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Solar power for rural homes.

Publication: Caribbean Update
Date: Sunday, February 1 2004

SOLAR POWER FOR RURAL HOMES. Some 2,000 rural houses in 14 provinces of the country will benefit from a RD$46-million contract between the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and Tecsol, S. A., a French company that provides solar power equipment, reports Diario Libre (Jan. 7, 2004). The installation

of the solar panels will be accompanied by a 20-year guarantee. The program is funded through a tax on telecommunications.

In addition, make sure to read these articles:

  • Border development.
    • The National Office for European Development Funds (OPRET) said it will allocate RD$24 billion towards projects in the border regions, reports Diario Libre (Nov. 17, ......
  • 1,000 buses from Vietnam.
    • 1,000 BUSES FROM VIETNAM. The largest local transport union, Conatra said it will import 1,000 of 28, 34 and 45 passenger buses from Vietnam, a ......
  • IMF criticizes subsidies.
    • Andy Wolfe, the IMF chief of mission in the DR told a government-sponsored energy seminar that the money being used to subsidize the cost of ......
  • EURO IMPORTANCE GROWING.
    • The European single currency, the Euro, Is growing in importance here, reports Diario Libre (May 8, 2003). The fact that the Euro has risen to ......
  • JMMB in the DR.
    • Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) said it is starting operations in the DR, reports Diario Libre (Sept. 8, 2007).. JMMB has established relations with ......
  • Vehicle assembly plant?
    • A Vietnamese company will assemble buses, tractors, trucks and motorcycles for export and for the local market, said Minister without Portfolio Miguel Mejia, reports Diario ......
  • Baseball City in 2008.
    • The DR is poised to have one of the world's third largest Baseball facilities with the eventual completion of Baseball City in 2008, reports ......
  • RD$2 billion for low-cost housing.
    • The construction of housing for 7,000 people made homeless by flooding caused by Tropical Storm Noel will cost an estimated RD$2billion, according to the National ......
  • Financing homes for returnees.
    • The BDI Bank and the Banco Popular Espanol have signed an agreement in order to provide financing to Dominicans living in Europe who would ......
  • Drug dealer pardoned.
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  • Gold mine needs power supply.
    • The latest casualty of the DR's inability to provide electric power is the Pueblo Viejo Gold Mine in Puebo Viejo, reports Caribbean Net News ......
  • NEW CITY HOTEL.
    • Santo Domingo's newest hotel, The Marriott Courtyard hotel, has made local headlines because of its proximity to the home of nonagenarian ex-President Joaquin Balaguer, reports ......
  • Eu provides RD$30 million.
    • EU PROVIDES RD$30 MILLION. The Attorney General's Department and the National Office of European Development Funds (ONFED) have signed an agreement providing RD$30 million for ......
  • LOAN COMMISSIONS QUESTIONED.
    • Government will have to pay RD$73 million in commissions, fees and insurance to receive a US$38 million loan sought from a Miami commercial bank to ......
  • Focus on crime.
    • FOCUS ON CRIME. Fighting crime has become a priority in the DR, reports Diario Libre (Jan. 10, 2006). From a country where people used to ......
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