2014 – Page 214

President Danilo Medina received the Puerto Rican singer Marc Anthony in the presidential office yesterday, 22 April 2014. Marc Antony presented to President Medina a work of art created by the children at the Ninos de Cristo orphanage that is supported by the salsa artist in La Romana. President Medina and Marc Anthony warmly greeted …

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First Lady Candida Montilla left yesterday, 22 April 2014, for New York, where she will receive the 2014 Humanitarian Award to be presented by the Morristown Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce. She will then fly to Rome, Italy, where she will head up the Dominican delegation at the canonization of popes John XXIII and John …

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As a way to make a connection between visitors and nature involving the senses, “The Sensory Trail” has been created at the Botanical Gardens in Santo Domingo. The path was made especially for those with motor, sight and hearing disabilities so that these individuals can enjoy a rich and stimulating experience in nature in an …

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Speaking during an interview at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Minister of the Environment Bautista Rojas Gomez said that as far as he and the Ministry are concerned the case of Loma Miranda is definitively closed. He refused, however, to comment on the decision of the Upper Administrative Court (TSA) that declared Loma …

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There have been between 26 and 30 suspected cases of the Chikungunya virus reported every day in the emergency room of Juan Pablo Pina Hospital in San Cristobal. Likewise, each of the three main private clinics in San Cristobal are reporting receiving between seven and ten cases a day. According to the regional health director, …

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The Republic of Colombia Embassy opened a book of condolences for the death of the writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who passed away on Thursday 17 April 2014 in Mexico City. The book has been open since yesterday, 22 April. Admirers of the famous Colombian author began to arrive at 9am to sign the book and …

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Claudio Caamano Velez, member of the Caamano Foundation and son of the late fighter and ex guerilla Claudio Caamano Grullon,, has complained via the social network Twitter, that the bones handed back to him yesterday, 21 April by the National Institute of Forensic Science (INACIF), and that were exhumed from the grave of Francisco Alberto …

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According to Luis Miguel Martinez Glass, executive director of the Construction Workers Pension Fund (FOPETCONS), some 45% of the tourism projects in the eastern part of the country are paralyzed due to a lack of money and the high cost of construction materials, especially rebar and cement. Martinez Glass also said that other public and …

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Social media consultant, Pavel De Camps, has said ex-President Leonel Fernandez has more than 3,000 ‘fake’ followers on his newly launched Twitter account, noting that every ten minutes a fixed amount of exactly 100 followers are added. De Camps said that it is impossible for 100 people to register at exactly the same time. Using …

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In the Dominican Republic so far no one has sued TelexFree for fraud, says Yeni Berenice Reynoso, the National District prosecutor. She said the investigation of the case is on hold due to the lack of legal action being taken by citizens who have been allegedly affected by the scandal. She stressed that if citizens …

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