The Ministry of Environment has officially revoked the building permits for the cement plant at the Los Haitises National Park. This move officially brings to an end a process, which saw many Dominicans, both young and old, join in a fight against what could have been an ecologically disastrous construction. The Ministry heeded the advice from a United Nations Development Program multi-sectorial task group that concluded the factory would only be beneficial for its promoters. The builders of the cement…
This is happening in the second happiest country in the world. How ironic, please read on:
The recently released Gallup-Hoy poll reveals that 53.3% of the 1,200 persons able to vote that were interviewed feel that the government is not doing a good job within the education sector. An even lower perception of performance is perceived for other areas of the economy, fighting drugs, the energy sector or Haitian immigration.
Of those polled 77.6% said that the government is not doing a…
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Despite rumors that the concert had been canceled and rains that threatened to have that effect, the free concert “Musica por Los Haitises” took place to an impressive capacity crowd at the Plaza de Espana in Santo Domingo’s Colonial Zone.
DR1 News correspondent Lu Olivero attended the 5-hour concert and described it as something he had never seen, and even less expected. “I was extremely proud of young Dominicans at this moment. To see them standing together, 5,000…
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The State Sugar Council (CEA) leased 23,822 tareas (14,980,789 square meters) of the land outside the Los Haitises National Park to the Consorcio Minero Dominicano for cement plant operation for US$83,376 a year, or US$3.5 per tarea (tarea=629 square meters). The mining company is authorized to install its plant and extract material from the area, as reported in El Dia.
The construction of the cement plant is widely contested for its effects on the vulnerable karst underground water supply and general…
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More than 20 musical performers are coming together for a concert in support of the preservation of Los Haitises, the singular karst region in northeastern DR, considered the main source of water for the south and eastern regions. The event is scheduled for Sunday, 19 July starting at 4pm at Plaza de Espana, in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City. Several young composers are writing lyrics and music especially for the event. They join the grassroots movements campaigning to convince the…
A part of Los Haitises National Park has been given by the Dominican State to a Mining Consortium, this Consortium is directed by Miguel Estrella, a business man and politician from Santiago.
They plan to build a cement plant in the area given by the Dominican State, not taking into consideration that this construction endangers the ecosystem of the zone, making it a tragic crime against our environment. In addition to this, the State and that Consortium have been taking the lands from the peasants…
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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