2013 – Page 7

Starting January the Department of Customs (DGA) will have a new system in operation that will enable DGA officials to monitor mine export freight containers in real time. Customs director Fernando Fernandez said the new system of controls would considerably reduce tax evasion by mining companies. Speaking at a breakfast meeting at the Listin Diario …

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Rebeca Gutierrez (not her real name) had her purse stolen along with all her documents, including her “cedula” (the national identification and voter registration card all in one). Her identity was stolen when her “cedula” was altered by switching the photograph for one of a Haitian woman. Several months went by before Rebeca realized that …

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Starting in 2014 the Ministry of Public Health, through the Expanded Immunization Program (PAI) will introduce the vaccination against the Human Papilloma virus (HPV), with an initial investment of over RD$200 million. According to the PAI director, Dr. Zacarias Garib, the political will exists and they are making great efforts to introduce the vaccine that …

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According to the inhabitants of the National District the main problem that they face is the lack of civic education and the lack of discipline when driving. This is not really news for most readers of Diario Libre, whose editor Adriano Miguel Tejada has spoken out on this subject on repeated occasions. Now, the 2013 …

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The lawyer for the family of the late 37-year old TV host Claudio Nasco, Francisco Taveras believes there was an “intellectual author” behind his killing on Friday, 13 December. “This did not come from them; there is an intellectual author behind all this and we believe that the investigation by the District Attorney office should …

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Winds from the east-northeast will cool off the area, bringing pleasant temperatures for the next few days, with a partially cloudy sky and some light rains in the northeast, north and over the Central Mountains. Unfortunately for sailors, conditions on the seas continue to deteriorate according to the National Meteorological Office (Onamet), so small craft …

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Bachata vocalist Zacarias Ferreira and merengue bandleader Tono Rosario are booked for an extraordinary night of Latin music on Monday, 23 December at Jet Set disco in Santo Domingo. From 9pm.

Box office sensation “Instructions Not Included” by writer/director/star Eugenio Derbez opens at selected cinemas in Santo Domingo this week. The comedy tells the love story between a father and his daughter. “Instructions Not Included” is a comedy about a womanizer (Derbez) whose one-night-stand with an American tourist in Acapulco leaves him with a blonde, blue-eyed …

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Spanish flamenco singer Diego “El Cigala” will perform for Dominican audiences this evening, Thursday, 19 December in the Gran Teatro del Cibao in Santiago at 8:30pm. A production by Marcelino Ozuna. www.elcigala.com/en

The Leones del Escogido struggled with the Toros del Este in the Quisqueya Stadium last night, Wednesday 18 December, and the Leones came away with a memorable victory. A dramatic homerun by Carlos Santana, the Reds’ third baseman was the winning run in the 5-4 victory over the Toros. In Santiago’s famous Estadio Cibao, the …

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