Banks will extend service hours in plazas and supermarkets; landlords are more cautious about late payers; President Abinader has allocated RD$100 million for SMEs; Cervecería Nacional Dominicana will produce 100% of its products with renewable energy; ADP teachers' union is suspending classes today for a salary increase; women are increasingly interested in financial literacy training; more than eight companies are holding job fairs; there's a prison in a basement in Santo Domingo Oeste; the prison system is distancing itself; what those involved in the Discovery case did to convince their victims; the U.S. commits to taking in up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees; Biden to Russia: "Our response will be proportionate if they use chemical weapons"; the West is creating a powerful coalition against the Russian offensive.
Banks will extend service hours in plazas and supermarkets
The Dominican Republic's Association of Multiple Banks (ABA) announced yesterday that, starting next Monday, March 28, its member financial institutions will extend their service hours to the public at shopping malls and supermarkets. The ABA explained that offices and branches located in these establishments will close at 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Landlords are more careful with 'non-payers'
Bad payers and property vandals are affecting tenants who are responsible in their rent payments, who complain that landlords of houses, studio apartments, boarding houses and tenements demand a series of requirements in order to rent to them that often restrict their desire to rent them.
President Abinader has allocated RD$100 million for MSMEs
The National Council for the Promotion and Support of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Promipyme) received the backing of the Government yesterday, after President Luis Abinader announced some RD$100 million to be included in the program of the National Institute for Price Stabilization (Inespre).
Cervecería Nacional Dominicana will produce 100% of its products with renewable energy
Cervecería Nacional Dominicana has signed an agreement with Akuo Energy Dominicana, with participation from GAM Capital, for the construction of a solar power plant to supply renewable energy for its operations. This plant, to be built in Nagua, will have a capacity of 53 megawatts (MW) and will reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by more than 50,000 tons per year. It will also generate 550 direct jobs and more than 2,000 indirect jobs, according to a company statement.
The ADP is halting classes today in demand of a salary increase
Thousands of public school students will miss classes today, Friday, due to protests organized by the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP), which is demanding a 25 percent salary increase for all teachers. Teacher Rafael Canelo, the union's general secretary, said they will take to the streets to demand a salary adjustment to compensate for the inflation affecting the Dominican Republic.
Women are more concerned with financial education
According to data from Banco Popular's Finance with Purpose Academy platform, women are more interested in financial education. They lead the way with 62.3% compared to 37.7% of men registered in the course catalog.
More than eight companies hold job fair
The Duarte Industrial Park is holding a job fair to recruit staff in various administrative, technical , and manual labor positions for national and international companies, including Bravo, Lanco, Pepsico, Gerdau Metaldom, Basáltica, Dos Pinos, PID Free Zone, and Cerarte. The event is open to the public over 18 years of age, and more than 2,000 people are expected to attend. It will take place from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm within the park, located at kilometer 23 of the Duarte Highway, past the intersection of the La Guáyiga and La Cuaba Municipal Districts, in the municipality of Pedro Brand.
There is a prison in a basement in Santo Domingo Oeste; the prison system disassociates itself from the case.
The facade looks like any other police station, with its distinctive blue and gray colors, and Dominican and National Police flags flying high. However, beneath the surface beneath the Bella Colina detention center, in the neighborhood of the same name, lies the desperation of dozens of inmates, some of whom have spent months without seeing a glimmer of sunlight. The Director General of Penitentiary and Correctional Services, Roberto Hernández Basilio, clarified that the Bella Colina prison in Santo Domingo Oeste is not under the jurisdiction of his agency.
What those involved in the Discovery case did to convince their victims
One of those implicated in the Discovery case had a notebook seized containing details of the organization's modus operandi, as well as a catalog of phrases they used to employ "psychological terror tactics," where they subsequently tortured their victims to force them to comply with their blackmail demands and steal money from them. Claudio Cordero, a representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office, explained that the information found was "chilling.".
TheU.S. pledges to take in up to 100,000Ukrainian.
The United States announced Thursday that it is prepared to take in up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and refugees of other nationalities who have fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion, and that it will provide an additional $1 billion in humanitarian aid to the country. Washington's priority will be to take in those Ukrainians "who have family members in the United States," explained a U.S. official, who requested anonymity, in a telephone press conference.
Biden to Russia: "Our response will be proportionate if theyusechemical weapons"
US President Joe Biden promised a “proportionate ” response on Thursday if Moscow uses chemical weapons in Ukraine and called for Russia ’s expulsion from the G20 as punishment for its invasion of Ukrainian territory. Biden also acknowledged that international sanctions are unlikely to stop Russia’s war in Ukraine in the short term and predicted that food shortages resulting from the war “are going to be real.”
The West creates a powerful coalition to counter the Russian offensive
NATO, G7, and European Union (EU) leaders staged and sealed their united front in support of Ukraine yesterday at three successive summits in Brussels, intensifying their warnings and pressure on Russia to halt its war against the former Soviet republic, which began a month ago. The three meetings involved multiple participants but had two clear protagonists: US President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, who participated in all three via videoconference, insistently requesting more military aid for his country and further sanctions against Russia.
Sources: Listín Diario, Diario Libre, El Día, El Caribe, Hoy
