of New York’s Aaron Davis Hall As the cultural hub of Upper Manhattan and Harlem, Aaron Davis Hall is the only facility of its kind north of Lincoln Center in Manhattan. The two-theatre performing arts center hosts an ambitious, year-round calendar of events, most of which are open to the public.
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Listin Diario - Puedo llenar un libro con historias de los AMET, y puedo asegurarles que no serán gratas. Entre ellos y yo, la relación es un poco difícil. Lo cierto es que cuando tengo un día no muy bueno, siempre tiene que estar ese factor agregado llamado Autoridad Metropolitana de Transporte. Sin embargo, hoy decido verlos desde otro punto de vista. Algo que sucedió me llevó a una importante reflexión. Sucede que en el lugar donde trabajo por casi una década, hay una sola salida, y nunca en ese tiempo me enteré que era una vía contraria hasta que un ‘AMET’, recién asignado en esa puerta, me lo dijo, es decir, ya no podía salir como por años lo he hecho. El caso es que le dije que por esa calle era que siempre salía, que no es algo nuevo y que ahora, sin más ni más él decide que no podía hacerlo. Luego de una larga discusión en la que yo alegaba que el camino sería más largo y complicado, accedí a tomar el camino que él indicaba (no había de otra). Por un momento, descubrí que el camino era mejor . . . Read original at 
Dominican Today -
Santo Domingo- Justice minister Francisco Domínguez on Tuesday clarified that children of undocumented Haitian parents aren’t Dominicans, just hours after Senate president Reinaldo Pared questioned his confusing statement, fueling the row on the Central Electoral Board’s refusal to document the foreigners who claimed citizenship.
“The Constitution is very clear, it says who is Dominican and who is not, consequently, I cannot say that children of Haitian parents living illegally are absolutely Dominicans. Now, if they are documented residents and have other conditions, that’s something else,“ he said.
He noted that people who’ve been residing here for several generations should be given the chance to obtain documents to stay in the country.
Dominguez said humane solutions for the Haitians here don’t imply a violation of the Constitution.
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Santo Domingo. - Former president Leonel Fernandez would edge out opposition (PRD) party leaders Miguel Vargas and Luis Abinader in the 2016 presidential elections, but would be tied with former president Hipolito Mejia.
When the pollster Penn, Schoen & Berland asked eligible voters about the 2016 presidential elections, Fernández beat Vargas by 19 points and Abinader by six, but tied with Mejia.
The majority of women (48%) and of both sexes aged 55 or older (46%) prefer Fernandez. 28 percent said they’d vote for a candidate of another party.
The pollster, quoted by diariolibre. com. do, didn’t provide details of the number of people polled or the date it was conducted.
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Santo Domingo- The Central Bank’s RD$20. 0 billion boost for the economy with the release of the banks’ reserve requirements and the early reactions from economic agents reveal that the goal has been met as the days wear on.
Banks and S&Ls, retailers, builders, dealers and vehicle importers have declared an “interest rate war“ stoked by the monetary authorities’ strategy of lower rates and longer terms for the jump-start which the economic players and the market need.
The reference rate the Monetary Board assigned to the RD$20. 0 billion would spur purchases of appliances, homes, apartments, vehicles and other items, while banks have also widened their offer of loans for SMEs, while the 7. 95% consumer lending rate is 1. 05% lower than the authorities’ guideline.
The auto dealers have adopted the trend, led by Santo Domingo Motors’7. 95% fixed rate for one year, available at various banks.
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Santo Domingo- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) Tuesday night issued flash flood warnings for Monseñor Noel, San Pedro, Monte Plata, San Cristobal, Sanchez Ramirez and Azua provinces and Greater Santo Domingo.
The alerts came after the National Meteorology Office forecast continuing downpours from a trough over the Windward Passage and a tropical wave south of Puerto Rico, causing higher than normal waves along the Caribbean shore.
Meteorology forecasts increasing rains as of Thursday afternoon, mostly over the East, Southeast, Central and the Southwest.
Meanwhile the COE warns of flash floods, overflowed rivers and streams, as well as mudslides.
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Santo Domingo- As the State-owned energy utility (CDEEE) seeks a contractor to build two coal-fired power plants owned by the State, the general manager of the EGE Haina energy group criticized the government’s involvement in the industry, because it “shouldn’t compete in the thermal generation market“ and in his view “discourage the arrival of new investors. “
Tito Sanjurjo said the government should “focus on the investment to cut losses and improve the grid“ and “provide conditions that instill investors’ confidence in new thermal generation. “
Sanjurjo, speaking in a breakfast hosted by the Energy Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic, criticized that while companies make large investments in power generation, the state has yet to solve the problems of distribution and collection, falling into a vicious circle feeding the population’s discontent with the energy service.
AES Dominicna
Also speaking in the activity was AES Dominicana president Marco De La Rosa, who analyzed and future investment prospects in the electricity sector.
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Santo Domingo- Dominicans deported from the United States hailed president Danilo Medina’s request for Barack Obama’s help with reinserting deported ex-convicts to the labor market.
They say the need the government’s help because while many of them want to work, society rejects them for being ex-cons.
Quoted by listin. com. do, Jose Mejia, one of 69 deported ex-cons who arrived at Las Americas airport Tuesday after serving sentences in the U. S. , said “it’s good for us to get work here, otherwise, what are we going to live on if we can’t work. “
“I hope it is true that the government will help us,“ the ex-con said as Immigration agents escorted him to a bus at Las Americas.
Ricardo Sanchez, another ex-con, said he’s glad that Medina is concerned with the deportees.
Dominican Ambassador in Washington Anibal de Castro two weeks ago revealed Medina’s request for U. S. support for jobs program to help deported Dominicans.
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