2013 – Page 244

A bill that has languished in Congress for more than a decade has again failed to advance. Listin Diario reports that the political parties are boycotting the modernization of the party political system in the Dominican Republic. The bill would limit the use of taxpayer funds by the parties and propaganda during the political elections. …

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The European Investment Bank has announced that it is moving its Caribbean office to Santo Domingo. The agreement was signed on Friday, 19 April in Brussels by Dominican ambassador Alejandro Gonzalez Pons and Pim van Ballekom, bank vice president for the European Investment Bank. The bank is responsible for lending in the Caribbean. The new …

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Slash and burn agriculture and deforestation practices have resulted in major deforestation affecting a major protected area in the southwest. The locally-based Grupo Jaragua, the Vermont Center for Ecostudies and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that have been involved in research into the area as a major habitat for birds that migrate from the Dominican …

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The Hoy-Gallup poll published today, Monday 22 April reveals that robbery, muggings and crime in general is the greatest concern affecting the country, according to 60% of those polled. In addition to crime, Dominicans told the pollsters that rising cost of living (58.9%) and lack of jobs and low wages (44%) were the two other …

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Pets are becoming more important for Dominicans, to the extent that a cemetery near the capital has already designated a special area for pets, Diario Libre reports. The Parque del Prado in Santo Domingo East has already buried 15 pets. The graves are half a square meter in size. The cemetery in the municipality of …

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In the past five months the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), working closely with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other agencies, has seized more than 5,000 kilos of drugs, reports journalist Sandra Guzman in El Caribe. The same story makes the point that strangely no big capo has been arrested with the drugs. …

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Saxophonist Sandy Gabriel will deliver another outstanding jazz performance this coming 29 April to commemorate International Jazz Day. He will perform at the Los Espejos concert hall in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo. Gabriel, who won a Soberano Award in 2012, will be accompanied by his band, the Pop Jazz Ensemble. He …

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The Dominican Republic’s top-seeded women’s team member, Wu Xue has won the women’s title in the Latin American Table Tennis Championship held 19-21 April at the Parque del Este table tennis pavilion in Santo Domingo East. She defeated Mexico’s Yadira Silva, the No. 4 seed, 10-12, 11-6, 7-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-6). The event is a …

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Jake Kheel, environmental director at the Punta Cana Ecological Foundation will be speaking on Protection, Recycling and Sustainability for a Better Planet at the Altos de Chavon Regional Archaeological Museum on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 at 6pm. Admission is free, but those attending are being asked to confirm by calling 809 523-8554. Kheel has played …

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To celebrate Earth Day on Monday, 22 April 2013, Funglode is showing Surviving Progress, a film by Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks at 7pm at the Funglode Auditorium, Santo Domingo. Admission is free. http://survivingprogress.com For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see http://dr1.com/calendar