An announcement has been made that in November one of the companies which won a contract will start to carry out oil explorations and that new tenders will be published for 2016.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Energy and Mines:
The Minister of Energy and Mines, Lic. Pelegrin Castillo announced that next year the Dominican Government will be ready to call on companies interested in hydrocarbon exploration tenders in the country, following the creation of the National Hydrocarbons Base.
Joint price negotiations for the purchase of medicines has led to better management of the budget of the Ministries of Health in countries in the region.
Since 2010 the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America and the Dominican Republic (COMISCA) has been negotiating the price and then each country makes its purchase from pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The Government of Guatemala had to pay $600K for canceling a loan granted by the BNDES in Brazil to buy aircraft from Embraer, another Brazilian company.
S21.com reports that "The government paid $595,461.22 on 19 February because it did not confirm the adquistion of a $133 million loan from the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) for the purchase of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft."