2014 – Page 185

Colombian singer-songwriter Andres Cepeda will give a concert at the Palacio de los Deportes on Saturday 7 June. He is including the Santo Domingo stop on his greatest hits world tour. Winner of a Latin Grammy, he sings pop, boleros and ballads. He is best known for his songs “Se te nota” and “Tengo ganas”. …

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President Danilo Medina was at Agora Mall yesterday, Thursday 22 May to inaugurate the Forever 21 store. The founder of the fashion store, Korean-born US businessman Do Won Chang came for the event. Agora Mall board member Miguel Barletta said that the Presidency was interested in creating a climate of trust to attract foreign investors. …

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The Supreme Court of Justice has overturned a court ruling that had relieved a propane gas vendor of fines set by the Pro Consumer agency for detected irregularities in product dispatches. In a ruling issued yesterday, Thursday 22 May, the Supreme Court confirmed that the National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (ProConsumidor) was …

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Hugo Martinez, general secretary of the Central American Integration System (SICA), has praised the Dominican Republic for its performance as chair of the organization. He said that the country had exceeded expectations and set a very high standard for other countries to follow. During his visit to Santo Domingo, he announced that the next Summit …

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Vice President Margarita Cedeno and Public Health Minister Freddy Hidalgo met with the management of the Robert Reid Cabral children’s hospital for more than two hours yesterday, Thursday 22 May. They agreed to pay the hospital’s suppliers who are currently owed RD$82 million. The agreement was to pay RD$15 million of the debt, and Vice …

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The Chamber of Deputies has chosen Vinicio Castillo Seman to replace his resigning brother, Pelegrin Castillo as deputy for the National District. Pelegrin Castillo resigned after being appointed the country’s first Minister of Energy and Mines.

National District Deputy, Minou Tavarez Mirabal has clarified that she did not resign from the ruling PLD to run for President for any other party or as an independent candidate. She said that she had explained her reasons for resigning in a letter to Leonel Fernandez quoting a poem by Mario Benedetti, “You have to …

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The Dominican treasury has cut back on several of the daily lottery drawings, which have grown more and more over the years. A press release from the Ministry of Hacienda states that there was a need for greater harmony in the sector and state that on 1 June 2014 only the electronic lottery concessionaires can …

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The Dominican Chamber of Accounts (CCRD), the government entity in charge of auditing government bodies, has handed over the audits of more than 45 town councils that have broken the law, to the Specialized Prosecution Unit for the Pursuit of Corruption (PEPCA). They include the audits of the city governments of National District, Santo Domingo …

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The new system costs twice as much as the old, but in the long term the government benefits because fewer inmates end up back behind bars. Ezra Frieser, in a report for Reuters, writes that one striking difference between the traditional Dominican prison system and the new model shows up in the recidivism rates n …

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