2013News

Falcondo employees picket for their jobs

Hundreds of employees of Falcondo apparently got the day off from their jobs yesterday, Thursday 3 October to protest outside the National Congress building in Santo Domingo. The employees defended the mining company’s track record in the Dominican Republic. Environmentalists, religious groups and La Vega community leaders have lobbied for the Ministry of Environment to …
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Esophagus replacement at the Children’s Hospital

Local doctors teamed up with colleagues from the University of Virginia Commonwealth University medical school to successfully operate on six children and replace their esophagi that had been damaged by swallowing toxic substances. Dr. Fernando Diaz Espinal, head of surgery at the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital in Santo Domingo said that the complicated procedure …
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Rehabilitacion celebrates its 50th anniversary

The physical rehabilitation organization that was founded following Mary Marranzini’s efforts to deal with polio that affected her son Celso celebrated its 50th anniversary yesterday, Thursday 3 October. The Asociacion Dominicana de Rehabilitacion marked the event with a mass at the Santo Domingo Cathedral attended by First Lady Candida Montilla. “There is a lot for …
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Chilean Food Festival

Award-winning Chilean chef Juan Jose Morales has come to Santo Domingo for the Chilean Food Festival at the Crowne Plaza (former InterContinental). The event is sponsored by Pro Chile. The festival will take place from 7-11 October. A luncheon buffet with Chilean specialties will be served. Dinner a la carte is from 7pm. Chilean wines …