2013 – Page 81

Yesterday, Tuesday 8 October, the Spanish flamenco singer, who also has Dominican nationality, Diego El Cigala received the title of Honorary Professor of the Arts Faculty Music School from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) in recognition of his charisma, quality and work in the arts over 30 years. At a ceremony led by …

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The very popular Festival of Fine Arts at Novocentro is back this year from 26 September through 9 October. The films include a selection of award-winning titles from all around the world. They include dramas, comedies and romantic comedies ?There are films from the United States, Denmark, Germany, Saudi Arabia, France, Spain, the UK, Mexico, …

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President Danilo Medina met with the senior executives from the Falcondo Xstrata Nickel mining company at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Monday 7 October. The company recently announced it would stop all mining operations. It conditioned resuming operations to the approval of the permit to mine in Loma Miranda in the province of La Vega. Speaking …

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Senator Dionis Sanchez said yesterday, Monday 7 October that the committee of Senators and Deputies had invited Hacienda Minister Simon Lizardo and the Director General of the Budget, Jose Reyes to a meeting on Wednesday, 9 October to explain the RD$605 billion 2014 budget proposal. Sanchez, who chairs the committee that will study the budget, …

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The Minister of Agriculture Luis Ramon Rodriguez, in response to complaints about the price increases affecting some basic consumer products, said to have escalated in the last few days, said that prices usually go up and down depending on production, as agriculture is cyclical. He assured that the Ministry monitors prices daily. Nevertheless he said …

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At a ceremony held in the Botanical Gardens on Saturday 5 October to celebrate National Water Day, attended by representatives of the Ministry of Public Health, the National Institute of Drinking Water and Sewers (INAPA), the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewage Corporation (CAASD) and others, it was announced that the rules would be strengthened so …

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Architect Maribel Villalona, director of the Ministry of Tourism unit for coordinating the Colonial City renovation project, said yesterday, Monday 7 October that the works being carried out in the Colonial City would not endanger the area’s historical heritage. She said the builders were being very rigorous and were supervised by government institutions in charge …

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Nurses began a two-day strike yesterday, Monday 7 October but called it off after the Minister of Public Health, Freddy Hidalgo promised that he would find the funds for wage increases and payment of the incentives they were asking for. Nurses’ union representative Francisca Peguero said that they had agreed to give the Minister a …

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The Higher Electoral Court (TSE) has turned down an appeal by the Mayor of La Romana Juan Antonio Adames Bautista, saying that the action taken by the city councilors in La Romana to suspend him from his post was legal and did not violate his fundamental rights. The councilors suspended him for a series of …

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A shootout between four escaped inmates and prison guards from the San Felipe jail in Puerto Plata, yesterday, Monday 7 October, has left two local farm workers dead. According to reports, they were shot by the prison officers who found them working in sugarcane fields near Barrabas in the municipality of Imbert. The victims have …

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