2012 – Page 231

DANR is putting together a list of accomplished US Dominicans to create “The Dominican List,” a publication and audiovisual account of Dominican past and present contributions to the United States. The List will be accessible to the public at the DANR website www.danr.org, and, twenty of the top accomplished Dominicans will be featured in the …

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Dominican children’s theater producer, Nuryn Sanlley died on Monday night, 2 May, of complications from brain cancer. She underwent surgery for a tumor in her left side of her brain last September. She was just 59 years old. The creator of the La Pinky children’s music and dance show character, she is recognized as a …

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Juan Arias, the head of the data section at the Seismological Institute at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) said the fact that there were six small quakes in one day recently represents no danger for the country. He said that the first was at 3.24 in the morning of Monday, 30 April, registering …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) said today, Wednesday 2 May, that the country is still being affected by the front that is almost stationary over the east of Cuba. The forecast is for rain over the northeast, north, northwest, southwest, central and border areas. Alerts are still in place for people living near rivers in …

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The Dominican Tennis Federation has announced the celebration of the final round of the BNP Paribas Davis Cup Group II of the Americas at the courts of the Centro Espanol in Santiago. The matches between Dominican Republic and Mexico will take place 14, 15 and 16 September 2012.

The Dominican Republic earned a direct ticket to the semifinals of the NORCECA Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament following a 3-1 (22-25, 26-24, 25-19, 25-19) victory over Puerto Rico on Tuesday night, 1 May 2012. Bethania De La Cruz, who was not included in the starting lineup, once again topped the scores of Dominican Republic with …

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The Dominican stop of the Latin American PGA Tour will be the Dominican Republic Open to be played at Jack Nicklaus-designed Cana Bay Golf Course, 5-11 November in northern Punta Cana. The Dominican Golf Federation and the PGA Tour Latinoamerica announced this week reaching an agreement to include the DR in the 2012, 2013 and …

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The country’s first all-women 13 strong classical music group will perform on Saturday, 5 May at the Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater in Santo Domingo. The group, which was inspired by the famous Camerata Romeu, is directed by its founder, Maestro Caonex Peguero. The concert soloists are flautist Laura Canelo Cohen, a recent …

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Described as the country’s prime rock concert, the Dream in Live WimBash Cabarete presents DJ Rampage Global, Joey Ciotti & Culture Shock, Circuito Negro, Van Avakian, Metamorphosis and Dembow Dance Crew, Eric Gales, Doug Wimbish as of 7pm Saturday, 12 May 2012. A Dream Brunch at Embocca will take place on Saturday, from 11am to …

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According to news reports, Dominican legislators have all but abandoned their legislative work, but taxpayers will still be obliged to an extra RD$136 million for their discretional distribution on Mother’s Day, which is celebrated in late May in the Dominican Republic. El Caribe reports that the Chamber of Deputies has only held 10 of its …

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