2005 – Page 14

Juan Luis Guerra will present the closing concert of his “20 Years Tour” at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium, after visiting several countries, on 17 December, 10 years after his first show at that venue. According to Listin Diario, the production will include performances by Jose Amable Frometa and Eva Torroja. Local counterparts will be …

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Peter Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker will be presented at the National Theater’s main auditorium on Friday, Dec 9th at 8:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday the 10th and 11th, at 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm. The performance includes the National Classical Ballet, the Concert Ballet, the Contemporary Ballet of Santiago, and Baillet, and is directed and choreographed …

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The electoral alliance between the PRD and the PRSC has received the support of former president Hipolito Mejia who says that it contributes to the strengthening of Dominican democracy, according to a report in Listin Diario. However, according to Mejia, there are still issues that need to be dealt with. He said that complaints by …

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Next year’s budget is behind schedule as it depends on the approval of the tax reform bill. Traditionally, the National Development Council approved the Budget Proposal in mid-November, as a pre-condition for its submittal to Congress. Listin Dairio reports that the impasse now is that the government had previously presented the tax reform bill as …

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Industry and Commerce Minister Francisco Javier Garcia has said that by tomorrow, Friday, the country will have completed 168 required commitments that are needed to enter DR-CAFTA. Diario Libre reports that these requirements should have been sent to the US last Monday. “As far as administrative commitments, the country is ready to enter the treaty …

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During the ten years that the legal framework for foreign investment has been in place in the DR, there has been investment of over US$15 billion in productive assets that are servicing the GNP. According to Listin Diario, the President of the Dominican Association of Foreign Investment Companies (Asiex), Alfonso Paniagua, divulged this information last …

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Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso has called for “reason and harmony” among Dominican and Haitian citizens who have clashed in several locations around the country. “Dominicans and Haitians are required to live together because we share a common island and we must try to live in harmony”, said the Minister. Morales Troncoso stated that …

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Executives of two companies accused of fraud against the state to the tune of RD$232 million are asking the Attorney General to order an audit at the Naval Yard at Las Calderas, Bani, stating that the accusation has damaged their companies’ image. Luis E. Contreras and Luis E. Contreras, Jr., insist that the accusations are …

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The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) Criminal Chamber has 30 days to make a decision about the case of Deputy and former Dominican Consul in Cap Haitien, Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia, whose bail is being opposed by an abrogation recourse presented by the Attorney General’s Department. Ramos Garcia was convicted for smuggling illegal Asian immigrants …

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Three sons of the Lebanese Consul General in the DR and the son of a businessman were convicted to six months in prison and ordered to pay a fine of RD$500,000 and compensation totaling the same amount, after been found guilty of beating and injuring the son of Roque Napoleon Munoz, a member of the …

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