2013 – Page 100

The Spanish media is focusing on the news that Francisco Talavera, alias El Tala, who has been detained in Spain 11 times for 16 crimes, serving 26 years in Spanish jails and is known as a “historic member” of the ETA group is now serving time in La Victoria jail in the Dominican Republic. He …

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The Dominican Cluster of Software Companies (ClusterSoft) is hosting an exhibit and conference on the industry at the CEI-RD headquarters on Av. Luperon in Santo Domingo tomorrow, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 September. Software 2013 will open today, Tuesday, 17 September and will continue through 18 and 19 September from 9am to 9pm.

Dominican classical violinist Aisha Syed is playing in Santo Domingo on a stop of her Virtuoso Sarasate Collection tour. Pablo Sarasate is one of the leading violinists of all times. The Santo Domingo concert will take place on 4 October at the Classical Night at the Museum of Modern Art. She will play violin pieces …

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The embassies of Germany and Switzerland have announced a gala concert will take place at the Palacio de Bellas Artes featuring the music of Richard Wagner. The event is set for 15 October at 8:30pm. Pianist Maria de Fatima Geraldes will play the music. Mezzosoprano Anna Tonna and the first dancers of the National Ballet …

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86% of Dominicans have a positive opinion of the Medina government, according to a Gallup-Hoy poll carried out from Friday 6 September to Wednesday 11 September 2013. Some 1,200 people were surveyed nationwide. Even 76% of respondents who identified themselves as PRD voters had a good opinion about Medina’s government. 73% of Dominicans polled said …

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First Lady Candida Montilla was at the Ciudad de la Salud medical center in Santo Domingo East to visit the parents of quintuplets who were born last weekend. Three of the five babies have survived. The First Lady said the government would provide a house for the parents Noelia Elizabeth Duarte and Julio Cesar Paniagua. …

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The Inter-American Development Bank has announced the granting of a US$146 million loan to the Ministry of Public Health to fund a program aimed at strengthening health services management. The program will expand five of the country’s nine regional health services, serving 45.6% of the population. An estimated 1.5 million of the country’s poorest people …

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Just published results of the latest poll (Enhogar) carried out by the National Statistics Office show that 36% of the Dominican population over the age of 12 used the Internet in 2011. This is up from 20% in 2005. The survey found that 53% of Dominicans use the Internet at Internet Centers. 70% uses the …

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French luxury home collections and furniture company Roche Bobois recently inaugurated its flagship store and showroom in Santo Domingo. The Santo Domingo store is located at Fantino Falco 38. The franchise is located in a three-floor building covering 700 square meters of exhibition space. The company is presenting its contemporary and classic collections with contributions …

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Public safety expert Daniel Pou is calling for civilians to be prohibited from owning firearms in the Dominican Republic. He said that in the last eight years, the use of firearms has left 12,793 victims. He said that of every 10 people who die a violent death in the country, six are victims of a …

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