2014 – Page 206

Author Andres L. Mateo is now suing senator for San Juan de la Maguana and close associate of former President Leonel Fernandez, Felix Bautista for damages. Bautista recently chose to not include Mateo nor the publishing house in a suit against the authors of the book “The Dark Side of Sun Land”, written by economist …

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The Dominican Armada (Navy) recovered six bodies of four women and two men from a shipwreck of an illegal boat trip that was presumed to be heading to Puerto Rico yesterday, Thursday 1 May. Two Dominicans, suspected captains of the boat, survived and are in police custody, according to a report in Listin Diario. Another …

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Leading Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanes is on stage on Friday and Saturday at the National Theater as part of the Santo Domingo Book Fair. His shows are at 7:30pm and admission is free, but limited to the capacity of the theater. For more on the program, see www.ferilibro.com/2k7/images/programa%202014%20pdf%20final.pdf

The Muestra International de Cine de Santo Domingo, now in its 16th year, is open at the Novocentro Fine Arts movie theater on Av. Lope de Vega in Santo Domingo this week. This year the event is dedicated to Canada, but there will also be films from 20 other countries. It opens with the film …

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Four-time divorcee playwright Giovanny Cruz presents “El Diablo ya no vive aqui,” a drama about couples going through separations. He wrote the play but says he has not included any of his former four wives as characters. The play opens for the weekends of 8-11 and 15-19 May at the Sala Ravelo of the National …

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Starting Friday, 9 May, Teatro las Mascarasa will be staging “Las Novias de Travolta,” a comedy by Uruguayan playwright Andres Tulipano. The play, which is directed by Germana Quintana, set attendance records in Uruguay when it opened in 2004 and was restaged in 2010. It tells the story of four friends who fall in love …

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President Danilo Medina has invited the countries of the Caribbean Region to join the Hopefor Initiative, describing climate change as one of the biggest threats facing the world. According to El Caribe, Hopefor is an international initiative aimed at improving coordination of regional emergency mechanisms, both civilian and military, in response to natural disasters. It …

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Minister of Education Carlos Amarante Baret has called on Parents’ Associations at the country’s private schools not to sit back and accept tuition increases. He stated that in order for any school fee hikes to be legal, they had to be approved by the school’s Parents Association as well as the ministry. He added that …

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The Association of Private Educational Institutions (Ainep) says it is not surprised at the reaction of the Minister of Education who they said was trying to pitch the people against the private schools. Minister of Education Amarante Baret said that the parents should “stand up and fight” against tuition increases. Ainep said that in reality …

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Haitians using the Dominican Republic as a bridge to South America are being returned under the terms of the Chicago Convention. According to Listin Diario, the Chicago Convention states that the governments of the signatory countries are obliged to receive foreigners who left their home countries but were not admitted into another nation. Haitians are …

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