2012 – Page 67

The Sans Souci events and convention center present bachata king Anthony Santos and merengue king Johnny Ventura on the evening of Saturday, 13 October. 9pm. General admission tickets are RD$1,000 and there are VIP tickets for RD$3,000 and RD$2,000. Tickets can be purchased at Ticketexpress.com.do

The Wizard of Oz is back at the Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater in Santo Domingo for additional performances this Friday to Sunday, 12-14 October at 8:30pm and 6pm on Sunday. Leading comedian Cuquin Victoria is in the production. The musical will next tour Santiago, with performances on 20 and 21 October. The …

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Kenny Grullon and Carlos A. Fatule have known each other throughout their years in show business. But when their children, Javier Grullon and Karla Fatule got married the relationship inspired a play about waiting for their first baby to be born. The script is by Miguel Alcantara and Enrique Pintor is the director. “Emergency Grandparents” …

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Minister of Economy, Planning and Development Temistocles Montas is planning cuts to the government payroll starting with the diplomatic and consular corps, a sector notorious for being padded with political patronage appointees. To date, the government has not reduced staff numbers in government offices after initial dismissals were met with protests from employees who alleged …

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Economy, Planning and Development minister Temistocles Montas has stated that the 2013 budget will be lower than this year’s. The original budget for 2012 was RD$430 billion, but was then increased by an additional RD$71 billion in July. However that was not enough and by August it had already been overspent and the deficit was …

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The Economic and Social Council (CES), the governmental consulting body, is asking the goverment for details of the budget execution from 2006 to date. It has set up a commission to investigate the causes of the fiscal deficit now estimated at more than RD$185 billion. After meeting for several hours, council chairman Agripino Nunez Collado …

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The president of the Latin American Banking Federation (Feleban), Oscar Rivera says that it would be “a mortal sin” to tax the interest on savings, as it is absurd to penalize savers. This view is echoed by the Commercial Banks Association (ABA) web page that says that any income would be insignificant in relation to …

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According to a press release from the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), the Dominican Republic and Honduras have signed an assistance and international cooperation agreement in the fight against drug trafficking. The press release states that the agreement was signed by DNCD chief Major General Rolando Rosado Mateo and Colonel Isaac Ramon Santos Aguilar, the …

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The Darwin Initiative from the United Kingdom continues with its action plan to save the Hutia and the Solenodon from extinction. The plan has been drawn up together with the Ministry of the Environment, the Hispaniola Ornithological Society, the National Zoo and the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (DWCT). A two-day workshop is being held with …

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Yesterday, Wednesday 10 October, some 79,000 teachers across the country voted for a new president and a new Executive Committee for the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP) for 2012 n 2015. The candidates for president are Maria Teresa Cabrera, Xiomara Guante, Angel Ramirez, Franco de los Santos and Eduardo Hidalgo and early results show that with …

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