Santo Domingo Carnival Begins SundaySanto Domingo will celebrate this Sunday, February 10, with its first Carnival Parade as it moves down Mexico Avenue marking the start of a program that includes a series of activities that will conclude on March 2 with another big parade on the Malecon, the city’s waterfront pier. Ramón Rivas, president … Continue reading “Santo Domingo Carnival Begins Sunday”
Forty One Dominican Hotel Companies to Participate at Berlin’s ITBA total of 41 hotel companies have confirmed their participation at the Dominican stand in the International Tourism Fair (ITB) in Berlin which will take place from March 4-9 in the German city. The Dominican Republic is the guest of honor this year.This is the highest … Continue reading “Forty One Dominican Hotel Companies to Participate at Berlin’s ITB”
Dominican Republic Will Participate in the Milan Tourism FairAs a way of promoting the country’s tourism attractions abroad, representatives of the Office of Tourism Promotion will attend the upcoming International Tourism Fair being held in Milan from February 21-24. Neyda García, director in charge of the Office of Tourism Promotion in Italy, said everything is … Continue reading “Dominican Republic Will Participate in the Milan Tourism Fair”
The IAD Signs Renewable Energy Agreement Project The Institute of Dominican Agriculture (IAD) and the Vecenergy Bida Dominicana, S.A. Company have signed an agreement in which the former has consented to leasing to the latter 300,000 tareas (a land measurement unit equivalent to 629 meters) of land destined for the cultivation of Jatropha beans to … Continue reading “The IAD Signs Renewable Energy Agreement Project”
Primary Health Month Underway in Samaná The Secretary of Public Health began Primary Health Month in Samaná, an activity that is part of the “Year of National Health Promotion” celebration. According to Bautista Rojas Gómez, head of the project, during February the major emphasis will be on prevention education and health promotion. Rojas Gómez used … Continue reading “Primary Health Month Underway in Samaná”
Secretary of Public Administration Position Created The Executive Power promulgated the Law of Public Function that creates the position of Secretary of State for Public Administration and designated, by decree, Ramón Ventura Camejo to be the first to hold this position.The function of the new law is to regulate work relations of government employees, excluding … Continue reading “Secretary of Public Administration Position Created”
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Agreement to Help Small Coffee ProducersThe National Council for Competition (CNC) and Oxfam, the Spanish organization, signed an agreement in which they have committed to identify, co-finance and implement educational and strengthening activities for the clusters of small coffee producers. This will include promoting the development of brand names to be produced by coffee collectives … Continue reading “Agreement to Help Small Coffee Producers”
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Indotel to Install Free Wireless Internet in Sosúa José Rafael Vargas, president of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), announced the installation of a modern wireless network system that will offer Internet service free of charge to inhabitants of the tourism area of Sosúa in Puerto Plata in the upcoming two months. Dr. Vargas explained, through … Continue reading “Indotel to Install Free Wireless Internet in Sosúa”
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