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The Santo Domingo Film Festival will be held this weekend at the Cinema Center (1-2) movie theaters. Films from Spain, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Germany, and Cuba will be participating. Among the films are: El Valle, Venezuela, by Gustavo Balza. En Brazos de la mujer madura, by Manuel Lombardero El cometa, by Marisa Sistach Quien diablo …

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Prince Charles of Wales will visit the Dominican Republic to personally observe advances in organic produce farming, José Manuel Armenteros, president of the Santo Domingo Chamber of Commerce announced yesterday. Prince Charles promised to visit after meeting with Dominican businessman Jesus Moreno, president of Helados Bon in Kingston, Jamaica. No date has been set for …

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President Fernández has plans to travel to the United States in the beginning of March. On his agenda is a visit to Seattle, Washington. He has accepted an invitation to meet Bill Gates of Microsoft. He is also scheduled to visit Sillicon Valley and Virginia high tech parks, as part of his effort to promote …

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Jose Antonio Barreto Reid, sales manager for Reid & Compañía, the Chrysler dealer in the DR, shared the following statistics in an interview on automobile sales in the DR in El Siglo newspaper: Number and type of motor vehicle units: Total units: 1,580,000 60% motorcycles 23% automobiles 11% cargo vehicles 6% jeeps 74% of the …

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The director of operations of the Corporación Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Santo Domingo, Juan Ramón Guzmán confirmed that less water is entering the city potable water system. He told El Caribe newspaper that potable water levels are down to 294 million gallons a day, when demand is 350 million gallons a day. This is causing …

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52-year old Jean Louis Jorge, a renown television and movie producer, was found dead in his Gazcue apartment yesterday around 2 pm. His hands were tied to his back and he was gagged. His throat had been slit and there were eight stabs in different parts of his body, according to news reports. He lived …

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65% of Dominicans have a good opinion of the work of the Junta Central Electoral, the body in charge of organizing the presidential, municipal and congressional elections in the DR, according to a recent Hamilton & Staff-Hoy newspaper poll that took place during the first week of March. The survey also showed that 81% of …

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The Chief of the Police Pedro de Jesús Candelier announced that all members of the police force will be submitted to psychological testing. Lieutenant Colonel Maria Gómez and a group of psychologists and psychiatrists of the force will be carrying out the testing. The Police said that they will first evaluate those who have shown …

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The Dominican Orchidology Society announces its spring time exhibition/competition of orchids. The exhibition will be open to the public 17-19 March at the Botanical Gardens. The orchid growers will be competing for 26 prizes. The Botanical Gardens are open 9 to 5 pm.