2012 – Page 108

Two-time Olympic gold medal winner in the 400 meter hurdles, Felix Sanchez is competing in the Zurich Diamond League. Ranked fifth in the world, Sanchez is competing at 8:05pm, Swiss time, in the Weltklasse Zurich at the Letzigrund Stadium, part of the Diamond League, against Rhys Williams (Great Britain), Leford Green (Jamaica), Javier Culson (Puerto …

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Territories without Limits, a new individual exhibition by Elvis Aviles is open at the Mesa Fine Arts Gallery at Plaza La Lira II, in the Piantini sector of Santo Domingo. Aviles is a leading abstract painter who has won several awards. Curator Amable Lopez Melendez says that the exhibition pays homage to Antoni Tapies, who …

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Steel Magnolias, Robert Harling’s darkly comic drama about six women who meet at their local beauty parlor for chat and emotional sustenance, will be staged Palacio de Bellas Artes on the weekend of 30, 31 August and 1, 2 September at 8pm. The play is produced by Juancito Rodriguez, with actors Olga Bucarelli, Elvira Taveras, …

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People are returning to their homes as the floodwaters from Tropical Storm Isaac subside. Yesterday, Tuesday 28 August the Center for Emergency Operations (COE) reported the number of displaced people had declined to 20,077, from 29,875 on Monday. Of this total, 17,745 are staying with friends and family, while 2,332 were in 22 government shelters. …

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The government needs more time to finish the evaluation of all the scenarios that it is analyzing regarding the fiscal situation and the reduction of public spending. For that reason, Thursday’s meeting with the Economic, Social and Institutional Council (CESI) has been postponed. At the meeting, the government planned to present its proposal for a …

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The vice president of the Dominican Electricity Industry Association (ADIE) Milton Morrison, reported on Tuesday 28 August that he met with the executive vice-president of the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), Ruben Jimenez Bichara for talks on the government’s debt to the power generators. According to El Nuevo Diario, Morrison confirmed that the generators are owed …

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The president of the Constitutional Court, Milton Ray Guevara justified the government’s US$65,000 each purchase of 13 luxury SUVs for the court judges on the grounds that the section of the Luperon Avenue outside the Constitutional Court floods when it rains. He explained that the SUVs were purchased by the Executive Branch on 10 August, …

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In response to a story that appeared in El Caribe on Monday 27 August, describing how children in Cumayasa were forced to use ropes and improvised ladders to reach their primary school, the Ministry of Public Works has started work to coordinate the construction of a pedestrian overpass. Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo instructed a …

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The Department of Taxes (DGII) announced the start of renewals of the stickers validating a vehicle’s registration (marbetes) at one of the 332 points across the country or via the Internet (www.dgii.gov.do) as of today, Wednesday 29 August. Vehicles from 2008 onwards will pay RD$2,200 and vehicles up to 2007 will pay RD$1,200. Every year …

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Residents of the Santo Domingo riverside barrios of La Barquita and La Cienaga are appealing to the government to come to their assistance, as they keep bailing out water from their humble dwellings. According to El Caribe, more than 2,000 houses are affected by the floodwaters from the Ozama River. Along Gregorio Alegria Street, mattresses …

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