2013 – Page 92

Pinewood Indomina’s first production will be Lotoman 003, the third in a series of popular Dominican films produced by Archie Lopez. Lotoman 003 will be released in 2014. As reported in El Dia, some 17 international films are lined up to be filmed at the new studios. Executives Antonio Gennari and Albert Martinez said that …

Read more…

Juan Luis Guerra, Rudy Perez, EliaCim, Hector Acosta, Victor Victor, Michel Camilo, Lilly Goodman are the Dominicans who made the list of nominees for the 2013 Latin Grammy Awards. The event will be held on Thursday, 21 November 2013 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The Dominican nominees are: Record of the …

Read more…

A surely memorable concert will be held at the National Theater this evening, Thursday, 26 September. The National Symphony Orchestra will play with conductors Antonio Molina, Julio De Windt and Jacinto Gimbernard at 8:30pm at the theater’s Carlos Piantini Hall. The guest performer will be Dale Clevenger and the program includes music by Wagner, Tchaikovsky …

Read more…

President Danilo Medina cancelled his participation in the 68th meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations on Wednesday, 25 September at the last minute to be able to chair the Council of Ministers reading of the 2014 National Budget. The budget needs to be presented to Congress on 1 October. When Medina spoke …

Read more…

President Danilo Medina has congratulated the people and institutions for winning the prizes awarded annually by the Corripio Foundation for outstanding performance in their fields. In a letter sent to former vice president Rafael Alburquerque, who was awarded the Prize for Merit in the Social Sciences and Judiciary 2013, in the Legal Category, Medina highlighted …

Read more…

The Minister for Foreign Relations Carlos Morales Troncoso is reported to be in the United States undergoing leukemia treatment. He is taking a leave of absence from his responsibilities at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. The Ministry said in a statement that the illness was treatable as it had been discovered at a very early …

Read more…

The Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia says that he wants to help Boca Chica in order to encourage more tourists to visit the town. Proposed initiatives include several new construction projects. Speaking at a recent meeting organized by local business owners and workers, the Minister promised to start the new work immediately. The work …

Read more…

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced that they have handed out RD$67,086,957 to the political parties in compliance with the law to help finance their activities. The checks were handed over to 26 political parties, the amount related to their performance in the elections last May. According the JCE Finance Department, the Dominican Revolutionary …

Read more…

The Board of Councilors at the La Romana City Hall, in an extraordinary meeting, has suspended the mayor, Juan Antonio Adames (Tony) and appointed the deputy mayor, Maritza Suero in his place, amidst claims that several legal cases are pending against him for issuing checks without funds and other irregularities. His suspension will be temporary …

Read more…

The head of the National Police, Manuel Castro Castillo, has announced that the hit man found dead in Yaguate, San Cristobal on Monday 16 September, Juan Felix Cordero Febles (Copelin) was responsible for the murder of around 50 people involved in drug cartels in the country. Copelin is believed to have been killed in a …

Read more…