2000 – Page 175

Health worker union members forced their way into the Senate yesterday to protest the passing of a new social security bill. They violated the door of entry before forcing a commission of senators head by the president of the Senate, Ramón Alburquerque to receive them. Rafael Collado, president of the Dominican Medical Association, led the …

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Palacio del Cine and Cineplex are showing as of today the winning Oscar Award films. These are American Beauty, Girl, Interrupted, All About my Mother, The Matrix, Sleepy Hollow, The Insider and Tarzan.

The nation’s leading exhibition of cattle ranching, farming and industrial production opened this Saturday, 25 March. The fair will continue through 2 April at the Feria Ganadera on the Malecón. The Feria Nacional Agropecuaria, Industrial, Educativa y Ecológica 2000 is a sale-exhibition of local produce. A new attraction this year is a flower producers competition.

"Tengamos el sexo en paz," is the title of a comedy by Darío Fo, winner of the Nobel Liberature prize in 1997, adapted by Rafael Ovalles, that will be staged at the auditorium of the Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano. The play is especially recommended for parents with teenage children. Presentations on Saturday, 30 March and Sunday, …

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31 March and 1 April. National Theater. Presentation of a version of The Three Musketeers by Le Jeune Ballet de France, one of the best non-professional dance troupes of the world. National Theater. 8:30 pm. The French troupe, together with a selection of Dominican dancers, will then perform on 14 and 15 April. The dancers …

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César Namnum, the leading Dominican performer of Cuban "son" music, will be on stage this Saturday, 1 April at the Teatro La Fiesta of the Hotel Jaragua. Showtime: 10 pm. Tickets: RD$350. Enjoy son, guaguancó, danzón, bolero, rhumba, Latin jazz, guaracha, merengue among other Latin beats.

Festival de Rock. Rock.do is organized by Kim Sánchez who has put together a group of the new names in Dominican Rock. Time to listen to: Uranio, Mister Klica, La Gente, Neutral, Bienes y Raices, Stupid Silence, Modem 5, Cherry Flavor and Ciencia Fusión. Starting 31 March, every Friday in April, except Good Friday. 9 …

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