2012 – Page 17

A hit in the ninth inning drove home the runs that led the Aguilas to defeat the Gigantes last night, Thursday 6 December in San Francisco de Macoris. The Santiago-based Aguilas Cibaenas thus ensured they would be one of four teams playing in the semi-final round robin. This was the fifth consecutive win by the …

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Two of the greatest merengue bands of all times will take the stage of the Teatro La Fiesta at the Jaragua Renaissance hotel in Santo Domingo on Friday, 28 December for a mega party with the performance of their greatest hits. “The most international of Dominican merengue performers, Wilfrido Vargas, and the most charismatic of …

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Expect a memorable evening, when romantic singer Danny Rivera takes the stage of the National Theater in Santo Domingo for a concert with Amaury Sanchez on the piano. The concert this evening, Friday 7 December at 8pm, is Amar o morir. Rivera will perform his greatest hits, including Madrigal, Para decir adios, among others. The …

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New York Yankee star Robinson Cano visited the Presidential Palace yesterday, Wednesday 5 December to give President Danilo Medina a signed baseball bat. Cano described President Medina as a symbol of the progress the Dominican Republic will experience in the coming four years of his term. “I have no doubt that President Medina will go …

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The Santo Domingo municipality is putting the finishing touches on the renovation of the former National Conservatory Park. The park and its 12,000 square meters of grounds had been trampled and damaged year after year during the celebrations of the annual National Book Fair, but now since the exhibition moved to the grounds of the …

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Writing in today’s Hoy, news analyst Fabio R. Herrera-Minino comments on the positive sides of the government decision to raffle off public works to local contractors. He says that the common practice of the government allocating contracts mostly on the basis of political ties had put engineers in general in a bleak situation given that …

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The government is planning to begin the construction of 10,000 classrooms at a cost of RD$14.7 billion as set out in Decree 625-12, issued by President Danilo Medina as part of the National School Building Program. The work will begin as soon as the government hands over the 20% deposit to the engineers who will …

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Economy, Planning and Development Minister Temistocles Montas, interviewed at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Wednesday 5 December, announced that the Dominican Republic will sell bonds abroad next year to finance a US$1.5 billion budget gap as growth in the economy slows. He said that the bond sale would be used to finance part of the nation’s …

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The 13th Christmas wage for public employees had been included in the 2012 National Budget for all central, decentralized, autonomous government institutions, but with the money missing by the year’s end, legislators had to approve a loan to make up for the deficit. The PLD holds the majority in government, including congress and city governments, …

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The Senate has approved a proposal to move the remains of Colonel Francisco Alberto Caamano Deno to the National Pantheon on the grounds that he was a national hero and President of the Republic. The idea was proposed by Senators Eddy Mateo Vasquez and Felix Nova, who said the man known as the “April Colonel” …

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