2012 – Page 168

The president of the Pan American Volleyball Union announced the celebration of the First Pan American Beach Volleyball Circuit in Punta Cana. The NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (PAN AM) will take place from 19-24 September 2012.

The Santa Catalina castle in the Spanish city of Cadiz is hosting the Centro Leon “Treasures of Taino Art” exhibition on Taino culture. The collection, which was on show in Valencia earlier in the year, will be open from 3 July to 30 September. Some 133 Taino artifacts will be on display. The exhibit is …

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La Romana and Bayahibe are celebrating their own Mango Festival in the town of Bayahibe. Delicious seasonal mangos from southwestern province of Peravia will be for sale. All of the hotels have planned to include dishes prepared with mangos on the menu. Tourists will be introduced to the different varieties of mango during the event, …

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Yesterday, Thursday 28 June, President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated several projects in Puerto Plata province including the General Gregorio Luperon Museum. The house where the historic general lived was restored and turned into a museum at a cost of RD$90 million. Gregorio Luperon (8 September 1839 n 21 May 1897) is recognized as the main leader …

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President Leonel Fernandez will leave for Europe on Sunday, 1 July and will return on Wednesday, 11 July. His agenda consists of meetings in Spain, Italy, France and. He travels on a commercial flight on Sunday evening to Madrid. In Spain he will meet with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and with King Juan Carlos. He …

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The Executive Branch has sent the Senate a proposal for another RD$20 billion to meet obligations by the Treasury, Public Health and the Executive Branch this year. The addendum would increase the RD$51,311 million requested supplementary national budget to RD$71,461 million, as reported in Diario Libre. The Executive Branch says its department would be responsible …

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Today, Friday 29 June, President Leonel Fernandez and Education Minister Josefina Pimentel will launch the “Recognition of Teaching Excellence” program to commemorate Teachers Day on Saturday. They will begin by presenting the Medal of Teaching Merit to three teachers during a ceremony at the National Palace. This will be followed by a series of activities …

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As part of the activities to celebrate the 103rd anniversary of the birth of Juan Bosch, a survey was held on the topic of “Social Climate and its Influence on the Development of Democratic Awareness”. The Juan Bosch Foundation and the Salome Urena Teaching Institute carried out a study of the education sector involving 4,650 …

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The Ministry for Public Health has announced a new strategy aimed at encouraging people to donate blood in Santiago province and the Cibao region. The Ministry said that the strategy would start with the regional centers of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) with the objective of motivating the public to give blood voluntarily. …

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Parts of the National District will have their water cut off today when CAASD (the Santo Domingo Corporation for Aqueducts and Sewers) starts work to change two valves in the system near the Avs. 27 Febrero and Tiradentes intersection. The affected areas are Miraflores, San Juan Bosco, Plaza de la Cultura, Respaldo Aguedita, Gazcue, Ensanche …

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