2012 – Page 30

The Minister for Public Works, Gonzalo Castillo says that work has started on paving more than 60 kilometers of roads in Monte Plata province, at a cost of more than RD$1 billion. He said that the road improvement program was being carried out on the instructions of President Danilo Medina in the rural areas that …

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Yesterday, Wednesday 21 November, for the fourth year running, hundreds of people marched from Mirador Sur Park in Santo Domingo to the Public Prosecutor’s office under the banner of “Zero Tolerance for Violence against Women.” The marchers were led by Vice President Margarita Cedeno, First Lady Candy Montilla, Minister for Women Alejandrina German and the …

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Speaking at the American Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon event in celebration of Thanksgiving, the United States ambassador in the DR, Raul Yzaguirre, said that in his opinion President Danilo Medina’s first 100 days in government had been positive and intelligent, adding that the US respects the efforts he has made and are prepared to …

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Speaking at the Presidential Palace ahead of a meeting with President Danilo Medina yesterday Wednesday 21 November, the Minister of Interior and Police, Ramon Monchy Fadul announced that the numbers of police officers on patrol will be doubled throughout the country, starting on December 10, in order to prevent potential thefts once people received their …

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Yesterday, Wednesday 21 November, the police arrested two drivers who reportedly confessed to having stolen two containers full of different brands of whisky, which had been imported into the country via the Caucedo Multimodal Port in Santo Domingo East. The drivers, Cesar Augusto Sabala Espinal and Santo Confesor de los Santos, told the police that …

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The Maestro Cares Foundation, founded by Puerto Rican singer Marc Anthony and Colombian-born US businessman Henry Cardenas, has announced a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of a new residence hall and school for more than 150 orphaned children on Friday, November 23 at 11am at the new location for Orfanato Ninos de …

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Cirque du Soleil’s Saltimbanco show is on at the Palacio de los Deportes arena from 22-25 November. Tickets are RD$1,500, RD$3,000, RD$4,000 and RD$6,000. Created in 1992, Saltimbanco is a recreation of the longest-running Cirque du Soleil show that still continues to tour around the world. The word Saltimbanco, literally “to jump on a bench” …

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President Danilo Medina was in Samana yesterday for a meeting on board the Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas ship with the cruise line executives. There is the possibility that the government may accept an offer by Royal Caribbean to invest in the construction of a cruise ship terminal for the province. President Medina traveled …

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Some 34% of the adult Dominican population believes that in the first months of his administration President Danilo Medina has done well, while 47% grade his management as “regular” and 17% describe it as “bad.” A Penn, Schoen & Berland poll, sponsored by the “Lupa sin Trabas” magazine and Noticias SIN, a TV news channel, …

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Minister of the Interior and the Police Jose Ramon Fadul (Monchy) has announced the temporary suspension of the 12-midnight curfew for serving alcoholic beverages during the week and 2am on the weekends. Beginning on 10 December and lasting until 8 January 2013 bars and other places that serve drinks can stay open as long as …

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