2012 – Page 161

It was a worthy try, with Dominicans still celebrating the victory over Macedonia, but the team did not make it. In the end, during the 12-team FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in Caracas, Venezuela, the Dominican team failed to win one of 3 last slots available for the Olympics. After falling to Lithuania, the DR …

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The 7th Men’s Pan American Volleyball Cup is being played in Santo Domingo at the Palacio Ricardo (Gioriver) Arias at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. Watch the teams of Argentina (FIVB-ranked 8th), Canada (18th), Trinidad (33rd), Brazil (1st), Mexico (23rd), Venezuela (16th), the United States (6th) and the Dominican Republic (ranked 42nd) from 1pm …

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Psychologist Emma Carolina Fernandez will give a talk on surviving the grieving process on Wednesday, 11 July at 6pm at the Blandino Funeral Home on “Steps after Mourning, Transforming Relationships”. The talk is free. It will take place at the multi-use salon of the administrative offices of the Blandino Funeral Home. Call 809 533-4000 for …

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Several of the most famous Spanish and Cuban zarzuelas, and a first Dominican zarzuela written by maestro Julio Alberto Hernandez, will be staged at the National Theater this coming Friday, 13 and Saturday, 14 July in the major production, Antologia de la Zarzuela. Stars of the evening include lyric singers from Venezuela and Cuba, and …

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On his stopover in Rome, President Leonel Fernandez yesterday, 5 July, met with Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Vatican Cultural Committee and announced that the Dominican Republic and the Vatican would organize “days of reflection” on the socio-cultural problems in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Dominican Presidency reports that Ravasi thanked President Fernandez …

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President-elect Danilo Medina left on Thursday on the 6:50pm Avianca flight for Bogota. In Bogota he will be meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos at the Palacio de Narino. Medina’s office reports that on the agenda are discussions regarding security, energy, education, development and investment. Medina traveled with businessman Jose Miguel Gonzalez, and transition team …

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Minister of Higher Education Ligia Amada Melo told Listin Diario the country is not ready to offer doctoral programs. Her department has granted scholarships so that thousands of Dominicans may undertake Ph.D and masters programs at universities abroad. The Ministry of Higher Education has sent 8,470 Dominican students to study abroad. Melo said that including …

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A report in Listin Diario today gives insights into infrastructure problems created by the many new skyscrapers that dot neighborhoods in Santo Domingo. The towers have gone up where in the past there were single-family homes. Now the president of the Dominican College of Engineers and Architects, Domingo Tavera Ulloa alerts that infrastructural services have …

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Representatives of the main state security organizations met in Dajabon in order to agree on how to control animal theft, traffic of illegal immigrants, crime and other border concerns. The meeting was held in the customs office in Dajabon and was attended by General Purito Suarez de Jesus, from the Second Army Brigade based in …

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According to Ligia Bonetti, president of the Dominican Republic Association of Industries (AIRD), in the last 10 years the industrial sector, including the free zones, have lost 100,000 jobs, but there is optimism for a reversal of the situation. Bonetti made the comment whilst presenting the latest data on the Industrial Situation that showed a …

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