2014 – Page 18

Catch the Christmas spirit listening to traditional Christmas songs by the voices of the National Choir. The choir will be performing its Christmas program this Thursday, 11 December 2014 at 6:30pm at the Episcopal Cathedral of the Epiphany. The Cathedral is on Av. Independencia 253 in Santo Domingo. The concert is free.

President Danilo Medina traveled to Veracruz, Mexico to attend the 24th Ibero-American Summit today, Monday 8 and tomorrow Tuesday 9 December 2014. The Presidents of Uruguay, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Costa Rica and Ecuador will also be taking part. Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez will not be attending for health reasons but Cuban President …

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The Dominican Republic Securities Exchange (BVRD) has started publishing the Government Bond Index as of Friday, 5 December 2014. BVRD general manager Felipe Amador said that the index serves as a market reference on the prices and yields of government bonds that after being issued in the primary market are renegotiated in the secondary market. …

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Three economists are urging the government to change the focus of public spending. The economists criticized the 2015 budget for maintaining the same focus and spending as the 2014 budget and for not being aligned with the National Development Strategy law. Economists Isidoro Santana, Jorge Ulloa and Manuel Robles presented the findings of their analysis …

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The debate over whether allowing abortion is a matter of public health or religion continues in the media. President Danilo Medina has taken the official position that abortion is a public health issue, in contrast with the Roman Catholic and evangelical Christian churches that call for a ban on therapeutic abortion. Supporters of the right …

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47-year old Luis Abinader, who was the vice presidential candidate for the PRD in the 2012 presidential election, has been chosen as the presidential candidate for the Partido Humanista Dominicano. The party, founded by Elexido Paula, backed former President Hipolito Mejia of the PRD in the 2012 election. Abinader is a businessman who seeks to …

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The rector of the Northeastern Catholic University (Universidad Catolica Nordestana, UCNE) in San Francisco de Macoris, Father Ramon Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera has been promoted to rector of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) by the Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic. He will replace Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado who has …

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