(written in English y Español) Program Tourism Development of Ciudad Colonial (PFTCC) and Empresa Distribuidora de Electricidad del Este (EDE Este) announce partial closure of streets in Ciudad Colonial to install two special transformers needed for the process of installing the new underground power cables. Partial closure of streets Monday and Tuesday. / Cierre parcial […]
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Renovada Ciudad Colonial – Disaster on Padre Billini
Here in the Colonial Zone it started raining on Monday. We got about 15 to 20 minutes of hard rain around 6PM. The roads they have been working on with the Renovada Ciudad Colonial Project flooded immediately. The roads that are completed and in service were filled with water. The new drain system could not […]
Seventeen Percent Minimum Wage Increase Starting June
The National Wage Committee/ El Comité Nacional de Salarios (CNS) approved a 17% increase on the minimum wages. I posted about the Dominican Republic minimum wage debates before. Employers wanted a 11% increase and the workers wanted a 30% increase. So a compromise was made. The last time the minimum wage went up was in […]
