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Wednesday, 5 July. Night of Boleros. Rhina Ramirez and Claudio Cohen. 10 pm. RD$50. Thursday, 6 July. Heineken Jazz Festival. Sistema Temperado, Rafael Mirabal, Grupo Tre. 10 pm. RD$50 Friday, 7 July. Ballet Concierto. 9 pm. RD$100. Said Cuban music concert. 11 pm. Saturday, 8 July. Ballet Concierto. 9 pm. RD$100. Boleros and More with …

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Dirty Dancing will be the next musical staged at the National Theater. The popular movie’s premier as a musical is set for 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16 July at 8:30 pm. Tickets are selling at the National Theater for RD$400/RD$300 and RD$200. This is a Nuryn Sanlley production. Last year, she staged a …

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Pope John Paul II received president-elect Hipólito Mejía in the library of the Vatican on Monday, 3 July. He met with the Pope for 25 minutes. Pope John Paul has visited the DR on three occasions. He chose the Dominican Republic as his first international voyage, in 1979. He was chosen Pope in 1978. At …

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The president of the Colegio Dominicano de Ingenieros, Arquitectos y Agrimensores (CODIA), which groups engineers and architects in the DR, said it has proof of RD$35 million overvaluing of a stretch of the overpass over 27 de Febrero expressway. Likewise, Engineer Martin Concepción Muñoz says 80-90% of government large projects were overvalued. He says he …

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The President of the Supreme Court Jorge Subero Isa expressed his opposition to the intent of congressmen to extend their term. The deputies are lobbying for support to present a project to reform the Constitution in order to unify the congressional and municipal election with the presidential election. This would extend their term that ends …

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According to an item in the Listín Diario, the Transit Law 114-99 that recently went into effect establishes it is now mandatory to wear seat belts. The law also prohibits the transporting of minors under eight years old in the front seat of a car. Furthermore, it bans the transit of cars that have the …

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Businessman Ignacio Méndez, president of the Federacion de Asociaciones Industriales (FAI) blamed Dominican politicians for impeding the full development of its industrial potential. Mendez said that by not passing the reforms, politicians have sought their own political gain. He said that businessmen are frustrated that the industrial development of the country is secondary in the …

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Preliminary medical studies have indicated the Siamese twins born on Friday, 30 June in Santo Domingo share a heart and liver. The baby girls are in stable condition at the Plaza de la Salud medical center. They are in the care of a team of physicians head by Plaza de la Salud chief pediatrician, Luis …

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