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The executive director of civil society watchdog group Participacion Ciudadana speculated yesterday, Thursday 14 March that President Danilo Medina “does not want to prosecute or penalize corruption.” The administration that Medina inherited from his fellow party member, former President Leonel Fernandez, is ranked by the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013 as world leader …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito says that the network of asset laundering made up by Venezuelans, Colombians and Dominicans in which TV presenter Angie Agramonte (Aki e la cosa TV program) is implicated is one of the larger cartels operating in the Dominican Republic. She was arrested in December and US$300,000 was confiscated from her …

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A feature in Diario Libre today, Friday 15 March focuses on the decades-long close friendship between Dominican Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Rodriguez and former Cardinal Jorge Beroglio, the new Pope Francis I. The new Pope was also a personal friend of the late Dominican Jesuit father Juan Montalvo, whose brother, Luis Emilio Montalvo Arzeno, is …

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Sports writers are speculating that it was the late scratch of the team’s best hitter David Wright by the Mets that caused the team USA loss yesterday to undefeated Dominican Republic. At the same time, ESPN called the game: “Dominican Republic’s emotional win over Team USA definitely baseball at its best.” Team USA only managed …

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The Puerto Bahia residential development on the southern side of the Samana peninsula presents the Ritmo Social Spring Regatta 2013 on Friday 15, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 March. Sailors are competing in multihull, Laser, Sunfish and Windsurf categories. Some 50 boats from Spain, the United Kingdom, France, the US, Canada, the US Virgin Islands …

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Flor de Bethania Abreu presents “Crossing Niagara” (El Cruce sobre el Niagara) by Peruvian author Alonso Alegria this weekend, Friday 15, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 March, at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo. The work is a winner of the Casa de las Americas award. Orestes Amador and Wilson Urena will play …

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Yoga fans, or anyone who would like to begin their journey, should look into the Shiva Das four-day retreat organized for 27-31 March in Jarabacoa. The group will be staying at the Sonido del Yaque ecolodge in Manabao. Shiva Das is a disciple of Yoga Master Prabhuji, and has lived with him for many years …

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Leading Dominican violinist, 23-year old Aisha Syed will perform at the National Theater in Santo Domingo on Wednesday, 20 March. She will be playing with pianist Nigel Hutchinson in the recital Latin Passion, her latest album recorded with the London label The Classical Recording Company. The album includes tracks such as La vida breve by …

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President Danilo Medina has congratulated the new Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio who will be known as Francisco I in the Spanish-speaking world, and asked for his blessing for the Dominican people. In a letter he sent to the Pope after his election yesterday, Wednesday 13 March, he said …

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The Transport Reorganization Office (Opret) has announced that it is testing the first stage of the second line of the Santo Domingo Metro every day, before its official opening, scheduled for the end of March. The sub director of Opret, Leonel Carrasco, told Diario Libre that they were testing the line from Francisco del Rosario …

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