MARCH 2010

Community treatment plant Hato del Yaque

Community treatment plant Hato del Yaque in SantiagoThe National Institute of Water Supply and Sewerage says the work progresses

BREAKING NEWS: Santiago.- The National Institute of Water Supply and Sewerage (INAPA) reported the advance the work of the treatment plant potable water from the aqueduct multiple Villa Bao-Hato del Yaque, at a cost of over 111 million pesos.

The work will benefit a population in excess of the 30 thousand 800 people, according to executive director of the entity, engineer Mariano Herman, who said that in the coming days will be ready this work, with which the inhabitants of the 36 districts of the area have water sufficient in quantity and quality.

He said the plant currently operates with a capacity of 70 LPs (liters per second) was built to supply only 6 sectors with a population of 10 thousand people.

Currently, INAPA concludes another treatment plant will generate 80 liters per second, which increased to 150 liters per second of water supply in Hato Del Yaque, says a note from the Branch Presidency Press in Santiago.

Germán, who sent a commission to Santiago to expedite the work, said that while the INAPA concludes the treatment plant, providing free water to residents in poor neighborhoods of the liquid through tankers.

He noted that the aqueduct multiple Villa Bao-Hato del Yaque will supply potable water requirements of these communities, as well as Barrio Lindo, Villa Tabacalera, Los Guandules, El Flumen, Batey I, Villa Balaguer, Costa Arena, Isa and El Salto, through direct engagement in pipes of 12 inch steel channel Monseñor Bogaert.

The main components of this system are in pipe line drive 12-inch PVC line driving, the treatment plant of 80 liters per second, line array in 16-inch pipeline and two buffer pools, with combined capacity for 639 thousand gallons of water and its distribution Networks in pipelines from 8 to 2 inch PVC.

Residents in these towns that have grown rapidly should be assured that we work tirelessly to ensure that in the coming days, receive the service of drinking water in sufficient quantity and quality, he said INAPA executive director, Mariano Germán.

Santiago Live, 01.03.10

Industrial parks will be completed within three months

Center for Development and Industrial Competitiveness in SantiagoCenter for Development and Industrial Competitiveness

BREAKING NEWS: Santiago.- General Director of the Center for Industrial Development and Competitiveness (PROINDUSTRIA) announced that the first priority of this institution for this year is the culmination of the industrial parks Villa Jeans, Favidrio and La Canela built to accommodate small and medium manufacturing industries.

In that order, Professor José Augusto Izquierdo explained that the park would open in about three months, so that the institution is currently working on his rehabilitation and construction.

The official made his remarks after depositing a wreath at the Altar of the Fatherland, to pay tribute to the founding fathers of the Dominican nationality, in commemoration of the Month for the Fatherland.

He explained that La Canela, located in Santiago, is completely finished and is currently working in coordination with representatives of SMEs to be installed in the park, in order to define the strategy for its implementation.

Cinnamon is a work that entrepreneurs and industrialists in the North region have claimed for years.

He also said that the governmental installations completed Villa Jeans, whose rehabilitation is advanced by 50 percent in the structural part.

This production space that is intended to 31 manufacturers of jeans of Los Tres Brazos, which is currently operating in makeshift workshops. Similarly, PROINDUSTRIA plans to complete the first phase of work Favidrio Industrial Park, to make possible its delivery in May.

Santiago Live, 02.03.10

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day in SantiagoActivities are organized in Santiago

BREAKING NEWS: Santiago.- Rallies, workshops, conferences and awards will be held on Monday in Santiago for the International Women’s Day. With such efforts will remember their struggles, looking for their own space and cattle in society, protest against domestic violence and the pursuit of gender equity.

According to reports from eight in the morning we start the activities sponsored by the Coordinadora de Mujeres del Cibao, whose stage will be Duarte Park.

Raquel Rivera, spokeswoman for the agency said the goal is to remember the adventures of women, but also denounce the violence and lack of opportunities.

On Saturday, the Ministry of Women, gave a lecture entitled, Women and the Constitution of the Republic developed at the Teatro del Cibao.

While in the Cultural Center, will be awarded the prize Being a Woman, a recognition of women who have excelled in their various activities.

It is recalled that the International Women’s Day is celebrated each March the 8th and is recognized by the United Nations Organization (UNO).

This day commemorates the struggle of women for their participation on an equal footing with men in society and in their integrated development as a person.

The International Women’s Day, is a national holiday in some countries and the idea of an International Day of Women emerged at the end of the nineteenth century, during the industrial revolution and during the rise of feminist labor movement.

The celebration includes a fight already begun in ancient Greeceby Lysistrata, who initiated a sexual strike against men to end the war and that was reflected in the French Revolution.

It indicates that Parisian women, calling for liberty, equality and fraternity marched on Versailles to demand women’s suffrage.

But it was not until the early twentieth century when they began to proclaim, from various international organizations on the left, holding a specific period of struggle for women and their rights.

Santiago Live, 08.03.10