2012 – Page 4

Centro Cuesta Nacional at 27 de Febrero in Santo Domingo is inviting the public to their Christmas Concert at 6pm today, Thursday 27 December. Tenor Luis Thevenin will be performing international and Dominican Christmas classics, including Adeste Fideles, Silent Night, White Christmas and Ave Maria. He will also be autographing his new book, “The Six …

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He is 92 years old, but his energy is impressive. Joseito Mateo, one of the most memorable merengue vocalists of all times, will be the guest performer at El Jeffrey’s concert at Teatro La Fiesta in Santo Domingo on Monday 31 December. He recently released an album of his best Christmas songs, with several traditional …

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The DR1 Daily News digest is taking its traditional break for Christmas. We will not be publishing the news on Monday 24 or Tuesday 25 December. Breaking news and commentary about ongoing events can be posted in the DR1.com forums that are open 24/7. The DR1 News Team would like to wish all our readers …

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The Ministry of Education has notified the public that the nation’s public and private schools will be closed from today until 7 January 2013 for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The universities work on different schedules and some of them have finished their semester exams while others will begin examinations once school resumes in …

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The Presidential Social Plan began the formal delivery of Christmas baskets to poor families yesterday, Thursday 20 December, starting in the southwestern region of the country. The plan is to distribute 875,000 Christmas boxes, prepared at a cost of a billion pesos. The opening ceremony, held in San Juan de la Maguana at 10am, was …

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Although some of the nation’s inmates might be hoping for a presidential pardon this Christmas, the Attorney General has announced that there will be no pardons this year. Francisco Dominguez Brito told El Nuevo Diario that so far this December, Fray Aristedes Richardson, who heads the National Pardons Commission, has not submitted a list of …

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The Tax Office (DGII) is warning the commercial sector, the business community and family businesses, with or without tax forms, that beginning in January they must invoice their operations and tax according to the new ITBIS (VAT). January will bring ITBIS invoicing at 18% up from 16% as set out in Law 253-12. The agency …

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Supreme Court judge Victor Jose Castellanos has ordered the Justice Department to reopen the investigation into alleged acts of corruption by Senator Felix Bautista. Prior to his post as senator, Felix Bautista served as head of the Presidency Supervisory Office of Public Works (OSOIE), handling billions for remodeling and building of public works. Castellanos, who …

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The mayor of Santo Domingo North, Francisco Fernandez, has brought up the fact that the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET) has been operating the Metro for five years but has not built a single one of the collateral projects that they had promised the community, such as pedestrian bridges, street repairs and the integration of the …

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The Higher Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has declared the convocation to a Disciplinary Trial to be without any value or judicial effect. The summons from the PRD National Disciplinary Council was issued to former President Hipolito Mejia and three other senior PRD members, and was set for today, Friday 21 December. The high court accepted an …

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