2010 – Page 223

Dede Mirabal, the survivor of the Mirabal sisters who were murdered by dictator Trujillo towards the end of his regime, has won the National Book Fair Award. Dede Mirabal received a RD$450,000 cash prize for her book “Vivas en su jardin”. The prize is sponsored by Grupo Leon Jimenes and the Ministry of Culture. The …

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On Thursdays in May, singer and actress Robmariel Olea will be performing with a live backing band with guitar, strings and percussion at Casa de Teatro. There will be guest appearances by Audrey Campos and Frank Ceara. Show time is 9pm on 6, 13, 20, 27 May. Casa de Teatro is at Calle Arz. Merino …

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flew in from Argentina in the early hours of Wednesday for the much-announced and twice-postponed signing today of the Venezuelan purchase of a 49% stake in the Dominican Petroleum Refinery. Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) will be the new operator of the state-owned refinery once the contract is signed. He announced that …

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The Fernandez government has launched a new media outlet. The new www.republicadominicanatv.com will broadcast Dominican cultural information and news via the Internet. President Leonel Fernandez attended the launch of the Internet TV station, which will be run by filmmaker Ruth Rodriguez together with Presidency press director Rafael Nunez. “With an educational and cultural focus, Republica …

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Santo Domingo Metro Office (Opret) director Diandino Pena says that the government plans to extend the second line of the Metro from Los Alcarrizos all the way to San Isidro on the eastern side of Santo Domingo. He told Diario Libre that they are working on locating optic fiber cables, water pipelines and sewage lines, …

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According to recent news reports, increasing numbers of Haitians are moving to Puerto Plata in search of jobs. Hoy reports that most of these migrants, who do not hold any identification documents, are offering unskilled labor. The women are known to work making braids for tourists or as masseuses, while others work as prostitutes. The …

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McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, manufacturers of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl brands have been recalling the product in the DR and other markets. One news report says that the recalled products are “more likely to cause corporate embarrassment than pose a serious health risk.” A report released by the FDA …

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Small businesses in the “Villa Panty” section in La Romana are asking for privileged status so they can pay lower taxes on the manufacture of lingerie. The businesspeople are mainly former free trade zone operators who have opened up their own shops and sell their low-cost goods to local stores. The manufacturers say that if …

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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) brought suit on Sunday against the Dominican Republic before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of the disappearance of university professor Narciso Gonzalez (Narcisazo) in May 1994, as reported in Diario Libre. The decision comes 15 years after the presentation of a complaint to the …

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Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus) spokesman Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman has described the staged incident in which policemen were publically paraded as reformed gang members as “shameless”. Castanos says that it is time that the President intervened so that the Police submit to the rule of law and the Prosecutor General. TV investigative journalist Nuria …

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