2014 – Page 200

Santo Domingo North Mayor Francisco Fernandez has responded to recent reports in El Caribe newspaper that described the slumification of the metro station exits, particularly the Mama Tingo Station in Villa Mella. A cleanup of the area was ordered and when vendors showed up at 5am on Thursday, 8 May, they were told they would …

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Inez Aizpun of Diario Libre points out the reality of job creation in the Dominican Republic. Everyone wants to have a pension when they retire, but she asks – if people aren’t paying into the system, who will pay for it? She says the data is there: the increase in jobs is in informal entities. …

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Nine scholarships have been granted by the ECC (Entrenamientos Cinematograficos del Caribe) as part of a capacity building process for filmmaking in the Dominican Republic, thanks to sponsorship from the Indomina Group and the British Chamber of Commerce. Support was also received from Pinewood Group, the UK Embassy in the Dominican Republic and Brugal Foundation, …

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Four babies were born to 33-year old Denny Santana at the Clinica Corominas in Santiago, yesterday, Thursday 8 May. Her husband, Alberto Almonte, works as an accountant in Los Limones, Puerto Plata. The baby girls were named Alisa, Alina, Dalina and Nashla. Santana already has a six-year old daughter. She asked for help in looking …

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A recent study by the International Alliance of Chaplains (Alianza Internacional de Capellania), in affiliation with the United Nations has found that some 1,275 pregnant girls, aged 10 to 16, have been treated in the San Lorenzo de los Mina public maternity hospital in the municipality of Santo Domingo East. A further 1,611 pregnant girls …

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The Anti-terrorism unit of the National Investigations Department, the local FBI, has announced the arrest of seven Pakistanis and one Dominican accused of running a people trafficking network. Pakistani Mehmood Majeed Khan, who headed the network, reportedly used the DR as a bridge for sending people to the US and Canada, using forged documentation. A …

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Adrian Tropical Restaurant in Santo Domingo announces that registration is open for their merengue, salsa, bachata and son dance classes that will take place at the city restaurant’s Abraham Lincoln branch. Classes start on Sunday, 1 June and will end on Sunday 6 July. They will take place from 9 to 10:30am.

Despite the major remodeling program currently underway at the Hotel Jaragua on Santo Domingo’s Malecon, which is due to continue for around a year, the Hotel’s Gran Casino and Merengue Bar will remain open. The Merengue Bar features live music seven days a week with their in-house orchestra, La Merengue Bar.

US car racer Chip Herr and Jacky Kawly from Haiti will compete against leading Dominican speed racing pilots Alfredo Najri, Christian Bonnet, Ricky Perdomo and Juan Manuel Gonzalez on Sunday, 18 May as of 10:30am. The racing is at the Mobil 1 Track off Las Americas Expressway. Leading racers from Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Panama, …

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Take Dominican music and give it a jazz twist. That is what Pengbian Sang & Retro Jazz do with their concert, Jazzeando el Cancionero Dominicano. Listen to the songs of Victor Victor, Manuel Jimenez, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Juan Luis Guerra, Luis Alberti and Julio Alberto Hernandez… with jazz arrangements. They will be playing a free …

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