2012 – Page 183

Speaking at a press conference on Friday 15 June, General Lodwing Suardi Correa, Police commander for eastern Santo Domingo, and Carlos Cota Lama, the government’s representative at Las Americas International Airport announced the creation of a unit that will operate 24 hours to protect travelers from the airport to Santo Domingo. They said the unit …

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Team Dominican Republic will be one of 10 countries taking part in the 2012 Centrobasket Tournament for Men in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 18-24 June. The Centrobasket tournament is organized by FIBA through FIBA Americas with participating national teams of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament will help prepare the Dominican team for …

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The Weather Department, Onamet, says that rains will continue nationwide today, Monday 18 June, but forecasts sunny skies and hot temperatures from Tuesday with highs of 33-35C. The Weather Department says that the rains that have fallen over the weekend have been very good news for Santo Domingo’s drinking water supply.

The rains fell strong and long during the Saturday, 16 June, Juan Luis Guerra concert in Santo Domingo, but Dominican fans stayed put, preferring to wring out the water than to miss a note from one of Guerra’s legendary songs, and his guest stars Juanes (singing La Calle) from Colombia and Anthony Romeo Santos (singing …

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Summer is a time for children’s theater productions, and this season brings Little Red Riding Hood to the Palacio de Bellas Artes from 13-17 July. Choreography is by Elizabeth Crooke, with performances by Milagros German (grandmother), Irving Alberti, Denise Quinones (mother of Little Red Riding Hood, former Miss Universe 2001), Raeldo Lopez and Karoline Becker …

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El Poeta Callejero and Mozar La Para will take the stage of the Parque Las Flores en La Vega for an evening of improvisation in urban music and hip-hop beats. Dance to the popular Teke Teke and enjoy the improvisations of the evening. Also onstage, thanks to Wind Telecom Concerts, will be Juliana, Los Monstruos …

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Enjoy the tricks of Professional Sponsored Street Football Athlete, Jayzinho as he shows off some truly amazing FIFA Street Skills on Sunday, 24 June at Santo Domingo’s Megacentro, on Sunday, at 1pm and at Blue Mall-Rosalinda on Sunday, at 4pm. For more on this weekend’s events and other upcoming, see http://dr1.com/calendar

On yesterday, 14 June, President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated 14 water projects in the northwestern provinces of Montecristi, Santiago Rodriguez and Valverde that will benefit 125,000 people. He also attended the inaugural of a school. The Presidency says the projects are a RD$694 million capital investment. The water systems were built or repaired by the National …

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President Leonel Fernandez will travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next week to attend the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. He 20 to 22 June meeting will gather heads of state, world leaders, and thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, to discuss how to reduce poverty, advance …

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President Leonel Fernandez will meet on Monday night with the members of the ruling PLD party’s Political Committee to analyze the recent election campaign and the situation of the party as a political force, as reported in Listin Diario. He will also report on the work of the presidential transition commission. Danilo Medina, previously known …

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