2013 – Page 103

The International Contemporary Dance Festival, Edanco will take place at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo. Performances will be 25 September to 7 October. Contemporary dance companies are coming from Japan, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Colombia, Italy, Spain, El Salvador, Guadeloupe and Martinique. The event is being sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, the …

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Venezuelan rock band Caramelos de Cianuro will take the stage of the Sambil Mall on Saturday, 14 September for a concert together with Dominican band Bocatabu. This evening of Latin American rock also celebrates the sixth anniversary of the popular Shots Bar. Caramelos de Cianuro are Asier Cazais (vocals), Miguel “El enano” Gonzalez (guitar), Pavel …

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President Danilo Medina broke ground yesterday, Wednesday 11 September for the construction of the Hotel Real Intercontinental Santo Domingo on Winston Churchill Avenue. The hotel will be built by the POMA Group and their hotel division from El Salvador, Real Hotels & Resorts. The 227-room hotel, which will be built on Winston Churchill Avenue and …

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President Danilo Medina will participate in the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations. He is traveling to New York on 24 September and is scheduled to return the next day after his speech at the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September. He will take a commercial flight, according to the Presidency. This will …

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First Lady Candida Montilla de Medina launched the “Youth Awareness” program yesterday, Wednesday 11 September as part of the government’s bid to reduce teenage pregnancies by raising awareness among children and their parents. This is a new component of the “Intelligent Communities” program run by the First Lady’s Office. It has the blessing of the …

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According to engineer Leonardo Reyes Madera, “if we continue to build like this, many of the new schools will not withstand a large earthquake.” Such a chilling statement from a prominent engineer reflects the fact that although the new schools were designed according to the Ministry of Public Works Seismic Analysis and Structural Design Regulations, …

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The bill seeking Senate authorization for placing US$500 million in sovereign bonds is frowned on by some economists who believe that the measure continues the much-criticized governmental economic growth policy based on taking on more government debt. President Danilo Medina defended the new borrowing, saying that the request to place the bonds was already set …

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The Army chief of staff, Major General Ruben Paulino Sem, reported on Wednesday, 11 September that starting in December, the members of the Tourism Police (Politur) will carry out their patrol duties on horseback. The general said that this service would be especially located in the Colonial area and along the Mirador Sur Park in …

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The Chamber of Deputies declared the bill to be urgent and they approved the legislative proposal to install the preferential vote for the election of deputies to the National Congress, the city council members in the cities and the members of the municipal districts after two readings yesterday, Wednesday 11 September. The deputies accepted a …

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The Senate has recommended rescinding the sales contract of 47.5% of the Baninter shares in Inter-Antena Holding Company Ltd, the parent company of Interamerica Broadcasting Production Antena Latina, to Elkton Investments, as reported in Diario Libre. By means of a resolution, approved unanimously with 24 votes, the senators approved a suggestion to the Central Bank …

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