School for the hearing impaired in Sabana Perdida
Classes at state university to resume 20 February 2017
ProConsumidor: No tips on delivery bills
731 foreigners naturalized Dominican in 2016
Arrests for possession of turtle meat
Organ donations dwindle to nothing after Carla Massiel case
Green Day march on Wednesday, 22 February to protest impunity
Commission named to investigate CEA links to broadcasters murders
Secretary survived radio station killing out of hospital
Haitian immigration: mostly students and construction workers
Gastronomy Forum: Better style, more seafood and tropical fruits
Marc Anthony's romance with a Dominican model
Santo Domingo carnival parade: Sunday, 5 March 2017
School for the hearing impaired in Sabana Perdida
President Danilo Medina inaugurated the Centro Cristiano de Educación Especial para Sordos in Sabana Perdida, in northern Santo Domingo province. The center, which is consists of 19 specially-equipped classrooms, has capacity to serve 595 students who are hearing impaired. The Office of Supervisory Engineers of the State (OISOE), a Presidency division, spent RD$54 million to build the school.
Minister of Education Andres Navarro gave the keynote speech on the opening on Thursday, 16 Febuary 2017.
Classes at state university to resume 20 February 2017
The ruling UASD Council announced that after meeting with state university authorities, professors, employees and students it has been agreed that classes at the state university UASD will resume on Monday, 20 February 2017.
Participants in the meeting also agreed that a comprehensive review of teaching and administrative issues will be made in response to demands by different sectors.
The announcements were made by university rector Iván Grullón Fernández in a press conference on Friday, 17 February 2017. The semester should have started on 31 January 2017. Students now need to recover around 15 days of lost classes.
The council accepted a 10-15% wage increase, retroactive to January 2017. It was reported that the funds would come from allocations in the UASD 2017 budget and an undisclosed additional contribution that is expected from the central government.
The president of the professor union (Faprouasd), Santiago Guillermo, and the president of the university employees (Asodemu), Mary Placencia and a student delegation, expressed their satisfaction with the agreement and the announcement to resume classes.
Faprouasd had demanded a 40% wage increase. Students had said they would take to the streets as of Monday, 20 February if classes were not resumed.
http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2017/02/19/454660/acuerdan-docencia-en-la-uasd-el-lunes
ProConsumidor: No tips on delivery bills
ProConsumidor, the governmental consumer protection agency, has ruled that food businesses cannot charge the 10% legal tip on take out or delivery bills.
Anina del Castillo, director of ProConsumidor, said the 10% legal tip should only be billed if the food is consumed within the premises of the business.
Del Castillo said they are awaiting a ruling from the Superior Administrative Court (TSA) to start penalizing food businesses that consumers report are charging the 10% on take out and delivery bills.
731 foreigners naturalized Dominican in 2016
In 2016 some 731 foreigners were naturalized Dominicans, of which 442 did so through marriage. The Ministry of Interior and Police says that on average there is the same number of Dominican men marrying foreign women as that of foreign men marrying Dominican women. In 2016, 52 more foreigners became Dominicans than in the previous year.
In a press conference, Minister Carlos Amarante Baret said that 1,410 foreigners have become naturalized Dominicans in the past two years. Of these 64% have done so by marrying a Dominican.
Arrests for possession of turtle meat
After an intelligence operation, authorities of the Ministry of Environment said that five persons were arrested in possession of hawksbill turtle meat believed to have come from Saona Island. The hawksbill turtle is a protected species.
The administrator of the National Cotubanamá Park (formerly National Park of the East), Pablo Jaiver said the illegal vendors were arrested during an inspection of several boats in the area.
Those arrested are Jonathan Bonilla Mejía, Juan Zapata Méndez, Carlos Zorrilla, Eduardo Penn and Julio Ramírez. La Altagracia province prosecutors are calling for preventive custody for these individuals.
The inspections were carried out by the National Environmental Protection Service (SENPA) of the Ministry of Environment together with the Dominican Armada (Navy) and the National Cotubanamá Park authorities.
The turtles were seized in an inspection at the beach of Bayahibe where the named were arrested on board Mirtha Xiomara boat suspected of carrying the illegal cargo. Those caught in the operation will be charged with capturing and killing a threatened species.
A note from the Ministry of Environment says that when the poachers were caught they scattered the turtle meat on the beach, but the evidence was later recovered and identified.
http://acento.com.do/2017/actualida...en-la-altagracia-por-muerte-de-tortuga-carey/
http://www.7dias.com.do/portada/201...as-por-comercializar-carne-tortuga-carey.html
Organ donations dwindle to nothing after Carla Massiel case
The director general of the Centro Cardio Neuro Oftalmológico y Trasplante, CECANOT, Federico Núñez says that nationwide the donation of organs has practically ended after the much-publicized case of 10-year old Carla Massiel. The child disappeared and the arrested suspect in the case has said she was kidnapped in a trafficking in organs operation. He said he just disposed of the body.
Interviewed on Detalle Semanal by journalist Johanna Parra, Dr. Núñez said that prior to the widely publicized case, the Cecanot had received at least 16 organ donations per day.
He said this has created major problems for those needing the donations. According to Núñez, there is a waiting list of 60 persons needing organ transplants.
Núñez rejected that the kidnapping of Carla Massiel was to rob her organs because of the complexities that transplanting organs require.
http://elnacional.com.do/dice-donacion-de-organos-ha-bajado-a-0-en-rd-luego-de-caso-carla-massiel/
Green Day march on Wednesday, 22 February to protest impunity
Civic organizers are inviting the public to the Marcha Verde protest march, on Wednesday, 22 February 2017, exactly one month after the successful 22 January 2017, March Against Impunity. Protestors are demanding an end to the tradition of impunity regarding administrative corruption in the Dominican Republic.
Citizen protests have escalated after a New York Court revealed Odebrecht had paid out US$92 million in bribes to secure contract work in the country. As part of the march, organizers are asking all citizens to wear green on the day to protest the complacency of the government to root out corruption.
“We urge that in every corner of the country, citizens and social organizations continue to spread the peaceful protests, wearing or displaying green, which is the color of hope, thus sending a message that corruption in the government must end,” say the organizers in a press conference held on Sunday at the Independence Park.
On 22 February, the Marcha Verde leaders will deliver to the Presidency the first signatures of the Green Book that calls for an end to impunity and that the government contract assistance from independent investigators from the United Nations to carry out investigations into Odebrecht corruption case.
The civic society groups have organized mobilizations in the National District, Santo Domingo, La Romana, San Juan, Bonao, Moca, Azua, Cabral, Tamayo, Los Alcarrizos, Sábana Perdida, El Seibo, San Cristóbal, La Vega, San Pedro de Macorís, Jimaní, Pedernales, and Sánchez Ramírez.
http://acento.com.do/2017/actualida...te-miercoles-22-reclamo-del-fin-la-impunidad/
http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=521459
See more on Instagram at hashtag #DíaVerde
To sign the Green Book online, see http://marchaverde.com/
Commission named to investigate CEA links to broadcasters murders
Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo announced the government has created a commission to investigate the murder of two San Pedro de Macorís broadcasters that occurred on Wednesday, 15 February 2017. The deaths are now being linked to a real estate transaction involving land once owned the State Sugar Council (CEA). The commission was instructed to present a report in a week including recommendations for further action.
The Presidency also suspended the executive director of the State Sugar Council (CEA) José Joaquín Domínguez Peña, and appointed Héctor Bienvenido Abreu to temporarily run the CEA. Abreu is the executive director for cattle ranching affairs (CEAGANA) of the supposedly closed government entity.
“We commit to put all resources at our disposal so that this matter is cleared up. Our objective is to discover the truth surrounding this tragedy. We have said that justice and transparency are essential in this government and this is the best way to prove it, with actions,” said the minister.
Decree 44-17, which created the commission, is made up by legal advisor to the Executive Branch, Flavio Darío Espinal. Other members are José Dantés Díaz, executive director of the permanent commission of titles, and Lidio Cadet, director of Ethics and Governmental Integrity.
Investigative journalist, Alicia Ortega, is presenting a special report on irregularities in CEA real estate transactions to be aired on Channel 9 on Monday, 20 February 2017.
http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias...que-investigue-hechos-ocurridos-en-san-pedro-
http://noticiassin.com/2017/02/muer...a-ex-campeon-de-boxeo-de-matar-a-motoconchis/
Secretary survived radio station killing out of hospital
The radio station secretary, Dayana Isabel García was sent home on Saturday, 18 February 2017 after several days being hospitalized after suffering from bullet wounds during the shootout at the FM 103 San Pedro de Macorís radio station on Tuesday, 14 February 2017. In the shootout, the director of the station Leo Martinez and radio broadcaster Luis Manuel Medina were killed. García received a bullet wound in the stomach.
The case is under investigation. The forensic scientists say the lead suspect, the late José Rodriguez (Joselito), committed suicide after being pursued by the authorities the day after the killings. It is now known that Rodríguez was apparently in a rage over a State Sugar Council (CEA) land deal gone sour. Radio station director, Leo Martínez had been asked to mediate in the case.
https://www.metrord.do/do/destacado...retaria-baleada-en-emisora-fm-103-de-spm.html
Haitian immigration: mostly students and construction workers
Haitians migrating to the Dominican Republic are coming now to work in construction, farming, and the hotelier sector, or to study, says recent studies carried out by the Observation Center for Migration and Social Development in the Caribbean (OBMICA). In the previous century, Haitian migration was primarily to work in sugar cane fields.
The results of the study were presented on Thursday, 16 February 2017.
Haitian investigators Sabine Manigat, Jean-Marie and Colette Lespinasse Theodat and Dominican Wilfredo Lozano carried out the study.
In making the presentation, Obmica director Bridget Wooding said that every day more and more Haitians are migrating with their ID documents, different from the droves of undocumented Haitians that came to work in the cane fields.
The results show that today more Haitians are enrolled in Dominican universities than in the entire Haitian university system in Haiti. The researchers estimate that to pay for their living expenses and tuition their parents send around US$220 million a year. Haitians students are the only foreign students to not be penalized with out of country tuition fees and pay the same as Dominican students.
http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias...las-universidades-y-la-construccion-AI6309626
http://www.obmica.org/
Gastronomy Forum: Better style, more seafood and tropical fruits
Meeting during the III Dominican Gastronomy Forum 2017, panelists called for Dominican cuisine to evolve with modern touches to traditional menus, add more fish and seafood dishes and increase in the use of tropical fruits in order to advance in world cuisines. The event was 17-18 February at the state university library with the participation of Dominican chef María Marte of the two-star Michelen restaurant Club Allard in Madrid. She called for turning around Dominican cooking.
“Gastronomy of a country is a reflection of its people, colors and tastes. We proudly possess great examples of all these attributes. Now we have to make ourselves more visible in the world and to do that we have to transform our dishes so they can compete with others tastes,” she said.
Also participating was Peruvian-French chef Erika Costi who spoke on the successes of Peruvian cooking and how these apply to Dominican cooking. She spoke of improving the styling of Dominican dishes, while keeping their taste.
https://www.metrord.do/do/destacado...a-dominicana-transformarse-hacerse-notar.html
Marc Anthony's romance with a Dominican model
Entertainment media in the country says that Puerto Rican 48-year old singer and composer Marc Anthony is having an affair with Dominican model Mariana Downing, as originally reported by Telemundo. The 21-year old is a year younger than Anthony’s oldest daughter, Arianna. As reported, Anthony and Downing have been going out for months now. Anthony recently announced that last week his divorce from Venezuelan model Shannon de Lima had come through.
Anthony is a winner of Latin Grammy Awards. At present he is collaborating with his former wife Jennifer Lopez (JLo) on a Spanish-only album set to come out in 2017. JLo will be performing in Altos de Chavon, La Romana on 15 April 2017.
http://www.diariolibre.com/revista/...eencontro-el-amor-en-una-dominicana-DI6318599
http://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-spanish-album/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R0TtX-gVHA
Santo Domingo carnival parade: Sunday, 5 March 2017
The Santo Domingo carnival parade will take place on Sunday, 5 March 2017, on the Malecón of Santo Domingo, from 2pm. A large eastern section of the sea-bordering boulevard will be closed off to vehicular traffic. The carnival on the Malecón attracts floats and groups from all over the country and will feature representations of the best of the carnival characters.
The Ministry of Culture announced that as a warm-up, on Monday, 27 February 2017 at 6pm, there will be the presentation of the National Festival of Carnival Music at Plaza Juan Baron on the Malecón and on Friday, 3 March there will be an exhibition of Living Statues (with carnival characters) at different plazas in the capital city of Santo Domingo. On Saturday, 4 March, there will be the celebration of a National Children’s Carnival Sampling from 2-6pm at Plaza España in the Colonial City.
Merengue band leader Kinito Mendez and cultural activist Eugenia del Carmen Torres (Pequita) are the king and queen of the 2017 Carnival.
http://cultura.gob.do/kinito-y-pequ...reina-del-desfile-nacional-del-carnaval-2017/
For information on upcoming events:
http://www.dr1.com/calendar
Archived News stories:
http://dr1.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/91-Daily-Headline-News
Archived Travel News stories:
http://dr1.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/92-Travel-amp-Tourism-News
Classes at state university to resume 20 February 2017
ProConsumidor: No tips on delivery bills
731 foreigners naturalized Dominican in 2016
Arrests for possession of turtle meat
Organ donations dwindle to nothing after Carla Massiel case
Green Day march on Wednesday, 22 February to protest impunity
Commission named to investigate CEA links to broadcasters murders
Secretary survived radio station killing out of hospital
Haitian immigration: mostly students and construction workers
Gastronomy Forum: Better style, more seafood and tropical fruits
Marc Anthony's romance with a Dominican model
Santo Domingo carnival parade: Sunday, 5 March 2017
School for the hearing impaired in Sabana Perdida
President Danilo Medina inaugurated the Centro Cristiano de Educación Especial para Sordos in Sabana Perdida, in northern Santo Domingo province. The center, which is consists of 19 specially-equipped classrooms, has capacity to serve 595 students who are hearing impaired. The Office of Supervisory Engineers of the State (OISOE), a Presidency division, spent RD$54 million to build the school.
Minister of Education Andres Navarro gave the keynote speech on the opening on Thursday, 16 Febuary 2017.
Classes at state university to resume 20 February 2017
The ruling UASD Council announced that after meeting with state university authorities, professors, employees and students it has been agreed that classes at the state university UASD will resume on Monday, 20 February 2017.
Participants in the meeting also agreed that a comprehensive review of teaching and administrative issues will be made in response to demands by different sectors.
The announcements were made by university rector Iván Grullón Fernández in a press conference on Friday, 17 February 2017. The semester should have started on 31 January 2017. Students now need to recover around 15 days of lost classes.
The council accepted a 10-15% wage increase, retroactive to January 2017. It was reported that the funds would come from allocations in the UASD 2017 budget and an undisclosed additional contribution that is expected from the central government.
The president of the professor union (Faprouasd), Santiago Guillermo, and the president of the university employees (Asodemu), Mary Placencia and a student delegation, expressed their satisfaction with the agreement and the announcement to resume classes.
Faprouasd had demanded a 40% wage increase. Students had said they would take to the streets as of Monday, 20 February if classes were not resumed.
http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2017/02/19/454660/acuerdan-docencia-en-la-uasd-el-lunes
ProConsumidor: No tips on delivery bills
ProConsumidor, the governmental consumer protection agency, has ruled that food businesses cannot charge the 10% legal tip on take out or delivery bills.
Anina del Castillo, director of ProConsumidor, said the 10% legal tip should only be billed if the food is consumed within the premises of the business.
Del Castillo said they are awaiting a ruling from the Superior Administrative Court (TSA) to start penalizing food businesses that consumers report are charging the 10% on take out and delivery bills.
731 foreigners naturalized Dominican in 2016
In 2016 some 731 foreigners were naturalized Dominicans, of which 442 did so through marriage. The Ministry of Interior and Police says that on average there is the same number of Dominican men marrying foreign women as that of foreign men marrying Dominican women. In 2016, 52 more foreigners became Dominicans than in the previous year.
In a press conference, Minister Carlos Amarante Baret said that 1,410 foreigners have become naturalized Dominicans in the past two years. Of these 64% have done so by marrying a Dominican.
Arrests for possession of turtle meat
After an intelligence operation, authorities of the Ministry of Environment said that five persons were arrested in possession of hawksbill turtle meat believed to have come from Saona Island. The hawksbill turtle is a protected species.
The administrator of the National Cotubanamá Park (formerly National Park of the East), Pablo Jaiver said the illegal vendors were arrested during an inspection of several boats in the area.
Those arrested are Jonathan Bonilla Mejía, Juan Zapata Méndez, Carlos Zorrilla, Eduardo Penn and Julio Ramírez. La Altagracia province prosecutors are calling for preventive custody for these individuals.
The inspections were carried out by the National Environmental Protection Service (SENPA) of the Ministry of Environment together with the Dominican Armada (Navy) and the National Cotubanamá Park authorities.
The turtles were seized in an inspection at the beach of Bayahibe where the named were arrested on board Mirtha Xiomara boat suspected of carrying the illegal cargo. Those caught in the operation will be charged with capturing and killing a threatened species.
A note from the Ministry of Environment says that when the poachers were caught they scattered the turtle meat on the beach, but the evidence was later recovered and identified.
http://acento.com.do/2017/actualida...en-la-altagracia-por-muerte-de-tortuga-carey/
http://www.7dias.com.do/portada/201...as-por-comercializar-carne-tortuga-carey.html
Organ donations dwindle to nothing after Carla Massiel case
The director general of the Centro Cardio Neuro Oftalmológico y Trasplante, CECANOT, Federico Núñez says that nationwide the donation of organs has practically ended after the much-publicized case of 10-year old Carla Massiel. The child disappeared and the arrested suspect in the case has said she was kidnapped in a trafficking in organs operation. He said he just disposed of the body.
Interviewed on Detalle Semanal by journalist Johanna Parra, Dr. Núñez said that prior to the widely publicized case, the Cecanot had received at least 16 organ donations per day.
He said this has created major problems for those needing the donations. According to Núñez, there is a waiting list of 60 persons needing organ transplants.
Núñez rejected that the kidnapping of Carla Massiel was to rob her organs because of the complexities that transplanting organs require.
http://elnacional.com.do/dice-donacion-de-organos-ha-bajado-a-0-en-rd-luego-de-caso-carla-massiel/
Green Day march on Wednesday, 22 February to protest impunity
Civic organizers are inviting the public to the Marcha Verde protest march, on Wednesday, 22 February 2017, exactly one month after the successful 22 January 2017, March Against Impunity. Protestors are demanding an end to the tradition of impunity regarding administrative corruption in the Dominican Republic.
Citizen protests have escalated after a New York Court revealed Odebrecht had paid out US$92 million in bribes to secure contract work in the country. As part of the march, organizers are asking all citizens to wear green on the day to protest the complacency of the government to root out corruption.
“We urge that in every corner of the country, citizens and social organizations continue to spread the peaceful protests, wearing or displaying green, which is the color of hope, thus sending a message that corruption in the government must end,” say the organizers in a press conference held on Sunday at the Independence Park.
On 22 February, the Marcha Verde leaders will deliver to the Presidency the first signatures of the Green Book that calls for an end to impunity and that the government contract assistance from independent investigators from the United Nations to carry out investigations into Odebrecht corruption case.
The civic society groups have organized mobilizations in the National District, Santo Domingo, La Romana, San Juan, Bonao, Moca, Azua, Cabral, Tamayo, Los Alcarrizos, Sábana Perdida, El Seibo, San Cristóbal, La Vega, San Pedro de Macorís, Jimaní, Pedernales, and Sánchez Ramírez.
http://acento.com.do/2017/actualida...te-miercoles-22-reclamo-del-fin-la-impunidad/
http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=521459
See more on Instagram at hashtag #DíaVerde
To sign the Green Book online, see http://marchaverde.com/
Commission named to investigate CEA links to broadcasters murders
Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo announced the government has created a commission to investigate the murder of two San Pedro de Macorís broadcasters that occurred on Wednesday, 15 February 2017. The deaths are now being linked to a real estate transaction involving land once owned the State Sugar Council (CEA). The commission was instructed to present a report in a week including recommendations for further action.
The Presidency also suspended the executive director of the State Sugar Council (CEA) José Joaquín Domínguez Peña, and appointed Héctor Bienvenido Abreu to temporarily run the CEA. Abreu is the executive director for cattle ranching affairs (CEAGANA) of the supposedly closed government entity.
“We commit to put all resources at our disposal so that this matter is cleared up. Our objective is to discover the truth surrounding this tragedy. We have said that justice and transparency are essential in this government and this is the best way to prove it, with actions,” said the minister.
Decree 44-17, which created the commission, is made up by legal advisor to the Executive Branch, Flavio Darío Espinal. Other members are José Dantés Díaz, executive director of the permanent commission of titles, and Lidio Cadet, director of Ethics and Governmental Integrity.
Investigative journalist, Alicia Ortega, is presenting a special report on irregularities in CEA real estate transactions to be aired on Channel 9 on Monday, 20 February 2017.
http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias...que-investigue-hechos-ocurridos-en-san-pedro-
http://noticiassin.com/2017/02/muer...a-ex-campeon-de-boxeo-de-matar-a-motoconchis/
Secretary survived radio station killing out of hospital
The radio station secretary, Dayana Isabel García was sent home on Saturday, 18 February 2017 after several days being hospitalized after suffering from bullet wounds during the shootout at the FM 103 San Pedro de Macorís radio station on Tuesday, 14 February 2017. In the shootout, the director of the station Leo Martinez and radio broadcaster Luis Manuel Medina were killed. García received a bullet wound in the stomach.
The case is under investigation. The forensic scientists say the lead suspect, the late José Rodriguez (Joselito), committed suicide after being pursued by the authorities the day after the killings. It is now known that Rodríguez was apparently in a rage over a State Sugar Council (CEA) land deal gone sour. Radio station director, Leo Martínez had been asked to mediate in the case.
https://www.metrord.do/do/destacado...retaria-baleada-en-emisora-fm-103-de-spm.html
Haitian immigration: mostly students and construction workers
Haitians migrating to the Dominican Republic are coming now to work in construction, farming, and the hotelier sector, or to study, says recent studies carried out by the Observation Center for Migration and Social Development in the Caribbean (OBMICA). In the previous century, Haitian migration was primarily to work in sugar cane fields.
The results of the study were presented on Thursday, 16 February 2017.
Haitian investigators Sabine Manigat, Jean-Marie and Colette Lespinasse Theodat and Dominican Wilfredo Lozano carried out the study.
In making the presentation, Obmica director Bridget Wooding said that every day more and more Haitians are migrating with their ID documents, different from the droves of undocumented Haitians that came to work in the cane fields.
The results show that today more Haitians are enrolled in Dominican universities than in the entire Haitian university system in Haiti. The researchers estimate that to pay for their living expenses and tuition their parents send around US$220 million a year. Haitians students are the only foreign students to not be penalized with out of country tuition fees and pay the same as Dominican students.
http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias...las-universidades-y-la-construccion-AI6309626
http://www.obmica.org/
Gastronomy Forum: Better style, more seafood and tropical fruits
Meeting during the III Dominican Gastronomy Forum 2017, panelists called for Dominican cuisine to evolve with modern touches to traditional menus, add more fish and seafood dishes and increase in the use of tropical fruits in order to advance in world cuisines. The event was 17-18 February at the state university library with the participation of Dominican chef María Marte of the two-star Michelen restaurant Club Allard in Madrid. She called for turning around Dominican cooking.
“Gastronomy of a country is a reflection of its people, colors and tastes. We proudly possess great examples of all these attributes. Now we have to make ourselves more visible in the world and to do that we have to transform our dishes so they can compete with others tastes,” she said.
Also participating was Peruvian-French chef Erika Costi who spoke on the successes of Peruvian cooking and how these apply to Dominican cooking. She spoke of improving the styling of Dominican dishes, while keeping their taste.
https://www.metrord.do/do/destacado...a-dominicana-transformarse-hacerse-notar.html
Marc Anthony's romance with a Dominican model
Entertainment media in the country says that Puerto Rican 48-year old singer and composer Marc Anthony is having an affair with Dominican model Mariana Downing, as originally reported by Telemundo. The 21-year old is a year younger than Anthony’s oldest daughter, Arianna. As reported, Anthony and Downing have been going out for months now. Anthony recently announced that last week his divorce from Venezuelan model Shannon de Lima had come through.
Anthony is a winner of Latin Grammy Awards. At present he is collaborating with his former wife Jennifer Lopez (JLo) on a Spanish-only album set to come out in 2017. JLo will be performing in Altos de Chavon, La Romana on 15 April 2017.
http://www.diariolibre.com/revista/...eencontro-el-amor-en-una-dominicana-DI6318599
http://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-spanish-album/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R0TtX-gVHA
Santo Domingo carnival parade: Sunday, 5 March 2017
The Santo Domingo carnival parade will take place on Sunday, 5 March 2017, on the Malecón of Santo Domingo, from 2pm. A large eastern section of the sea-bordering boulevard will be closed off to vehicular traffic. The carnival on the Malecón attracts floats and groups from all over the country and will feature representations of the best of the carnival characters.
The Ministry of Culture announced that as a warm-up, on Monday, 27 February 2017 at 6pm, there will be the presentation of the National Festival of Carnival Music at Plaza Juan Baron on the Malecón and on Friday, 3 March there will be an exhibition of Living Statues (with carnival characters) at different plazas in the capital city of Santo Domingo. On Saturday, 4 March, there will be the celebration of a National Children’s Carnival Sampling from 2-6pm at Plaza España in the Colonial City.
Merengue band leader Kinito Mendez and cultural activist Eugenia del Carmen Torres (Pequita) are the king and queen of the 2017 Carnival.
http://cultura.gob.do/kinito-y-pequ...reina-del-desfile-nacional-del-carnaval-2017/
For information on upcoming events:
http://www.dr1.com/calendar
Archived News stories:
http://dr1.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/91-Daily-Headline-News
Archived Travel News stories:
http://dr1.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/92-Travel-amp-Tourism-News