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Dominican violinist Aisha Syed has won the Arts Club Classical Music Award. The award is given to the top ten classical musicians in Europe. Syed was the only violinist to receive the award this year. The other winners were a cellist, an accordionist and seven pianists. Performing for The Arts Club, Syed played Campanella by …

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City malls have become major centers for entertainment. Agora Mall in Santo Domingo has announced that its restaurants La Taperia, Organica, Dolce Italia, Sonoma and Don Nacho will all be serving special mango dishes marking the full start of the summer mango season in the Dominican Republic. The mall announces that several varieties of mangos …

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The World Dance Stars 7th Benefit Gala will take place on 14-15 June at the National Theater in Santo Domingo. This year first dancers Joseph Gatti and Adiarys Almeida (of the Boston Ballet), Alessio Carbone (Paris Opera), Cesar Morales and Momoko Hirata (Birmingham Ballet), David Galstyan (Toulouse Opera), Roberta Marquez (London Royal Ballet) and Vlado …

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As part of World Environment Day celebrations yesterday, Wednesday 5 June, President Danilo Medina visited a tree nursery, Los Gajitos, in Parque Jose del Carmen Ramirez, San Juan de la Maguana province. Bishop Jose Dolores Grullon blessed the event and praised the government for the work it was doing to help the environment. Minister of …

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After leading the Environment Day ceremony in San Juan de la Maguana yesterday, Wednesday 5 June, President Danilo Medina travelled to the town of Ouanaminthe (Juana Mendez) in Haiti. Medina and his Haitian counterpart President Michel Martelly planted a mahogany tree together, symbolically representing their plan to reforest the entire island and protect the environment. …

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Teachers from eleven branches of the Dominican Teachers’ Association (ADP) have threatened that they will not start the next school year, 2013-2014 unless the Ministry of Education ceases its practice of publishing the names of teachers who have failed to reach performance targets. They are also calling for improved conditions for retired teachers and increased …

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According to the deputy Minister of Collective Health, Rafael Schiffino, supplies of the vaccination against the AH1N1 flu virus, also known as swine flu, have run out in the Dominican Republic, just as the virus was started to reach the northern provinces. He said that Ministry of Public Health workers are checking many people thought …

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The Minister of Public Health, Freddy Hidalgo has announced there is no national program of vaccination against the AH1N1 virus, in response to reports that people are going house-to-house, posing as Public Health Ministry employees to gain access to people’s homes and rob them. Hidalgo urged the public to be on their guard, and not …

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According to official sources, the Japanese government has handed over US$2 million to the Dominican Republic in order to buy equipment to evaluate the risk of earthquakes and to help with agriculture and health. The donation follows on from an agreement signed in March by both governments. Part of the money will be used by …

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Lawyer Laura Acosta says she will be appealing to the Supreme Court of Justice against the court’s decision to close the case of the Bahia de las Aguilas property title scam. Earlier this week, a lower court ordered the case closed due to expiration. It is well known that state prosecutors were responsible for delaying …

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