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Well-known artist Carol Fryd is presenting her one person show “Miami Salsa,” at the Museo de la Casas Reales art gallery in Santo Domingo through 15 April. This very colorful exhibition includes paintings, drawings and works in paper. The artist herself attended the opening of the exhibition. Carol Fryd hails from the Hans Hofmann tradition, …

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The president of Haiti arrived at the Presidential Palace at 12:10 yesterday afternoon, Monday, 26 March, and was received on the main stairs by his host, Leonel Fernandez. Martelly was welcomed with the military honors corresponding to his status and the two presidents then reviewed the First Regiment of the Presidential Guard. A few minutes …

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The governments of the Dominican Republic and Haiti reaffirmed their commitment of maintaining a “safe” frontier policy and without obstacles for the exchanges between both countries yesterday, Monday, 26 March, and re-launched the work of the Mixed Bi-lateral Dominican-Haitian Commission. In a joint declaration signed at the Presidential Palace by President Leonel Fernandez and his …

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President Leonel Fernandez has issued Decree 133-12 naming the new cancer facility under construction as the Rosa Emilia Tavarez National Cancer Institute. The hospital honors several decades of work by Tavarez towards making available low-cost quality cancer treatments. In the same decree, Fernandez appointed oncologist Catalina Gonzalez Pons as general director of the institute. Dr. …

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The Chamber of Deputies begins the week with at least 15 legislative bills, which include the law to provide incentives for petroleum exploration and exploitation and one aimed at providing a tax-free Internet service in the Dominican Republic. According to El Caribe, these proposals were submitted by National District deputy Pelegrin Castillo. The agenda also …

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The highly charged task of printing the voter registration rolls for the upcoming presidential elections began yesterday Monday, 26 March by the Central Electoral Board (JCE). The process, which was launched in the presence of observers and specialists from the Organization of American States (OAS), will take 72 hours to complete. The JCE will have …

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Journalists continuously report on excessive payments for public works and wasteful spending by government, but there is the perception that “nothing happens” as the government controls the judiciary and purse strings at the same time. Meanwhile, yesterday, Monday 26 March the PRD Economic Commission presented a long list of cases of unproven corruption in Fernandez’s …

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Three alleged criminals broke in to Call Center Hosc Caribbean Communications Services yesterday, Monday, 26 March and took three laptops, an LCD television set and a filing cabinet with information on the PRD. The Call Center belongs to PRD presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia. The National Police reported that they have already recovered two laptops and …

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The District Attorney of the National District has asked a judge for preventive custody against four men and two minors, accused by the judiciary of being members of “Anonymous Dominicana” and who are suspected of being hackers of at least nine web pages belonging to State institutions and two telephone companies. Milton David Corniel Jimenez …

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Police arrested five individuals in Santiago yesterday Monday, 26 March and collected three unlicensed firearms. One was a pistol and the other two were home-made shotguns of the type called “chagons.” The five, aged between 18 and 42, lived in different barrios of Santiago. Two of the men shared custody of an HK 2000 9mm …

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