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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) is forecasting rain showers over the northeast, southeast and the Central Mountains for today, Tuesday 16 April. They also said that the high temperatures of over 30 C would continue because of a high- pressure system and the prevailing east/southeast winds. As a result of the seasonal conditions, Onamet is …

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Bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert, of Eat Pray Love fame will be in Santo Domingo for a talk at the Hotel Embajador on Wednesday, 24 April 2013. The event, which starts at 6pm, will take place in the Hotel’s Garden Tent. Tickets are US$245. For more information, write to gestionclientes@summit.com.do or call 809 540-8858. See also …

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President Danilo Medina will lead the opening ceremony of the Santo Domingo Book Fair on 22 April according to an announcement by Valentin Amaro, the president of the organizing commission for this year’s fair. Rafael Correa, the President of Ecuador, this year’s Invited Guest Nation will also be attending the opening. The inauguration is scheduled …

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President Danilo Medina made his now-customary weekend trip on Saturday 13 – Sunday 14 April, this time visiting his small hometown of Arroyo Cano in San Juan de la Maguana province. He promised his former neighbors that he would help improve their quality of life by increasing agricultural production in the area. According to Hoy …

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President Danilo Medina has announced he will be traveling to Costa Rica to take part in the summit of the Central American Integration System (SICA) to be held in San Jose, Costa Rica on 3-4 May. US President Barack Obama has announced he would be attending. During the event development cooperation, bilateral trade issues, security …

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The Ministry of Education (Minerd) has stressed that the “Dominican School Desk Design Prize” selection process was transparent and praised the highly professional work done by the jury, which was made up of experts and representatives of many universities and highly regarded local institutions. The Ministry said that the next step is to review the …

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With a permit costing RD$4,000 and renewals required every five years, it is not surprising that close to 15,000 articles sold in pharmacies and food stores have not obtained or renewed the legal registration, according to a report in Diario Libre. They include products whose legal registration expired up to 50 years ago. Registration is …

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Minister of Foreign Relations Carlos Morales Troncoso has announced that the Dominican Republic has paid off its debt to the United Nations. The DR owed RD$35.4 million, of which RD$26.6 million corresponded to the January-March quarter, and RD$8.7 million is part of the UN FAO membership. The DR also owed the OECD (Organization for Economic …

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El Caribe published the yield for Dominican bond placements since 2001 on Saturday, 13 April. The US$1 billion Eurobonds (coupon bonds) on 11 April 2013 is the largest and that with the lowest yield. Deutsche Bank and Citigroup were responsible for the placement. Dominican bond placements have been: 2001: US$480.23 million at 9.50% 2003: US$600 …

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Just 90,000 legal foreign immigrants are registered in the Immigration Department files, and 11,000 of them are Haitians. Director General Jose Ricardo Taveras says that the low number is the result of deficiencies in the existing immigration controls and the obsolete technological platform. He said they were making improvements. “We have obtained a new data …

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