PUERTO PLATA.- The Puerto Plata Cable Car will open to the public next Thursday, March 10, after completing the maintenance and updating process of its operating system. The Teleferico in Puerto Plata completed nine months of inactivity after suffering a mechanical mishap in May 2021 and will restart its operations after the placement of the rescue metal cable that will give the funicular greater safety.
Last Sunday, the general manager of the Puerto Plata Cable Car, Atahualpa Paulino, received from the engineer Gustavo Mejía, representative of the Colombian company Inteckno, the international certification that gives the endorsement to comply with international demands, tour operators, and the general public. Paulino thanked God and the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, for all the official support provided through the Ministers of Tourism; David Collado and Administrative of the Presidency; José Ignacio Paliza, in addition to the great work done by the engineers, administrative staff and all the collaborators of the cable car. There was a meeting held with the media, where the engineers Gustavo Mejía, Freddy Fernández, and Rafael Fernández gave the technical report on the multiple tests carried out satisfactorily after the repair of the Cable Car, which is one of the main tourist attractions of San Felipe de Puerto Plata.
Source: Puerto Plata Digital
Mar 8, 2022
A first humanitarian flight left with 282 Ukrainians that had been stranded in the Dominican Republic. The Ukrainians had flown here to vacation primarily in the Punta Cana area to find themselves without return flights. A first United Airlines flight was arranged to fly the Ukrainians to Amsterdam, Holland.
Llona Oleksandrivna, an honorary consul for Ukraine in the Dominican Republic, estimates that 2,500 Ukrainians are stranded here. Thousands of Russians have also been affected but are gradually finding flights back. Russian flights are direct to Russian cities from Punta Cana.
Source: DR1, DiarioLibre
Mar 8, 2022
Without a doubt, the combination of the conflict in the Ukraine and US retirement from energy self-sufficiency has driven up oil prices around the globe. Gasoline is now over US$6.00 in some places in the United States, and here, in the Dominican Republic, premium gasoline is closing in on the RD$300.00 level (well over US$5.00).
To make matters worse for the government, the policy has been mostly to soften the economic blow by absorbing all or part of the price increases as dictated by the price of the crude of reference, West Texas Intermediate, that is used to calculate the price of gasoline and other fuels in the Dominican Republic. West Texas Intermediate hit above US$110.00 a barrel on the world exchanges late last week. The picture gets much more serious because the 2022 National Budget was calculated with targeted crude oil prices for 2022 at US$68.00 a barrel. The higher price of fuel, though, will indeed render more taxes for the government.
President Luis Abinader has indicated that he will address this issue shortly. The Executive Branch has sent amendments to the local hydrocarbons law to the Senate.
Meanwhile, Dominicans are taking steps to save on fuel.
Minister of Industry and Commerce Victor (Ito) Bisonó speaks of the need for austerity and better planning from the government. The Ministry of Industry & Commerce is the government department that sets fuel prices.
Source: DR1, DiarioLibre
Mar 8, 2022
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Camino del Llibre,
Plaza Sunset, Sosua
(behind the Texaco gas station)
Tel: 809-261-4154
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