NASA eyes Dominican Republic lake’s mysterious growth

Enriquillo Lake has grown around 9,000 hectares from February 26, 2009, to April 15, 2011, a NASA sensor measurement reveals from space, while the Santo Domingo State University’s (UASD) Marine Research Center suggests that two underground currents at the Haiti-Dominican border as the possible cause.

The UASD hypothesis that the subsurface currents from Tierra Nueva and Las Lajas, towns adjacent to Haitian territory, spill their waters into Enriquillo and Azuey lakes, could turn out to be the cause behind the as yet unexplained flooding in both bodies of water.

“That amount of water is still draining towards Enriquillo lake from high territories” in the Dominican Republic, NASA said on its Website, and affirms that the lake’s surroundings “have been flooded even more than the floods brought about by the rain sequel caused by Hurricane Noel and Tropical Storm Olga in 2007.”

NASA’s measurements of Enriquillo’s underflow level were done with Landsat and Modis type sensors, which also provided satellite imagery in the study.

Enriquillo received 400 millimeters of water during those rains, and surpass 700 millimeters in the last two years, without any rain in the zone, which reveals the magnitude of the flooding that affects the Caribbean region’s biggest lake since 2009.


Source: Dominican Today

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American Airlines to increase its daily flights to Dominican Republic

American Airlines will increase to 25 its daily flights from the United States to the Dominican Republic’s major international airports.

From Miami to Punta Cana International Airport, American Airlines will increase to three its daily flights between both airports. It will also add a second flight from New York to this destination. American Eagle, a subsidiary of AA, will add a third flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Between the airports of La Romana and San Juan (Puerto Rico), the carrier will increase flights from two per week to two per day. There will also be two daily flights at the Santiago International Airport to and from Miami and one to San Juan.

From Las Americas International Airport, American Eagle will offer four daily flights to San Juan and one to Haiti. With all the new flights, AA will offer three thousand seats daily to passengers traveling between the United States and the Dominican Republic.


Source: Dominican Today


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Dominican President Rejects U.S. Assistance to Fight Crime, Opting for Loans Instead

Dominican President Leonel Fernandez declined on Thursday the type of economic benefits the United States was offering his country to combat organized crime and drug trafficking.

Fernandez claimed rather than aid and assistance his government would rather financial support consisting of granting of credits and loans on favorable terms to enable the country to procure equipment for the fight against crime and drug trafficking.

The Dominican Head of State who attended a Dominican Forum on Safety in Santo Domongo, criticized the American assistance to the Dominican Republic to fight crime, assistance that is estimated at $15 million. Much more "assistance" is granted to other countries including Colombia.

"It is better they (USA) give us nothing in terms of economic aid, said Fernandez proposing the extension of credit that allows the Dominican Republic to buy speedboats and radar to monitor its borders with Haiti in lieu of insufficient donations."

Fernández said that "this fight we can win it, explaining that substantial resources would enable his country to have control land, sea and air total territory Dominican and thereby achieve better results in the fight against drug trafficking."

The Dominican president recalled that in the region, 90% of cases of drug trafficking and organized crime go unpunished. He said he is in a country affected by this disease. A tax problem and weak state is being enjoyed by drug traffickers. "The situation causes," he said, "a lack of trust of the population vis-à-vis institutions charged with responsibility for that combat drug trafficking. He acknowledged that police officers Dominican receiving low wages are influenced and seduced by the narco-traffickers."

"There is a problem that has to do with the salaries of police officers, police officers are poorly paid in our country and because they are poorly paid, they are vulnerable to mafia groups and criminals."

Source: Defend HT

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Dominican Republic To Build 2 Wind Farms

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved two loans totaling $78.3 million to help build two wind farms in the Dominican Republic. Once completed, the renewable energy projects will combined provide 80.6 megawatts to the grid. The wind farms are being developed by private companies, and demonstrate the growing confidence in the Dominican energy sector. The Corporación Dominicana de Empresas Eléctricas Estatales (CDEEE) is one utility that will purchase the electricity produced from both wind farms through seperate 20-year power purchase agreements.

The first loan of $50.7 million was awarded to the Parques Eólicos del Caribe (PECASA) project, located in the southern province of Mote Cristi. The $127 million wind farm is under development by Gamesa, Grupo Delta Intur, Aquiles Mateo, and Miguel Ángel Muñiz. The project will consist of 25 Gamesa G90 turbines with a capacity of 2 megawatts each.

The second loan of $27.6 million was awarded to Grupo Eólico Dominicano, a company controlled by the Spanish group Inveravante. This $68.9 million project, located in Baní, part of the Peravia province, will be comprised of 17 Vestas V90 turbines, with a capacity of 1.8 megawatts each.

To support both projects, 138-kilovolt transmission lines will be constructed to connect the wind farms to the national grid. In addition, access roads will be built along with several new substations and control stations.


Source: Domestic Fuel


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Court will convict Dominican Republic in missing journalist’s case, activist says

The National Human Rights Commission president predicted Monday that the Inter-American Human Rights Court will convict Dominican Republic in the case of the professor and journalist Narciso González (Narcisazo), and railed president Leonel Fernandez’s alleged lack of resolve in the investigation and the prosecution in what he called “a forced disappearance” in 1994.

Manuel Maria Mercedes said the country’s conviction will come from the impossibility by the country’s defense to sustain their theory that Narcisazo committed suicide, alleging that the claim did more even damage to the nation’s image.

The human rights activist, interviewed by Frank Rafael Guzmán on channel 8, said beside the monetary cost to Dominican taxpayers in damages paid to González’s relatives, the Court could also impose sanctions such as a cut in international economic aid.


Source: Dominican Today

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Dominican Republic to receive U.S. energy

The Dominican Republic and five other Caribbean countries will benefit from technical assistance grants from the United States under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA).

According to press reports, the grant to the Dominican Republic will be used to install a demonstration PV solar system in parallel with the utility grid to supply a portion of the nation’s electricity demand.

The other countries to benefit from these grants are Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica and St Vincent and the Grenadines. The announcement was made by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a recent trip to Jamaica for a meeting with Caricom foreign ministers.

Source: Dominican Today


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Dominican Republic Coffee Has A New Ambassador

In celebration of Juan Luis Guerra's London debut DominicanCoffeeCanada.com has just added Free Shipping to all its sales of Premium dominican coffee. While the Dominican Republic is known for its robust and flavorful coffee much of the world overlooks its quality premium coffee beans.

Anton Suhy, Dominican Coffee aficionado and online retailer of Dominican Coffee notes "I've been jumping up and down for years about Dominican Coffee, trying to get people to take notice of some of the worlds best coffee beans. People ask me about Columbian Coffee and all I can say is Ciao! People really need to wake up and smell the Dominican Coffee. We have the climate, the altitude and the soil to grow some of the best coffee beans in the world." Suhy, who currently resides in Santiago, Dominican Republic sells Premium dominican coffee online via http://dominicancoffeecanada.com.

Suhy continues "In celebration of Juan Luis Guerra's first concert in London, Dominican Coffee Canada is offering Free Shipping on all orders to the United States and Canada. There is no reason it cannot be raining dominican republic coffee in everyone's kitchen in Canada and the United States".

Juan Luis Guerra first found a wide audience in 1989 with the release of "Ojala que Llueva Cafe" - translated as "I hope it rains coffee."

While The Dominican Republic known for its beautiful beaches and butt shaking music has increased exports of coffee in the last few years, much of the coffee grown never leaves the country. Exporting more of the premium coffee continues to be a goal of the Dominican Government. Coffee growing continues to be an important part of the struggling Dominican Economy.

Source: Online PR Media


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