2013 – Page 224

Dozens of young people from the Recognize Us as Dominicans Movement have held a day of prayers and protest outside the Presidential Palace to ask President Danilo Medina once again to fulfill his promise to solve the problem that affects 19,000 residents who are descended from Haitians and claim Dominican nationality. They are challenging the …

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The Police and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched a new program “Strategy in the Context of Change” that aims to train 56 senior police officers in criminal investigation techniques. The training will be provided by the International Program for Training in Criminal Investigation (Icitap), from the United States Justice Department, …

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According to data from the Police Information Systems and Technology Department, as of Tuesday 7 May, with the exception of the Presidency of the Republic, which has 76,743 followers on Twitter, the National Police have the highest number of followers with 75,383. The Emergency Operations Center (COE) is ranked next among the state organizations with …

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Dr. Victor Terreno, executive director of the National HIV and Aids Council (Conavihsida) has announced that 4,609 people in the Santiago area are living with HIV, which has led his organization to declare the Central Cibao area as a high priority for prevention work. In a press release he said that of this total, 2,684 …

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Antonio Peter de la Rosa, better known as merengue singer Omega, is currently in detention at the Palace of Justice in Santiago after being sentenced to jail for non-fulfillment of a contract. He had been hired for a concert by Edwin Liriano on two separate occasions, but had taken the cash without actually performing. Judge …

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The Ocean Conservancy said on Tuesday, 14 May that the Dominican Republic was among the top countries of a total of 97 in terms of coastline trash collection on Coastal Clean-Up Day 1 September to 31 October. In total, the program collected more than 10 million pounds of trash in participating countries, as volunteers combed …

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Dominican painters Dionicio Blanco, Iris Perez and Miguel Gerardino are among the first Dominicans to exhibit Dominican art in Beijing, as part of a concerted effort to introduce Latin American culture to the Chinese public. They are exhibiting along with eight other artists from Latin America for the inauguration of the Latin American Cultural Center …

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Contemporary musician Lenny Abreu will be delighting his fans with a concert this coming Wednesday, 15 May at the Salon de los Espejos in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo. The Dominican songwriter says he has spiced up many of his most popular songs. The concert starts at 9pm.

Franklin Dominguez’s award-winning play, “Se busca un hombre honesto,” will be staged at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo this weekend, from Friday, 17 May to Sunday, 19 May at 8:30pm. The comedy is about the overthrow of the President of the Republic of Save Yourself If You Can. For more on ongoing …

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President Danilo Medina was in Nagua on Sunday, 12 May and ordered the Nagua and El Echado rivers to be dredged and diverted, the acquisition and installation of three new irrigation pumps and the construction of the water works at the Mota Osoria dyke, for RD$56 million to benefit rice farmers in the Maria Trinidad …

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