Santo Domingo.– Caricom heads are to once again consider an application from the Dominican Republic for membership in the 15-member grouping when they meet in July of this year.
The issue, which was one of the major items up for mention at the 12th Meeting of Caricom’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), has been […]
Samaná.- Around 465 million dollars has been spent to develop Samaná province in his last administrations, said president Leonel Fernandez during the popular dialogue held here yesterday.
He said the funds were spent to build the Santo Domingo - Samaná highway, as part of the project North Atlantic Boulevard, and in the construction of the aqueduct, […]
SANTO DOMINGO.- National Energy Commission (CNE) president Arístides Fernandez Zucco slated the inaugural of the first station to sell natural gas for cars in the next few days, as part of the Government’s policy toward efficiency and to save fuel.
Santo Domingo.- A “significant” decline in GDP growth in Dominican Republic is poised to spearhead an expected Caribbean-wide regional economic slowdown, said Forbes, quoting the Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.
“While growth in the smaller economies should remain broadly resilient to the risk of economic and financial turbulence,” Forbes reports that S&P also noted that future […]
SANTO DOMINGO.– President Leonel Fernandez should give the go-ahead to build a plant to process sugar cane to produce ethanol, at a cost of $148 million, said Tuesday a growers union, mill workers and the companies involved in the project.
The president of the company Conazucar, Miguel A. Santana, said though the government agreed to lease […]
Dominican beer known for its white veil of ice is making inroads in South Florida
Santo Domingo.– Ask for a cold one in this sun-drenched Caribbean nation, and chances are you’ll get a Presidente beer. It likely will be “dressed like a bride,” with white frost on a bottle stored nearly frozen.
SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic’s stock-market has posted RD$6.3 billion in trades so far this year, said its general manager Darys Estrella Mordán, who said 29 percent of that amount was in the secondary market, reports newspaper Hoy.
She said 13 issues have been made in the primary market this year, whose total has yet to be […]