2014 – Page 154

Popular singer Maridalia Hernandez is booked for an evening of ballads, merengue and bachata music at Escenario 360, the concert and events hall of the Galeria 360 shopping mall in Santo Domingo. The Escenario 360 hall has capacity for 440 persons seated at tables. She is booked for a show at 8:30pm this Friday, 4 …

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Vice President Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez is in Panama representing President Danilo Medina and the Dominican Republic at the inauguration of President-elect Juan Carlos Valera, which is taking place today, Tuesday 1 July 2014. She left on a private jet from the San Isidro Air Force base yesterday evening, Monday 30 June 2014, accompanied by …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario says that an extra RD$200 million is needed in order to complete the audit that will decide who qualifies for the special regularization plan fast-tracked procedures. So far, the cost of covering the National Foreigner Legalization Plan and the new identity card issuing process and the audit has …

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In response to a request by President Danilo Medina and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe of Haiti, the Organization of American States (OAS) has prepared a working document entitled “Diagnostic on the Identification of Haitian Migrants Residents in the Dominican Republic,” as reported in Haiti Libre. The OAS is asking the appropriate authorities from each government …

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The Dominican Teachers Association (ADP) is demanding better working conditions for teachers, including wage increases to bring salaries to RD$60,000 a month. Union vice president Julio Canelo says that they are committed to providing high quality education, but at the same time they need to be paid quality salaries. Celebrating Teachers Day by laying a …

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Shopkeepers’ representatives are describing price increases of between 8 and 18 % over the last two weeks as alarming. Antonio Cruz Rojas, president of the National Council of Shopkeepers and Businesspeople in the Dominican Republic (Conacerd), and Rafael Santos, of the Dominican Council of Grocery Retailers (Codepro), mentioned increases in basic food items like rice, …

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Hundreds of farmers from the communities of La Pinita, La Cerca, La Laguna and El Naranjo in Sanchez Ramirez province have called for the government to provide a rapid solution to claims for compensation for the damage they say has been caused to the health of the inhabitants, rivers and farming as a result of …

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The Vatican Information Source says that Monsignor Josef Wesolowski, under investigation for accusations of sexually abusing children in the Dominican Republic, has been granted relative freedom of movement, as he awaits the verification of the accusations made against him by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. The former apostolic nuncio in the Dominican …

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The good news is that the feeder groups for the national women’s volleyball team are just as good as the team itself. The Dominican women’s volleyball team has been consistently ranked in the world’s top eight. On Sunday, 29 June 2014 the Dominican Republic under-18 girls won the Norceca Continental Championship held in San Jose, …

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