2013 – Page 261

Stand-up comedian Carlos Sanchez is celebrating his 10th anniversary as a performer at the National Theater in Santo Domingo. The show, Carlos Sanchez Greatest Hits, is booked for Saturday, 13 April at 8:30pm. Comedian Jochy Santos and rock star Tony Almont will be starring with him that evening. Bonco Quinongo and Laureano Marquez from Mexico …

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The Ministry of the Armed Forces is sponsoring the celebration of the Caribbean Air Show on Saturday 6 – Sunday 7 April 2013 from 2-6pm with a display of air acrobatics best seen from the Malecon of Santo Domingo, especially the stretch between Maximo Gomez and Abraham Lincoln avenues. Admission is free. For more on …

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In a ceremony held yesterday, Wednesday 3 April, headed by President Danilo Medina and blessed by Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Pierre Nahas, the president of Inverplata S.A. announced that the Hotel V Centenario Intercontinental is now part of the international hotel chain Crowne Plaza and Resorts and has been renamed the Crowne Plaza …

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President Danilo Medina, accompanied by Vice President Margarita Cedeno, members of the government and high-ranking members of the Armed Forces and the National Police, attended a military and civil celebration of the 169th anniversary of the battle of 30 March, held yesterday, Wednesday 3 April. The celebration was moved as the actual date coincided with …

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The coordinator of the National Literacy Plan, Pedro Luis Castellanos has announced that some 150,000 Dominicans are already taking part in the learn-to-read-and-write programs nationwide. The goal is to double the number of trainees in the plan by July and then reach the 500,000 target by the end of the year. The government has set …

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Consumers are getting a major break. The Monetary Board is disseminating information on the new credit card ruling now in effect with resolutions intended to significantly reduce the cost of credit in the Dominican Republic and boost consumption. The ruling says that banks cannot apply more than the consumer credit average rates (now at 22-35% …

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Senate President Reinaldo Pared Perez says that the Senate’s approval of the Civil Aviation Law in the Dominican Republic paves the way for the Brazilian low-cost airline, Gol to establish an international hub in the country. As reported in Diario Libre he said that it would operate the same way as Copa, which has its …

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Public safety experts have criticized the Medina Administration for keeping the National Police as the axis of Comprehensive Citizen Safety Plan. The president of the Chamber of Deputies Interior and Police Commission, Elpidio Baez, political scientist and citizen safety expert Daniel Pou, anthropologist and researcher Tahira Vargas and Citizen Participation director Rosalia Sosa, who coordinates …

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According to research by professor Jose Contreras, who heads the Environmental Management Center at the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo, INTEC, the Dominican Republic is showing the effects of climate change, having lost 20 to 30 meters of beach, loss of volume in rivers, the increase of the water level in Lake Enriquillo due to …

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The movie business is good news for inmates at Najayo Women’s Jail. El Caribe reports that 170 inmates will be extras in a South Korean film “Way Back Home” directed by Pang Eun-jin and will receive a total of RD$100,000. The money will be deposited in the bank accounts of the participating inmates. This is …

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