2011 – Page 215

Check out the splendor of the Santiago Carnival on Saturday 5 March as of 8pm along the boulevard of the Gran Teatro Cibao. Tickets are for sale at the Gran Teatro Cibao. On Sunday afternoon, March 6, the best of carnival will parade along the Malecon of Santo Domingo. This is the grand finale of …

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Speedsters from 12 nationalities will be in Santo Domingo to dispute the Hispano-American Cup at the Mobil 1 Race Track. Sunday, 7 March is the Gran Premio Fuego 90 organized by Multimedios Acelerando. There will be competitions in nine categories: super bike, pre-expert, 600cc, amateur, 135cc, 100cc, free scooter, scooter stock and 70cc racing. The …

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Maridalia Hernandez takes the stage at the Hard Rock Cafe in the Colonial Zone for a live concert Friday, 4 March as of 9pm. Acclaimed as one of the best Dominican singers of all time, Maridalia first made her name as a lead female singer for Juan Luis Guerra’s 4×40 group in its early years. …

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President Leonel Fernandez attended the inauguration of the US$20 million Gatorade bottling factory yesterday. The plant, which has a capacity for filling 500,000 bottles a day will supply the DR, Puerto Rico and other Caribbean markets. It is a strategic alliance between PepsiCo and Distribuidora Corripio. Manuel Corripio, speaking at the event, said the investment …

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There has been praise for the appointment of Josefina Pimentel as the new Minister of Education. Just recently, INTEC had recognized the director of the governmental Professional and Technical Training Institute (INFOTEP) for her achievements in that post. The new praise and high expectations for her new challenge come from within government and the outside …

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The Department for Environmental Permits (Direccion de Servicios de Autorizaciones Ambientales) motivates the public to visit the single office for securing construction authorizations at the Ministry of Environment. In an interview with El Caribe, the deputy minister in charge of the department, Rosa Urania Abreu said that the department enables anyone interested in building or …

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The Central Bank increased the overnight interest rate by 1 point, from 5% to 6%. The overnight rate is regarded as a good predictor for the movement of short-term interest rates. The Lombarda rate used by the Central Bank to commercial banks for expedite loans, was kept the same at 9.5%. The overnight rate is …

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DR1 Daily News got caught up yesterday in the billions. In a brief on foreign investment in the DR, what should have been millions was replaced by billions. The report and the foreign investment breakdown should have read as follows: Investors from the United States and Spain lead in the DR, according to a report …

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Economist Miguel Ceara-Hatton, who has coordinated the United Nations Human Development Reports on the Dominican Republic in recent years, writes today in online newspaper Perspectiva Ciudadana about the reasons why education in the Dominican Republic has kept getting worse over the years. He highlights that more people have access to education, but he says indicators …

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The Dominican Republic National Commission for the Information Society and Knowledge (CNSIC) will review and update the National Strategy for the Information Society (E-Dominicana) during the first half of this year. E-Dominicana defines two basic areas of intervention: access to information and knowledge, and the State and digital services. The announcement was made by Joelle …

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