2013 – Page 235

Puerto Rican salsa singer Victor Manuelle will sing his greatest hits of a 20-year career when he takes the stage of the Teatro La Fiesta at Santo Domingo’s Jaragua Hotel on Friday, 31 May at 8pm. Tickets are for sale at Uepa Tickets at Moviemax, Nacional supermarkets, and Jumbo store. Tel 809 620-8372. For more …

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The Ministry of Hacienda and the Budget Department say that the government has reduced the fiscal deficit in the first quarter of the year, with a reduction in spending. The government says that the goal for the deficit for January-March was RD$16.4 billion, equal to 0.7% of GDP, and the period ended with the deficit …

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According to a press release from the Presidency press office, the government has delivered its latest proposal to Barrick Gold asking for modifications to the contract. The government warns that whatever the scenario, Barrick Gold must compensate the country for its mining operations including back-payments for gold that has been shipped since 13 November 2012. …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced progress towards the issuing of new ID cards for Dominicans with the appointment of a commission of notables to oversee the selection of the company that will issue the new Dominican identity card. 18 Dominican and foreign companies of a total 47 that applied were invited to participate …

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The director, producer, writer and screen actor, Spike Lee, a guest speaker at the Santo Domingo International Book Fair, says that if the DR wants to attract international films it needs to set up a film school in the country, which would provide free training to all students. Speaking at a book fair event yesterday, …

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The number of tourists arriving in the first three months of this year was down by 0.64% compared to the same period last year, according to the latest report from the Central Bank. The Central Bank attributes the decrease to the continued economic crisis in Europe and the cancellation of certain flights from North America …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito and the Minister of Culture Jose Antonio Rodriguez, will go to the cemetery on Maximo Gomez Avenue in Santo Domingo today, Wednesday 1 May, where the body of national hero Francisco Alberto Caamano Deno will be exhumed. They will be accompanied by forensic scientists, anthropologists and DNA experts to confirm …

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PRD president engineer Miguel Vargas met with President Danilo Medina for almost two hours at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Tuesday 30 April. Diario Libre reports that after the meeting with the Vargas delegation, the politician/businessman and President Medina met privately for 15 minutes. Vargas represents a faction of the PRD opposition party. Last month, President …

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Former President Leonel Fernandez says that the Global Higher Education in Social Sciences Institute (IGlobal) will soon start construction of a new building with 16 classrooms next door to Funglode. He said that businesspeople were backing the construction by providing blocks, cement, steel rods and electricity installations. Fernandez said the country needed a school for …

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National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) chief Rolando Rosado Mateo has announced that in a month’s time the Dominican Republic will have a radar airplane that will be used to detect boats coming to the country carrying drugs He said that the maritime radar would be fitted to the Falcon 50 plane that was confiscated at …

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