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Dominican Republic to reform Telecoms Act
2015-12-11 11:45:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) is currently working on a major reform of the country's Telecommunications Act, reports Telesemana, citing Indotel executive director Leonardo Alberty Canela. The aim is to update the 1998 law to address several weaknesses and reflect changes in ICT development over the years, said Alberty at the Inter-American Telecommunications Conference (Citel) in Santo Domingo. The Indotel executive director added that the regulator was working with operators to lower the cost of internet access and expand the fibre-optic network to more remote parts of the country.
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Fifa sponsors demand reform overview
2015-12-01 22:32:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Five sponsors of football's world governing body Fifa write to its executive committee to demand "independent oversight" of reforms.
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Japan puts beer tax reform on hold - report
2015-11-30 17:12:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Japan has shelved plans to reform its three-tier beer tax code until at least 2017, a Japanese news agency has reported.
RSPO pledges reform after NGO exposes shoddy palm oil audits
2015-11-20 19:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The general assembly of the worlds biggest sustainable palm oil organization passed a resolution on Thursday acknowledging serious problems with its certification processes and the need to reform them. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oils corporate and NGO members voted overwhelmingly in favor of adopting the resolution, titled Ensuring Quality, Oversight and Credibility of RSPO Assessments, at the RSPOs annual summit in Kuala Lumpur. The resolution was submitted by London-based nonprofit...
Fires smoulder and floods soak Sumatra as RSPO calls for palm oil reform
2015-11-19 19:06:36| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Recent rain has brought a marked improvement to air pollution levels in most parts of the archipelago but localized spikes in wildfires continue to threaten air quality. The International Red Cross is implementing a three-month emergency response plan through January next year. An RSPO official calls on palm oil companies to make public all concession maps and plans for development on those concessions. The Indonesian military said on Thursday conditions in South Sumatra had improved but...
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