2013 – Page 27

Puerto Rican singer Kany Garcia is booked for a performance at Hard Rock Cafe Santo Domingo on Thursday, 5 December. She is best known for “Demasiado bueno” and is one of the leading contemporary Latin American singers. She has won Billboard Latin American awards as “Best New Artist”, “Best Female Pop Vocal Album”, “Latin Pop …

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Top bachata performer Anthony Santos is booked for a show at Jet Set discotheque in Santo Domingo tonight, Monday 2 December. Santos is famous for introducing soft romantic lyrics to bachata that helped move it into the mainstream. His hit “Voy pa’lla” launched his international career. Jet Set is located at Centro Comercial El Portal …

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The Leones del Escogido won the City Champ on Sunday 1 December, with a 1-0 game at the Quisqueya Ball Park. This is their 26th City Champ, compared to their rival Santo Domingo team, the Tigres del Licey that has won 27. Standings Team W-L Avg. GAMES BEHIND ESCOGIDO 22 – 13 .629 — AGUILAS …

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Members of the winning World Baseball Classic team were at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Thursday 28 November to meet with President Danilo Medina and celebrate the Dominican players’ victory now that their MLB commitments are over for the year. President Medina said that the March win was especially welcomed by his government as it had …

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The chairman of the Senate Permanent Hacienda Commission, Tommy Galan, is warning the Superintendence of Banks that the 1% charge on international purchases of credit card holders as of 1 December could be in violation of the Constitution and the law. He called for the Superintendence to revise the measure, saying that it is a …

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Caricom has accused the Dominican Republic of discriminating against Haitians by not granting automatic citizenship and has demanded a revocation of Constitutional Ruling 168-13 that confirms the restrictions to jus solis. In response, the Dominican Republic argues that it is a small country with limited resources that cannot cope with unlimited immigration. Constitutional Ruling 168-13 …

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According to statistics published by the Center for Exports and Investments of the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD), bilateral trade between DR and Caricom was US$766 million in 2012, and has averaged US$687.14 million over the past five years (2008-2012). The Dominican Republic has purchased more than it has sold to Caricom. The bulk of trade is …

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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is sending a mission to the Dominican Republic 2-6 December to analyze the human rights situation in the Dominican Republic. As reported, the IACHR mission will meet with government and civil society representatives in Santo Domingo and the provinces. The IACHR has advocated application of jus solis in …

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Minister of Defense Sigfrido Pared Perez has confirmed an increase in border surveillance in anticipation there could be conflicts. “There will be some attempts to create tense situations between Dominicans and Haitians, as well as in the markets and among citizens who live in the border area and for that reason Cesfront (the Specialized Border …

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The chief of the Army, Major General Ruben Dario Paulino Sem has announced they are stepping up border patrols after an increase in border tensions after the killing of an elderly Dominican couple in a suspected robbery. He said that there are 4,500 soldiers on the border. Paulino Sem says that they have identified the …

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