2013 – Page 91

Dominican Ben Yam Barshi, of Cabarete, has posted an appeal for funding on the Kickstarter program to create the Aqualibrium Garden. As of 27 September, pledges of US$30,324 from 152 supporters had been received. The effort needs to reach US$108,000 goal with 26 days left for Kickstarter support. The funds are needed to build the …

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The Ju Percussion Group (JPG) from Taiwan with its 13 talented percussionists, and director Tzong-Ching Ju will be performing at the main hall of the National Theater on Friday, 4 October. The group members are known for their virtuosity in playing Western percussion instruments as well as Chinese gong-drum music, and other forms of Asian …

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The Art of Living Foundation in the Dominican Republic is organizing a Day of Meditation at the National Botanical Gardens in Santo Domingo for this coming Saturday, 28 September at 4pm. The event will be held simultaneously in 130 countries. Organization vice president and instructor Carmen Julia Gomez says that the event is a call …

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The La Romana-Bayahibe Hotel Association and Tourism Cluster are organizing the 10K Bayahibe run for this Saturday, 28 September. Registration is RD$500. The run starts at 5pm. The run starts in La Punta, reaches the Catalonia Resort in Dominicus and then returns along a trail passing by the beach. For more on ongoing and upcoming …

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In a ruling issued yesterday, Wednesday 25 September, the court of last instance in the Dominican Republic, the Constitutional Tribunal confirmed that only the children of parents with legal status in the Dominican Republic could be granted Dominican nationality. The ruling establishes that the children of citizens in transit, born in this country, may not …

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The new Minister of Education, Carlos Amarante Baret, has called on the business community and the Dominican people to take part in the consultations that will lead up to the National Pact for Quality Education. The idea of this pact is to raise education standards as a step toward increasing the nation’s competitiveness on the …

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The Senate approved the second amendment to the contract with Barrick Pueblo Viejo yesterday, Wednesday 25 September. The contract between the state and the mining company will allow the government to receive RD$11.6 billion during the life of the mine, said to be some 25 years. The changes to the contract were accepted after joint …

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The resources from the US$550 million bonds placement by the Century XXI Dominican Airports (Aerodom), were used to repay in full the debt owed to the Bank of Nova Scotia, some US$234 million, and to carry out a return of capital paid by the shareholders of the company to the tune of some US$333 million, …

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Dersilida Ambalina Patrone was arrested yesterday, Wednesday 25 September as a suspected member of the drug trafficking network and money-laundering operation allegedly headed by the Colombian Buitrago brothers. As reported in El Caribe, the authorities are on the trail of three Dominicans and two Colombians who are also suspected of belonging to this drug trafficking …

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The United States Coast Guard has rescued 51 people from a sinking ship near Mona Island. The search for more survivors continues while the Coast Guard interviews survivors as to how many were really on the fragile craft that was sinking. Captain Drew W. Pearson, the Coast Guard commander in San Juan Puerto Rico, told …

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