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Dominican News
Prepare your kids for summer job expenses
Mon, 21 May 2012 18:12:00 GMTHigh school and college students hoping to find temporary jobs may be in for a tough time this summer - once again - as they compete with older, more experienced workers in a still-struggling economy. But if your kid is fortunate enough to find work, there are a few things he or she - and you - should know about the economic and tax ramifications of temporary employment:
Measuring performance in Government agencies
Mon, 21 May 2012 14:03:00 GMTMeasuring the performance of government agencies is not an easy job. Like organs in the human body, agencies in government carry out different functions and while some of them are visible to the naked eye, many of them are not. Such is the case with coping organizations: agencies where neither outputs nor outcomes of operational activities are visible to the principals that oversee them and, hence, are difficult to qualify, quantify and adjudicate altogether. On the opposite end of the spectrum, production agencies perform observable outputs that produce outcomes that are likewise visible and, thus, measurable in virtually every dimension.
IDB US$1.0M helps Puntacana protect reefs
Fri, 18 May 2012 18:35:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- The Puntacana Ecological Foundation and the Inter-American Development Bank, through the Multilateral Investment Fund (FOMIN) will protect reefs by developing “coral gardens" at a cost of more than US$1.0 million.
Mobilizing the Diaspora
Fri, 18 May 2012 12:43:00 GMTAs a percentage of its resident population, the Anglophone Caribbean has one of the world's largest Diasporas. Despite this its community overseas is, for the most part, fragmented, poorly organised and rarely mobilised in support of the interests of the region. Moreover, as new generations emerge and are assimilated by host societies this valuable resource has become semi detached from its origins and its capacity to help diminished.
The military and Police remain “in their barracks"
Tue, 22 May 2012 21:40:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- Just hours after ex opposition PRD party candidate Hipolito Mejia announced a televised address to state his position on the official vote count in which he lost to ruling party rival Danilo Medina, members of the military and National Police have been surprisingly kept on alert.
Opposition party loss prompts a call for its president's head
Mon, 21 May 2012 16:08:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- A group of rank and file of the opposition PRD party arrived at its campaign located in the Naco sector near daybreak Monday morning, chanting for the head of the organization's president Miguel Vargas, in the heels of their electoral defeat.
Anxious night gives way to patience on final vote tally
Mon, 21 May 2012 15:36:00 GMTSANTO DOMINGO.- After a night of anxiety and political unease on Monday most Dominicans patiently await the final and official results from Sunday's presidential election won by ruling PLD party candidate Danilo Medina with 51.2% of the votes, against PRD rival Hipólito Mejia's 46.9%.
Scattered showers today, mostly sunny Tuesday
Mon, 21 May 2012 14:21:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- The southwest wind combined with a low pressure system north of the country will bring scattered showers with thunderstorms to the southeast, southwest, northwest and Central Mountains.
Half DT's readers hit target on polls; Penn & Schoen; Greenberg score
Mon, 21 May 2012 13:34:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- Slightly more than half of DT's readers hit the target on the surveys leading to the country's presidential election won by ruling PLD party Danilo Medina with 51.2% of the votes, to opposition rival Hipolito Mejia's 46.9%.
Yzaguirre lauds the work by Electoral Board, OAS observers
Mon, 21 May 2012 13:04:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- United States ambassador Raul Yzaguirre Sunday night praised Dominican Republic's electoral process and the work by the Central Electoral Board, calling it efficient.
OAS questions the President's "strong incidence in elections"
Mon, 21 May 2012 12:51:00 GMTSANTO DOMINGO.- The Organization of American States OAS observers delegation (OAS) yesterday announced it will recommend to its headquarters that the next Dominican or ruling party's President "not have a strong incidence in the electoral processes."
Heads of two major parties hail voters' civism
Mon, 21 May 2012 12:17:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- After casting his vote in the sprawling barrio of the capital Villa Juana, president Leonel Fernandez said the polls were a new celebration of democracy.
Ruling party wins Dom. Rep. Presidency with 51%; opposition balks (Update)
Mon, 21 May 2012 10:47:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- With only 129 polling places to count, the ruling PLD has 51.24%, to the PRD's 46.93%.
More than half the votes in: Dominican Republic's ruling party leads
Mon, 21 May 2012 00:42:00 GMTSANTO DOMINGO.- The Central Electoral Board (JCE) issued its fourth bulletin, with 60.26 percent of the votes counted:
Rivals disagree on polls tally spread
Sun, 20 May 2012 18:18:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- While Dominican Republic's opposition PRD party eyes a tight outcome between their candidate Hipolito Mejia and ruling PLD party rival Danilo Medina, most major polls did forecast a spread as high as 9.5 percentage points for the latter.
Skirmishes mar Dominican Republic presidential election
Sun, 20 May 2012 16:49:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- Skirmishes in several parts of the country and the arrest of a retired general have been reported since early Sunday, as millions of Dominicans vote for a president and overseas deputies in the wake of a mostly peaceful political campaign.
Dominicans head to polls early, eagerly
Sun, 20 May 2012 13:08:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- More than 6.0 million Dominicans are eligible to vote for a President and Overseas deputies to a term of four years today Sunday, concluding the most peaceful electoral campaign in the country's half century under democracy.
Six candidates eye Dominican Republic's presidential office
Sat, 19 May 2012 12:19:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- Even though the electoral race will be among six presidential candidates, only two of them have chances of becoming the next Dominican President, when registered voters cast their ballots tomorrow Sunday, May 20.Ruling Dominican Liberation Party
Free bus service on election day, OMSA director said
Sat, 19 May 2012 16:12:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- Tomorrow Sunday the buses of the Metropolitan Bus Service Office (OMSA) will run for free, due to the election day, the Office for the Reorganization of Transportation (Opret) announced on Friday.According to OMSA director Ignacio Ditrén, 200 buses will be in service around the country to move people within metropolitan areas who need to be transported during the day. Transport Reform Office (Opret) assistant director Leonel Carrasco revealed that the Santo Domingo Metro will also operate for free on Line 1 and Line 2. However, Line 2 is only available between stations on the avenues Gregorio Luperon and Maximo Gomez.
European Union hails presidential election
Tue, 22 May 2012 19:38:00 GMTSanto Domingo. - The European Union (UE) on Tuesday hailed the staging of a "peaceful" and "orderly" presidential election in Dominican Republic and congratulated the winner, ruling party candidate Danilo Medina, said chief diplomat Catherine Ashton in Brussels, reported by Efe.
